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Anti-fluoride sentiments aired at CBWD meeting

Curbing violence – Arkansas gubernatorial candidate, Democrat Mike Ross, visited Eureka Springs Tuesday afternoon. He met with survivor of domestic abuse Laura Webb, (left) and Laura Ponce, mother of murdered domestic abuse victim, Laura Aceves. Ross discussed his plan to curb domestic violence prevalent in our state, saying he was inspired to take action when he read the story of Laura Aceves in the Huffington Post.

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Nicky Boyette In the final half hour of the July 17 Carroll-Boone Water District board meeting, commissioners began to hear ripples of considerate but unequivocal opposition to fluoride being added to the water distributed

by CBWD. The handful of objectors who spoke in protest acknowledged that the Arkansas Legislature had hastily passed Act 197 in 2011, requiring all water districts serving at least 5000 customers to add fluoride to their systems. They also wondered if legislators had acted without all the information they needed regarding the deleterious effects of fluoride on human bodies and old metal pipes.

Even though the board, by law, was obligated to oversee addition of fluoride to the water system, Darlene Schrum insisted it was the board’s responsibility to keep the water clean, and said companies which provide the fluoride product do not divulge a complete analysis of what is in the product.

She claimed contaminants have been found in these fluoride additives.

James Yates, chair of the board, said, “We work through the Arkansas Department of Health to provide the best water possible under laws we have.” He said changes in the law would need to come through the legislature.

Eureka Springs alderman Mickey Schneider said Eureka Springs has an ancient network of pipes delivering water to residents, and research shows fluoride is by nature corrosive.

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“Do you know what fluoride is going to do to us?” she asked the board.

She suggested the law be changed to locationspecific so cities with older infrastructures could opt out. “We [Eureka Springs citizens] don’t want the poison, and we don’t have the money to replace those pipes,” Schneider said. She encouraged the board to take a stand in opposition until the legislature meets again. “People are behind you on this.”

Richard Schrum offered the board anecdotes from a city in Missouri that stopped adding fluoride because the equipment at the water plant corroded, and operators after a point refused to handle it. He also said a Harvard study indicated fluoride as an additive in a water system lowers IQ. Kit Shepperd told the board scientists all over the world are speaking out against fluoridation.

“We have got to stop this,” Shepperd said. She called it mass medication by legislators who are not doctors.

Holly Winger added that industry representatives have stated publicly fluoride added to water supplies does not stop tooth decay.

Dan Bowers, attorney for the board, reiterated it is in the legislature where changes in the law must occur.

Passing of Harold Collins Yates announced that commissioner Harold Collins had passed away recently after more than 40 years on the board. “Harold started here when zero

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Lilica was abandoned at a junkyard in Sao Paulo, Brazil – four-legged, pregnant and homeless.

Lucia, owner of the junkyard, started feeding Lilica. But a strange thing happened when Lilica was full. She would pick up the bag of beans, rice and sausage leftovers, and carry it four miles to other abandoned animals – cats, dogs, chickens and others that couldn’t fend for themselves.

Every night at 9 p.m. on the dot, Lucia takes a bag of food to Lilica and tells her to be careful crossing the highway and come home safe, which Lilica always does. In the meantime, every night at 10, numerous homeless animals know they will be fed.

Awwwww.

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INDEPENDENTNews Fatality and accidents mar Fat Tire Festival Becky Gillette Laura Wooldridge of Little Rock, who died Saturday after being transported to Washington Regional Hospital following a bicycle accident while practicing for a race at the Fat Tire Festival at Lake Leatherwood, was well known and well loved in the mountain bike community.

“She was a Category One rider, which is the highest category of competitive rider in our sport,” said David Renko, director of the Fat Tire Festival, and a foreman for the sponsor of the event, Progressive Trail Design. “This woman was on the rise, had a great passion for cycling and was a leader.”

Parks Director Bruce Levine said Wooldridge was an accomplished biker well known in the biking community. “The entire bike community is certainly grieving,” Levine said. “They are a close-knit bunch.

They all know each other. We are all in shock. It is just a horrible accident. We all feel incredibly sad for the family, especially.”

Wooldridge walked out of the woods at Lake Leatherwood carrying her bicycle and bleeding profusely from her head and chin. She received care from Eureka Springs Fire & Emergency Medical

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Services, which called in the Air-Evac helicopter to transport her to Washington Regional. She died soon after reaching the hospital.

The Wooldridge fatality was one of a spate of accidents that weekend. Several other mountain bikers were transported by ground ambulance, a head-on tractor-trailer collision north of Lake Leatherwood blocked traffic on US 62 for four hours Saturday, and a 14 year-old boy was involved in a motorcycle accident south of Leatherwood Sunday, requiring an air ambulance to transport him to Mercy in Springfield, Mo., with multiple deep contusions and a broken leg, according to ES Fire Dept. spokesman Randy Ates.

“Overall, it was a very, very trying weekend,” Renko said. “What this all illustrated is we live in an area that has dangerous roads. We live in an area with dangerous terrain. The sport of mountain biking can be very dangerous. We are proud of the lengths we go to serve our constituents for our event. We try to set a high bar when it comes to the experience we provide them. We did everything we could to make sure everyone had a good and safe time when they came to Eureka Springs. I wish there was some kind

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of vision any of us could have to prevent serious accidents that can occur. I was very proud of our volunteer staff and our emergency staff, Carroll County Search and Rescue, and the fire department and medics.”

A large number of competitors dropped out after Wooldridge was killed, and instead did a commemorative ride at the end of the event in her honor. Geographics had the ability to hot press t-shirts on site, and created a commemorative shirt. The riders in the commemorative ride wore pink shirts and tall socks that were a trademark of Wooldridge as a racer.

Sunday about 50 bikers in Little Rock held a commemorative ride for Wooldridge along the Arkansas River Trail, a favorite trail for Wooldridge.

A memorial fund is being set up to benefit the family of Wooldridge, who was married and had two children.

Washington County Coroner Roger Morris said an autopsy Monday gave the official cause of death as esophageal intubation, which may have made breathing difficult or impossible, with complicating neck and face trauma.

INDEPENDENTNews Quorum Court sends sheriff after delinquents Nicky Boyette The Carroll County Quorum Court passed the second and third readings of the ordinance stating, “… the Carroll County Sheriff is hereby appointed to collect fines, fees and costs assessed in the Circuit Courts of Carroll County Arkansas.” The vote for both readings was 6-5, Justices of the Peace Jack Deaton, Tim Garrison, John Howerton, Gaylon Riggs and Larry Swofford voting No both times.

County Clerk Jamie Correia pointed out the ordinance does not mention a start date, but Riggs replied the ordinance had passed and once it is signed, the sheriff will be responsible in 30 days unless Deputy Prosecutor Devon Goodman determines Sheriff Bob Grudek can take over sooner.

Grudek said his staff will need to set up computers and learn the software first, but he will coordinate with Circuit Clerk Ramona Wilson on the transition of duties.

Grudek reported that the state has appropriated money for the housing of up to 600 prisoners, so local jail revenue for housing out-of-county prisoners will decrease over the next year. Grudek said if history is any indicator, the prisoners might be back within a couple of years.

He also noted Carroll County is one of a few counties in the state that can perform a forensic analysis of a cell phone call, and this ability recently enabled authorities to find a 16-year old girl who had been taken to Texas by a convicted sex offender.

According to Grudek, Deputy Johnathan Moran is doing well as he recovers from a broken neck and shoulder incurred in an accident while on his way to back up another deputy investigating domestic violence in Oak Grove.

Grudek announced Walt Noftsger, stalwart champion of the vegetable gardens at the jail, had passed away. He said they would name the gardens in Noftsger’s honor.

Other items • Riggs told the court a committee

had met with representatives of the Carroll County Airport and commissioners, as well as interested citizens, to see what the court could do about recent misunderstandings between CCA and former tenants. As a result of that meeting Riggs said, “There is nothing the quorum court can do.”

He acknowledged all JPs had received a monthly financial statement as promised, but there was a murmur of concurrence around the table another meeting with the commission was needed, and JP Lamont Richie, chair of the Facilities Committee, said he would arrange it.

• JP Ron Flake reported progress on setting up a rural water system in north central Carroll County was “delayed by the engineer getting bit by a Carroll County tick.” He said the area of focus

includes properties along both Hwys.

221 and 143 north and northwest of Berryville, i.e., both sides of the Kings River, and hoped there could be a public meeting on the proposed water system within 60 days.

• The court unanimously approved the nomination of Mark Minton to serve a three-year term as a commissioner for the Western Carroll County Ambulance District.

Next meeting will be Friday, August 15, at 10 a.m.

Ladies of Faith Brunch July 29 The Ladies of Faith Brunch will be July 29, 10 a.m., at the Gazebo Restaurant at the Eureka Inn. Speaker will be Roxie Braux, former docent and wedding coordinator at Thorncrown Chapel. Roxie is taking time out to work on her book, Pathways to God, and a devotional book, Yes Lord. Beth Severe will minister in song. For more information contact Margo Pryor at (870) 480-3161.

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INDEPENDENTNews Council, bankers, engineers to discuss hospital Nicky Boyette Vicki Andert, Chief of Nursing at Eureka Springs Hospital, told the Hospital Commission there was nothing new to report from Allegiance regarding plans for a new hospital in Eureka Springs. Andert was speaking on behalf of Chris Bariola, CEO of ESH who was at home recuperating from a car crash.

She also mentioned there have been favorable articles in local papers supporting the necessity of building a new hospital in Eureka Springs, and Chair Michael Merry said he, Mayor Morris Pate and Bariola had been interviewed for a report on the hospital issue as part of the “Ozarks at Large” program on KUAF public radio.

Pate invited the commission and hospital administration to attend the city council workshop the following morning to discuss extending sewer and possibly water to the site of the hospital. He said bankers, a bond underwriter and engi-

neers would also be attending.

Chuck Olson spoke up as an interested observer from the Grassy Knob area, and he wanted the commission to know folks in his area support the idea of a new hospital, but he is worried not enough progress is being made quickly enough.

Olson noted, “The hospital is turning a profit, so hopefully it will all work out.” But Olson admitted some people are skeptical anything will happen although they want something to happen.

He said ESH has a perception problem.

Commissioner Pam Crockett remarked, “The care is good but the facility is old. Care matters more than ‘poof and puff.’”

“And thank God we have it there,” commented commissioner Anna Ahl-

man. “We need that hospital, and the care is excellent.”

Andert said she and her staff are aware of the perception problem, and they are working to get word out about the quality of care at ESH. New ambulance on hold Pate told the commission the company that built the chassis for the new ambulance the commission is buying for ESFD sent the wrong one from its plant in Mexico. The right one will need to be made, so the ambulance delivery date will be March or April 2015.

Pate mentioned the gurneys the commission bought for ESFD are already seeing action, and they make things easier for responders and patients.

Next meeting will be Monday, August 18, 1 p.m., at the ECHO clinic.

InMemoriam Harold Collins

Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors, Carroll-Boone Water District, 1973-2014 The Carroll-Boone Water District acknowledges more than 40 years of dedicated service in honor of Mr. Harold Collins. Harold began serving on the Board of Directors when he was 35 years old and was the longest serving board member in the history of the district. He gave a tremendous amount of time and effort in his duties as Secretary and Treasurer, and was a valuable asset.

The Board of Directors expresses sincere appreciation for Harold’s service, commitment and friendship.

Carroll-Boone Water District Board of Directors & Employees

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INDEPENDENTNews Airport tenant granted conditional variance Nicky Boyette Commissioner Mark Mallet spoke up for tenant Larkin Floyd at the July 17 Carroll County Airport Commission meeting.

Floyd operates Tri-State Airmotive out of hangars leased from CCA. Mallet said in order for delivery vehicles to enter Floyd’s business from County Road 3084, they must make an extremely sharp left turn.

Mallet said the turn was difficult for a pickup pulling a trailer, and sometimes 18-wheelers must make the turn.

The only other available access to TriState would be the taxiway. Mallet noted that using the taxiway is prohibited, and suggested CCA grant occasional taxiway access to very large trucks delivering to Tri-State.

Commissioner Lester Ward said he was not sure the taxiway could handle semi traffic for long. Commissioner Perry Evans agreed with both comments, saying he did not want traffic on the taxiways, but agreed the turn into Floyd’s business has long been a challenge.

Engineer and consultant, Dan Clinton, said most airports occasionally allow use of taxiways, but added he would like to solve the road problem. He described how he could cut into the hill and create a slope trucks could handle. “I see several options,” he said.

Ward said if they were to agree to temporary occasional use of the taxiway, the trucks should check with Serrano first.

Floyd said he could notify Serrano if he knew a truck were due, but cautioned that trucks are notoriously not punctual.

Mallet moved to allow 18-wheelers delivering to Tri-State Airmotive to use the taxiway if necessary until the county fixes CR 3084, and commissioners approved his motion.

Fences make good neighbors?

Floyd then brought up that Phase One of the security fence project around the airport perimeter cut off access to the gate that leads to his well and hay barn, and it is almost hay season. He called it a nuisance and asked if he could take down the section blocking the gate.

Sheila Evans recounted a visit two or three years ago from a Federal Aviation Administration official who noticed the gate and observed, “There are no airport operations beyond the gate, so why is it there?”

Perry Evans said federal grant opportunities would be cut off if CAA allowed “through-the-fence operations.”

Floyd clarified all he was asking was to take down the last eight feet so he could get to his hay barn. He said he would buy the lock for the gate and keep it locked.

“It’s not for public access. It’s just for hay season,” he said.

Mallet eventually moved they have Serrano check with the FAA to see if Floyd’s offer would fly. Motion was approved 3-1, Evans voting No. Engineer’s report Clinton told commissioners the state grant for paving to the new hangars and the federal grant for fencing were both complete. He said he expects to hear AIRPORT continued on page 21

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INDEPENDENTNews Blue heron death on SWEPCO power line raises plea for protection

Becky Gillette The recent death of a great blue heron on an American Electric Power (AEP)/Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) high voltage power line associated with the Shipe Road station in Benton County has led to calls for SWEPCO to take actions to place identifiers, such as balls, on lines that can be difficult for birds to see.

The line that entangled the great blue heron is immediately adjacent to the south boundary of Craig State Fish Hatchery at Centerton. The line runs along and immediately adjacent to the entire south boundary of the hatchery.

“The line features tall metal poles with four wires,” said Joe Neal, a retired wildlife biologist for Ouachita National Forest and co-author with Douglas James of Arkansas Birds. “The bottom three wires are easily seen, but

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Photo by Joe Neal

the top wire is smaller and less visible.”

The fish hatchery can attract birds like the great blue heron. The surrounding area, a former prairie, is used by all kinds of birds, including raptors.

“We have seen all three falcons here, peregrine, prairie, and kestrel, (the latter nesting), red-tailed hawks, Swainson’s hawks, both vulture species, and in winter, regular visits to the hatchery by bald eagles,” Neal said.

“Obviously, they are all now at risk.

And, because these lines cover many miles, it is not clear just how much of a risk the top line presents.”

This past week Neal was able to contact a senior manager at AEP whom Neal felt understood the problem and how to fix it.

“These are big organizations. AEP, I think, has 20,000 employees, so it is not like any individual can just snap his or her fingers and fix something,” Neal said. “But I sure felt he was going to try and sort this one out. He said the fact that the line was so hard to see, and not marked, indicated to him that planners did not have information about either use of the area by migratory birds, like great blues, and certainly they were unaware that this part of northwest Arkansas is heavily used by all kinds of raptors, including bald eagles, in winter.”

This top wire just needs to be marked, Neal said.

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INDEPENDENTNews Elephants coming to town?

Nicky Boyette Bruce Levine, director of the Parks Department, told commissioners at the July 15 Parks Commission meeting he had approved the request for a one-day circus event at Lake Leatherwood on Tuesday, Nov. 4. There will be shows at 2 and 6 p.m. and the event is a fundraiser for a scholarship fund for a graduating senior.

The event is being organized by Barbara Tenan, her daughter, Brenda, and Danny Cameron.

Trails Master Plan endorsed by council Chair Bill Featherstone commented with pride and relief that Eureka Springs City Council had approved the Trails Master Plan at its July 14 meeting. He said the Master Plan had been prepared by members of the Trails Committee with plenty of help from professionals, mentioning in particular Adam Biossat, Dorothy Guertin, Sheryl Willis and Levine for their participation. He also thanked those who spoke up in favor of the plan at the council meeting.

“Now we move to the next phase,”

Featherstone remarked.

Dog Park opens Levine announced the Bark Park had its opening, “and it was absolutely wonderful.” He said dogs were frolicking “and not a single fuss.” He said he saw people at the park with dogs the rest of the day.

“I hope you take your dog out there and let it run,” Levine said to the public, “and I want to thank commissioner [Rachel] Brix for spearheading this project.”

Other business • Still in process are the plans for the soccer netting for the Lake Leatherwood soccer fields and the security plan for the parks.

• “Not much has changed,” Levine stated regarding the geese issue at Lake Leatherwood.

• Featherstone acknowledged Denton West for the very sturdy bike rack beside City Hall.

Next workshop will be Tuesday, August 5, at 6 p.m., at Harmon Park, and next regular meeting will be Tuesday, August 19, at 6 p.m.

Opponents of fluoridation implore council to take action B ecky G illette Opponents of adding fluoride to the water supply in Eureka Springs have been heartened by support on the Eureka Springs City Council for taking action to prevent fluoridation.

Alderman Mickey Schneider is working on a proposed resolution reminding the Carroll Boone Water District (CBWD) of the city’s opposition to fluoridation, and stating that following the law mandating fluoride would violate numerous other state and federal laws.

Schneider said that when the fluoridation law was rushed through the legislature by special interests, it was done so hurriedly legislators didn’t get to hear the other side of the story.

“If you have twenty laws you have to follow versus one, that one does not supersede,” Schneider said. “If in following all the other laws, you can’t follow it, you go back to the originators of the law and say, ‘Guys, we have a problem here.’ They were so rushed that

they didn’t consider their law is contrary to a whole pile of other laws.”

Schneider’s proposed resolution would be added to one passed by the council two years ago opposing fluoridation. Eureka Springs has twice voted against fluoridation, and it has been opposed by all CBWD water operators.

But the CBWD board said it had to comply with the state law mandating fluoridation, and has gone ahead with plans to use a grant from Delta Dental Foundation to add a facility for injecting fluoridation chemicals into the water.

Opponents point to other laws that the CBWD would be violating if it proceeds. Schneider said adding fluoridation chemicals to the water without getting independent verification of the exact chemical makeup of the product would be illegal. The Arkansas State Board of Health rules and regulations pertaining to public water systems, Section G, Approved FLUORIDATION continued on page 20

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Be careful out there

Editor, I walk my dogs in Highland Lake Estates and see death on the side of the road.

Dead berry plants sprayed at the orders of Carroll Electric. Raspberries, blackberries and coral berries, all plants that grow no taller then four feet, burned with chemicals.

Also perennials, including milkweed and Black-eyed Susans, sprayed dead.

To make matters worse, No Spray orders were ignored. Even after going through grueling procedures, inconvenience and expense to have the recorder of deeds personally deliver deeds to CECC because a landowner’s remittance of deed is not trustworthy, somehow no matter, still sprayed.

Basically, CECC is hell bent on having Johnson grass and sericea lespedeza become the natural state’s only roadside plants. Why are bees and monarchs going extinct? Utilities.

And now Dow Chemical is bringing back Agent Orange to market. Be careful, it’s dangerous out there in dog walking territory.

Susan Pang

Apollo doing well

Editor, On behalf of Apollo, the shelter staff, the board and myself, I must thank all those who donated so generously for Apollo’s surgery. The outpouring of compassion and concern from the public overwhelmed us all. Within two days of our plea hitting the

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the sale and/or to donate items to sell (no clothing, please). If you can help or donate, please call or text Bill at (479) 2531649. The homeless dogs of Carroll County thank you.

Internet, we had enough donations to get surgery scheduled.

Apollo had his surgery June 24, and July 8 had his follow-up appointment at Azzore Veterinary Surgery. Apollo is doing well, and while he has an estimated three months of recovery ahead, we are all optimistic that he will continue to do well.

If you live in or near Eureka Springs, Apollo would love to meet you! We’ve already had several people come in just to meet him. We will continue to post periodic updates on Apollo’s progress on Facebook and our blog so you can monitor his rehabilitation, too.

Your sweetness of spirit has reminded us all of the best traits of people, and Apollo has been the recipient of that goodness.

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The middle isn’t the middle anymore

erhaps we’re an art town. Perhaps a healing town. A retirement town.

Perhaps we’re a wedding town, hippie town, gay town, religious town, biker town, historical, small convention town. All we know for sure is we’re a beautiful town. And it’s not our fault.

We’re not quite sure what to do with those who come here and buy what they want instead of what we want them to buy, but we know most who grace our sidewalks are middle class people from the middle class states that surround us.

Middle class is somewhere between Richie Rich and nail-biting broke.

Middle class people are known to have lots of cookbooks and a taste for $19 bottles of red wine, one for each guest. They like owning a Christmas sweater.

They tweet. They worry about what others think, try to keep up, and assume positions of leadership for which they have no experience, but gallons of uncorked enthusiasm. They feel they’re in the way. They used to vote in every election, but now they are so busy absorbing way too much information that voting has gone the way of the Pierce Arrow. It was once a goal to be middle class, now it’s like watching the neap tide.

Middle class is defined by wealth (what you have); income (what you bring home each week or so); how high a grade you got in how high a grade; how respectable your job is; and how healthy you are. Middle class succeeds because working class people are willing to work hard at grunt jobs so those in the middle will stay calm.

Rich people own this country, poor people work it, middle class people vacation in it, and they all hold their noses when they vote. Money is so cheap and easy to borrow in this country, we just do it. In the blink of a year, we can go from middle to lower class simply because of debt, and still, no vacation.

Forty-five percent of Americans are charted to be middle class, lower than the world average but greater than many countries. Middle class has the majority of voters, writers, independent thinkers, farmers, artists, architects and pastors, and it encompasses a whole lot more than income. It’s a way of life handed down from those who weren’t exactly middle class, but wanted to be. It’s the class of people who can change a tire (and will); root for a small college debate team; provide food (but not money) for their kids; know how to grow a tomato, sew on a button, pass a driving test without bribery, and work crossword puzzles. The middle class knows which information to share and which to keep to themselves.

What happens when there is no middle class? Vacations take a hit and leave tourist towns with what’s left, the rich and the poor. As we know from history, or daily experience, rich and poor don’t get along all that well. The rich want more than we have and the poor respect what we have but probably can’t get here from there.

The ones in the middle are the ones who don’t necessarily solve problems, but are capable of it. The middle class are firefighters, whether volunteer or professional. They don’t want to take their neighbors’ anything. They want the joy, and responsibility, of being in the middle, and they want leisure time, preferably away from home. They’re helpers.

The problem of tourism in our town is no different than anywhere – when you depend on a certain class of people and provide what you think they’ll like, surprises abound. Travelers have the want and need to enjoy something new and unusual, but no one has the money they had 15 years ago. It might look it on the pay stub, but what you have doesn’t cover what it used to.

Who adjusts? We must. We won’t get many to our town the way we used to because many simply haven’t got the money to let go of. How, then? Middle class values – be honest. Be kind. Be good. Middle class values are free.

MPB

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by Dan Krotz heriff Bob Grudek complains about being misquoted by Huffington Post journalist Melissa Jeltsen in her coverage of the murder of Laura Aceves. Grudek got into hot water when she quoted him saying, “The question you’re asking me is what’s wrong with the courts. I’m asking you, what’s wrong with the women?”

Maybe Grudek’s statement was taken out of context – “he said, she said” – but that’s beside the point to everyone except Candidate Grudek. The main facts are that Carroll County’s entire judicial system failed a young woman and her child; now, she’s dead and her child’s life is upside down. What are our prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement authorities doing to prevent it from happening again?

Grudek, Prosecutor Tony Rogers, Judge Scott Jackson, and Sheriff’s candidate Randy Mayfield should all thank Melissa Jeltsen for reminding them that Arkansas is among the 10 worst states when it comes to gun violence against women. Now, they have the opportunity – and responsibility – to change that. So: What’s the plan, boys?

Local media has really missed the boat too, and fails to go beyond headline writing. Where did the alleged killer, a violent adolescent on probation, get the gun he purportedly used to kill Aceves? He violated at least two Federal statutes for possessing a gun, and the person or persons who supplied him with the gun are criminally and civilly prosecutable as well. If media can’t get our criminal justice system’s factotums to say what they’re doing – and what they’re going to do – then it isn’t worth taking to the outhouse.

And where’s the public outrage over Laura’s death? The anti-SWEPCO movement shows what can happen when citizens put a little skin in the game. Yup, saving the Ozarks is a grand goal. Now, let’s put some energy into answering who we’re saving it for, and require our criminal justice system and media to be minimally competent.

If there is any good news about the Aceves case, it’s that gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross is using Laura’s murder to promote legislation and funding to protect victims of domestic violence. Finally, a dime’s worth of difference. www.esINDEPENDENT.com | July 23, 2014 |

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A little help from our friends:

• Cup of Love free dinner, lunch, clothing – Free Mexican dinner Wednesdays at 5 p.m. Hearty soup lunch Fridays 9:30 – 2 p.m. Free clothing.

Located in former Wildflower thrift shop (yellow building next to chapel) US 62E. (479) 363-4529.

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

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

• Wildflower food pantry, furniture bank and clothing – Wildflower Chapel (US 62E) free food pantry 10:30 a.m.

– 12:30 p.m. on Fridays. Thrift store and used furniture bank (now in big blue barn only) Wednesday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Friday 1 – 6 p.m.

Drop off donations Thursday – Saturday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Meetings at Coffee Pot Club behind Land O’ Nod Inn: • Alateen – Sundays, 10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Email alateen1st@gmx.com or phone (479) 981-9977 • Overeaters Anonymous – Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Barbara (479) 244-0070 • Narcotics Anonymous – Fridays, 5:30 p.m. (903) 278-5568 • 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 |

INDEPENDENTConstablesOnPatrol July 14 4:06 a.m. – Traffic stop resulted in arrest of the driver for speeding and driving on a suspended license.

7:38 p.m. – There was a scooter vs. vehicle accident with minor injuries.

July 15 2:28 a.m. – Constable on patrol encountered a vehicle in a ditch. He found the driver and arrested him for DWI #3 and leaving the scene of an accident.

8:35 a.m. – Caller claimed her neighbor has been harassing her, so she filed a report.

7:23 p.m. – Constable responded to a burglary alarm at a building but found front and rear doors secure.

July 16 1:58 a.m. – Resident near downtown told ESPD he heard suspicious noises near his house, and had seen a pickup drive away with an injured baby deer. Constable surveyed the area.

2:26 a.m. – Alarm rang out at a business on a dark road, but constable found all doors secure.

9:05 a.m. – Campers reported an injured raccoon unable to walk near the Lake Leatherwood camping area. Constable arrived to perform his dire duty.

11:35 a.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for driving on a suspended license, expired vehicle license and no insurance.

July 17 7:10 a.m. – Worker arrived at his place of employment to find a vehicle had damaged a fence near the business in the early morning hours.

8:21 a.m. – Caller told ESPD power lines were down near downtown. Responding constable saw a power pole atilt but no lines down.

9:09 a.m. – Resident near downtown reported a sign in her front yard had been taken during the night. Turned out six signs in the vicinity had been taken.

10:29 a.m. – Resident said her vehicle had been stolen in Fayetteville and her purse had been in the vehicle. She said since then one of her checks had been used at a local business. ESPD took a report and made contact with FPD.

10:52 a.m. – Constable took a report of vandalism done to a dryer at an apartment complex.

1:59 p.m. – ESPD got word of a female yelling at vehicles on Main Street, but constables did not locate her.

1:59 p.m. – A caller told ESPD her friend is homeless and is usually downtown, and she was concerned he might be suicidal.

Constables watched for the individual.

2:46 p.m. – Gas station reported a gas driveoff. Constable encountered the vehicle in town, and the driver claimed he would go back and pay, but had used a credit card at the pump.

6:44 p.m. – Report came to ESPD of an allegedly intoxicated female riding a horse downtown. The constable could not find her, and Animal Control said no laws regarding animals had been broken.

9:14 p.m. – Constables watched for a supposedly erratic driver on Hwy. 23.

9:32 p.m. – Constable initiated a traffic stop, and two individuals with warrants from other jurisdictions were taken into custody.

July 18 11:21 a.m. – One neighbor claimed a package delivery service had mistakenly delivered his package to a second neighbor, which the second neighbor denied. After speaking with a constable, the second neighbor admitted receiving the package, and gave it to the constable for proper delivery.

3:38 p.m. – Observer alerted ESPD to five locations around town where someone had painted a bicycle on the lane of traffic, including on a state highway. The observer thought this would be a dangerous situation if an unwitting bicyclist interpreted the graffiti to mean the lane was a bike lane.

11:18 p.m. – One neighbor complained of a barking dog, but the barking stopped while a constable was on his way. Animal Control will follow up.

July 19 12:06 a.m. – Resident above downtown complained of loud music in the restaurants and bars down below. Constable spoke with staff at one establishment and music was turned off for the night.

12:07 a.m. – Constable attempted a traffic stop but the vehicle fled eastbound on US 62 at a high rate of speed. Constable discontinued pursuit after losing sight of the vehicle, but authorities in Berryville and the county were notified.

12:43 a.m. – Group of pedestrians were arguing as they made their way toward evening accommodations. Constable encountered them and arranged for a taxi ride since a couple of them were apparently intoxicated. They left in the taxi with no further ado.

11:26 a.m. – Caller claimed a guest in a motel room had caused damage to a headboard. Constable spoke with both the caller and the owner, and the owner did not file a report because he planned to replace the headboard anyway.

12:48 p.m. – EMS asked for a constable to file a report.

12:51 p.m. – CCSO warned ESPD of a possibly reckless driver entering town from the east. Constable surveilled the vehicle and observed it to be operating safely.

1 p.m. – Passerby noticed four sheep in a roadway on the northern edge of town.

The sheep were in the woods when constables arrived. The ramblers were eventually reunited with the hand that feeds them.

July 20 10:57 a.m. – Someone’s vehicle sideswiped a parked car in a neighborhood above downtown during the night.

11:36 a.m. – There was a two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 23 South. Parties exchanged information and one driver left the scene, but was able to speak with both parties for his report.

12:22 p.m. – There was a motorcycle vs. truck accident on US 62 toward the west side of town. Injuries were reported.

4:44 p.m. – Driver alerted ESPD to a semi being driven carelessly on its way into town from the west. A constable kept an eye on it through town during which time the driver steered properly.

July 21 1:27 a.m. – ESPD was alerted to be on the lookout for the vehicle involved in a parental abduction.

Metafizzies meet July 28 The July 28 meeting of the Arkansas Metaphysical Society (Metafizzies) will feature a video presentation on the Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah. A discussion period

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will follow. Meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the reading room of the Christian Science Church, 68 Mountain Street. All are welcome.

INDEPENDENT Art & Entertainment Youth Community Theater presents Little Women There will be two free performances of Little Women by the Youth Community Theater in the city auditorium on August 1 and 2. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., showtime 7 p.m.

Under the guidance of their beloved mother, the four young March sisters struggle to keep their family going while their father is away in the Civil War. In this beautifully dramatized adaptation of the classic novel, each girl strives to find her true self even as privation, illness, and sibling rivalry cast

their shadows.

For more information email douglassnall@gmail.com or see www. youthcommunitytheater.com.

Come hear Eurekans tell “Tales” P aula M orrell ( in white ) and her recent T ales from the S outh workshop group

at the W riters ’ C olony at D airy H ollow

Grammy Award winning cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio will perform her musical magic accompanied by pianist Robert Koenig on Sunday, August 24, 2 p.m. at the Auditorium. In addition to classical selections, her concert will include pieces from Gershwin and a few surprises, so don’t miss it!

Cellist Sant’Ambrogio performed with her group, The Eroica Trio, in Eureka Springs in 2012 during the Classical Music Festival and was urged by many to return.

Sant’Ambrogio has appeared as a soloist with the Atlanta, Boston Pops, Chicago, Dallas, Moscow State Philharmonic, Century Orchestra Osaka, St. Louis, San Francisco, Vienna Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and Seattle orchestras – in addition to touring and recording 9 CDs with the Eroica Trio.

She has performed with singers Sting, Rufus Wainwright and Angela McCluskey, and even recorded with rock group VAST. She won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance. The Eroica Trio’s first CD won NPR’s Best Debut Recording and their second was nominated for two Grammy Awards.

Tickets are $10 general admission and available at www.theaud.org or at the door.

Doors open at 1:30 p.m. For more about her music visit www.sarasantambrogio.com.

Bluegrass is back

Tickets available now

Join Paula Morrell for a special broadcast of “Tales from the South” at the newly renovated Main Stage Creative Community Center on July 27. The fun begins at 5 p.m. when the doors at 67 North Main open. Colony kitchen goddess Jana Jones is cooking dinner, and vegetarian and vegan options will be available.

Beer and wine will be available at a cash bar.

Area folks will be reading their tales during the broadcast recording and Dean Thiebaud of Mountain Sprout will provide the music. Come and supply lots of applause! Show starts at 6 p.m. and there’s free parking in the Basin Park Hotel lot next to Main Stage. Ratliff Admission is $25 and includes dinner and the show. Seating is limited. To reserve your spot, call The Writers’ Colony (479) 253-7444, or email: director@ writerscolony.org. Tickets must be paid in advance to guarantee a seat, and cancellations must be made at least 48 hours in advance to be refunded.

Calling all blues musicians!

Blues Challenge, a competition sponsored by the Ozark Blues Society of Northwest Arkansas in affiliation with the International Blues Challenge, is presented each year by the Blues Foundation.

Deadline for entries is August 15.

Acts entered in the challenge will each perform a 20-minute set in a randomly chosen order, which will be announced just prior to the start of the competition, which takes place Wednesday, Sept. 17,

Classical with a twist

6 – 11:30 p.m. in Fayetteville at George’s Majestic Lounge, 519 W. Dickson.

There will be two winners announced on the night of the competition – one band and one solo/duo act. Winners will be eligible to compete at the four-day 2015 International Blues Challenge on Beale Street in Memphis January 21 – 24, 2015.

Details (official rules, scoring criteria, guidelines, application form, etc.) can be obtained www.ozarkbluessociety.org.

This year’s Annual Bluegrass Festival will be jam-packed with lively, talented musicians for three days, August 14 – 16.

The Festival kicks off with a Watermelon Social in Basin Spring Park Thursday at 7 p.m. presented by the Eureka Springs Downtown Network. This event is an open jam and everyone is invited to bring instruments and join in. Free watermelon and water will be provided.

On Friday and Saturday, there will be free music in Basin Park from noon – 6 p.m.

Two nights of shows beginning at 7 p.m. at the auditorium feature headliners

Melvin Goins with Retro & Smiling, along with The Davanzo Family, Mountain View Friends & Family, Clancey Ferguson, Buffalo City Ramblers with Donny Catron, and Dragonmasters.

Tickets to auditorium shows are $20 for adults and $12 for children 16 and under. Tickets for both nights are $35 adults and $20 children at www.theaud. org.

And there’s much more! For a full schedule of performers and times see www.eurekasprings.org or pick up a copy of the August Fun Guide next week.

Harvey paintings selected for exhibition

Egg Drop Soup and Woman at the Well by Diana Harvey have been selected for the Artists of Northwest Arkansas’ 20th Annual Regional Exhibition at the Art Center of the Ozarks in Springdale. The show will be featured during August. In Eureka Springs, Diana’s work may be seen at The Eureka Fine Art Gallery on North Main Street. www.esINDEPENDENT.com | July 23, 2014 |

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A few facts and then a few questions…

n their order #36, the Public Service Commissioners noted that “some transmission development in the area appears warranted.” They’ll have us wait while AEP/SWEPCO and the Southwest Power Pool are given another six months or so to spring forth a new rationale. If this ugly sucker of a power line is not immediately rejected by the APSC in the name of justice, we will have protracted hearings far into the summer of 2015.

I would like to acquaint readers with a few important facts that have bearing on whether “some transmission development in the area” is warranted. The Shipes Road to Kings River power line would terminate (temporarily) in the distribution area served by the Carroll Electric Cooperative. In their most recent report, Carroll Electric’s increase in power usage and delivery was 1.000982 percent over the two-year period from 2011 to 2013.

That amounts to a ½ percent per year rate

of growth. That’s hardly enough growth to have fits about, or necessitate a huge 345 kV power line, or even a new 161 kV power line that APSC suggests be reviewed as an alternative.

In their most recent report, Carroll Electric told proudly of a 55 percent increase in reliability. They should be congratulated for that, particularly knowing that SWEPCO’s audacious plan had nothing whatsoever to do with their success. The need for the power line was claimed for growth and reliability, and Carroll Electric has done well enough on both scores without any interference by AEP/SWEPCO. Furthermore, “According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, residential energy consumption in Arkansas fell between 2010 and 2012.

Nationwide, electricity use per household is expected to fall through 2040.” Both of these interesting facts are supplied by the

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Sunday, July 13, 2014.

I think it’s time for the APSC and the Southwest Power Pool and AEP/ SWEPCO to come forth with some further explanation for the people of Northwest Arkansas. AEP/SWEPCO and the Southwest Power Pool claim that a six-month delay will be required to converse with “stakeholders.” There are many thousands of stakeholders in the tourist industry of Northwest Arkansas who should have been consulted before this power line was proposed in the first place. We, as stakeholders and property owners whose lands would be taken and destroyed by eminent domain, should never have had to face such an illconceived project as this one proposed by AEP/SWEPCO. Given the federal Department of Energy expectation that household use of power will decline until 2040, does

Say aloha to a Barn luau Go Hawaiian at the Friends of the Barn luau on Saturday, August 9, catered by the Black Porch restaurant. Social hour at 5, dinner at 6 p.m. At 7 p.m. J. Rock and the 3rd Street Band will round out the evening. Dinner features oven Kalua Pig, Huli Huli Chicken, side dishes and banana guava or coconut pie for dessert. BYOB – island attire optional.

Only 125 tickets are available at $12.50 per person with profit going towards an improved sound system. Tickets on sale now at the Holiday Island rec. center and the 18hole pro shop until Monday, August 4.

the power industry have some secret stakeholders more deeply affected than the citizens of Northwest Arkansas? For example, industrial or marketing demands that this power line is intended to supply with massive amounts of electricity? Or is it simply to transport power out of state?

If so, do they plan to sacrifice Arkansas’s third largest industry, tourism, to serve those new industries and markets? Or are they just trying to ram the thing past us for their own profits with no concern for the people, the economy and the environment of Northwest Arkansas?

What silly questions I have asked.

We’ve been contending with this process long enough to know that AEP/SWEPCO falsified the necessity for this power line, understated its environmental and economic costs, and mocked those who stood united against it. The application should be summarily dismissed.

Doug Stowe

Fond send-off for John Summers Aug. 2 The community is invited to a retirement party for John Summers, General Manager and Chief Water Operator of the Carroll-Boone Water District from 1983-2014. Summers retired on June 6, and all are invited to a celebration in his honor on August 2, 2 – JOHN SUMMERS 4 p.m. at the Berryville Community Center, 601 Dr. Spurlin Circle in Berryville.

Co-workers say if you would ask John, he’d tell you it was the best job around and he thoroughly enjoyed working there. All the operators - many who worked with John since the beginning of the Water District – loved and respected him and say they’ll miss him.

Register for firefighter training

Pubbin’ – Local Nancy Fuller and Larry Glover of Branson enjoy the patio at the Pied Piper and Cathouse Lounge July 20.

Photo by CD White

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Eureka Springs Fire & EMS will present two new Arkansas Fire Academy firefighting training courses August 23 and 24 for any approved volunteer firefighters seeking accreditation. Classes include an updated “Introduction to Firefighting” at 9 a.m. and an additional AFA Protective Equipment class on the new equipment on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6 and 7. The classes are 16 hours long (8 per day) and begin at 9 a.m. The classroom is located at Station #1 on Van Buren, next to McDonalds, in the basement training room.

Course completion for either free class requires attendance both days and participation in all hands-on drills. Full turnout gear is required and will be supplied by an approved volunteer fire department at no charge.

Register now as attendance is limited. Attendees must complete a fire academy course application and fax a copy to the academy and to Eureka Springs Fire & EMS for final approval. For a copy of the course application, call (479) 253-9616.

INDEPENDENTLens Ayyyy – Just because Dave Heilmann’s now living in Hawaii, he doesn’t have to rub it in! Dave was waiting for a chance to say hello to June Westphal at the Museum. “There’s a big line – it’s like waiting to see Santa Claus,” he quipped.

Catching up – June Westphal, center, and David Crotts discuss a possible Worley family connection as Mary Jane Fritsch waits a turn to chat. Close to 100 people attended the fete celebrating June’s birthday and her 25 years with the museum as its founder.

Photos by CD White

Get steppin’ – Ready for the Dancing with the (Eureka) Stars competition in September? From left, Melonlight Dance’s Ayla Thayer, Rachel Gibbbons, Emma Anne, Raymond Ulibarri, Jerry Watson, Maggie Mae and Caia Pattynama have relocated here from Denver, or are in the process, and will be dancing with locals in the competition.

Photo by CD White

Intense – Lower right, dancer and artist Tamara Jonason, center, keeps a studied eye on the dance demonstrations at Melonlight Studio’s open house as she enjoys the performance with Travis Clark and Kim Stryker (left).

Photo by CD White

Pedaling the fat tire off – Local geezers Bill King and Randy Woodward placed 1st and 2nd in the 17-mile cross country category for those 60 and over.

Photo John Rankine

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ESOTERICAstrology as news for week July 24 – 30

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by Risa

Mars Enters Scorpio – the Nine Tests

ver the years I’ve mentioned the Nine Tests of Mars and Scorpio. The tests are given to everyone – unawakened, beginning to awaken, and the awakened. The purpose is to “test our strength, courage, ability to adapt, discriminate and have discernment.” To see if we are deceived by illusion or are “warriors triumphant, emerging from the battle.”

During Leo Sun, we’re already experiencing life dramatically. With Mars in Scorpio and the Nine Tests, life assumes vivid, tragic, comedic, spectacular onthe-edge dimensions. We will be “taken to task and

tested” during Mars in Scorpio (July 27-Sept. 14).

We’re grateful Mars isn’t retrograde in Scorpio.

During Mars’ last retrograde this year in Libra (March 1 – May 20) we were offered many choices. After the retrograde we made definite choices. Now those choices will be tested. Are they real? Will we follow through? Mars in Scorpio will meet with Saturn in Scorpio (July 25 & 26).

Saturn, Dweller on the Threshold, signifies ancient residues of our past (Jung’s “shadow”). As the Dweller informs us of patterns no longer useful,

ARIES: What is your family genealogy, your lineage, what are your cultural roots, your heritage? Are interactions and relations with your family good? And how are you feeling these days? Your energy may be high and low, you must sleep a bit more, tend more to family and the home, and bring into your environments that which sustains, comforts, and supports you. Moods are restrained by work as service and exercise.

TAURUS: You may be thinking of past relationships and friends, which bring you to assessing your self-worth and what you value about yourself.

You find that you must continue with plans for community development and its direction, new neighborhoods based on community ideals and the new architecture.

Communication between diverse factions may be needed. Notice any values conflicts. What is right beside you is most important.

GEMINI: Finances, as usual. A new beginning, a reorientation or a re-evaluation financially will be considered. Changes are occurred fast and furiously.

You must keep up for you are a major spokesperson.

A smaller reality must fall away so you can embrace a larger one. Usually you’re silent about such things.

Who do you talk with now? The Soul is brightening each day, calling your personality to evaluate.

CANCER: A new beginning is occurring. A new selfidentity. A new seed planted in your heart and mind.

You sense and feel this. Forces and energies unknown yet fully present call you to a greater mobility and selfdiscovery. Perhaps it concerns where you live and your present daily work. You have/will become more accepting, which increases self-acceptance and self-worth. Something ends as something much greater begins.

LEO: First a review of your career path and then spiritual beliefs, upbringing and remembering. The question arises, “What is most important in my life?” You will re-commit to something, someplace or someone from long ago. This surprises you.

You’re gradually learning from (and listening to) others. They have loved you for years, ages, eons from afar. What does your heart tell you? Who do you love?

VIRGO: You will enter into regions of the mind not often explored and discovering over time what needs elimination in terms of past ideas and beliefs and what new regions of thought need developing. Hidden aspects of self will be encountered.

Simply observe. The world now is filled with endings and new beginnings. You, a writer, should by now have a Retrograde journal, Dream journal, Eclipse Journal, Transit journal, Esoteric teachings journal. All organized.

Mars presents the Nine tests (Nine Headed Hydra).

They concern our personality relationships with sex, comfort, money; fear, hatred, love of power; pride, separativeness and cruelty. The questions, “Do we have ‘Right Expression’ with these? Have we strayed from the rules governing our Divine Design? What is still unawakened, uncontrolled and unconquered within us?” Simultaneously, we are asked to make Right Choices and create Right Relations. And to have kindness (ahimsa) and compassion. These overcome all hindrances. They help us pass the tests.

LIBRA: There may be conflicts between previous choices you made and choices others have made, between past and resent ways of being. Holding onto the past is of comfort. Yet you want also to move forward. It’s difficult doing both. Perhaps you can review why you made certain decisions years ago separating you from certain situations and people. Life often brings forth surprising thoughts, ideas, events and life changes. The idea of forgiveness and inclusion produce liberation.

SCORPIO: Bold and expansive steps may be taken in areas of study, ideas, education and your career. You may even travel a bit, leading to a new direction in life. Something dramatic and different occurred around work. Or will. As time passes you’ll understand the opportunity this provided. If you could do anything you wanted concerning the future, what would that be?

SAGITTARIUS: Unexpected events will influence your dream world, intuition, and the place where inspiration comes from. You will want to review and tend to finances. It’s important to know what your relationship is with money, past, present and future.

This will change, too. Also, someone or something may come along soon and from this encounter, revelations occur. You need some. Be charming and observing at the same time.

CAPRICORN: Allow yourself to rest more this week. Don’t overwork. If you do something may catch you off guard, you may forget things, tend to too many details that exhaust. You may argue yourself to distraction.

Tell everyone you need extra help. Create an agenda of tasks for others to do. Allow (and expect) them to perform those tasks.

Then give them stars. In the meantime, read, lay about and languish a bit.

AQUARIUS: At first the days and week feel uncontrollable, then surprising and uncertain. Then you realize life is changing at such a rapid pace that you may as well be excited about it. This response expands your imagination and vision, elevates and vivifies your life force, and you feel divinely connected to all forms of life, all planes and kingdoms. This, by the way, is joy, a quality of the Soul. Now you can nourish others with it.

PISCES: You will begin to see things, life’s events, choices, in a new light, with clearer perception. This will be good. You will learn to not turn away when upset or sad but to turn toward and make amends. You will also begin to have faith in the future, something you haven’t had for a long time (years). Something will occur that changes you – a gift, a task, recognition, a new role, a person, an idea, a state of grace, a prayer.

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

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Take your turn as a municipal official The public is invited to a free presentation designed to answer questions about running for office and inspire potential leaders to take that first step and throw their hat into the ring.

Thursday, July 24, at 5:30 p.m. at the Best Western Eureka Inn, the Governmental Relations Committee of the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce has arranged a presentation by David Schoen of the Arkansas Municipal League (AML).

Sycamore©

Schoen will discuss two documents produced by AML: Guidebook for Municipal Officials of Mayor/ Council Cities and 2014 Municipal Election Information.

There will also be time for Q and A. “It has been said that all politics is local,” Mike Bishop, Eureka Springs Chamber CEO, said, “and we have many local people who could really help our community through their involvement in our local government.”

The AML presentation comes on the eve of the first day potential candidates may file for local offices by turning in their completed petitions to the county clerk. Petitions, available from the county clerk, must be submitted no later than August 15 in order to have a candidate’s name placed on the November ballot.

“Our committee hopes people interested in running for office or those simply interested in the process will come join us at the Eureka Inn,” Bishop said.

– Chapter 8, cont.

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

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he girl was still standing on the curb, very straight, and Jane got the impression that it was a studied effect, that she was hoping everyone in the square would be aware of her. She did not seek out any individual notice – simply stood in her attitude of self-conscious pride, gathering up in her gaze the untidy circle of storefronts, the littered space in front of the courthouse, the fringe of waiting trucks and cars about the edges of the square. Then, at last, she turned and walked (with an imaginary book on her head, Jane thought) towards Dycus’s drugstore.

At the same moment, Tracy came out of Tetter’s carrying a paper bag from which pale leaves of celery protruded.

The two met, face to face, and both paused tentatively. Then Jane knew who she was, because Tracy spoke the name with surprise, and with just that degree of withdrawal that showed she was not entirely pleased, saw the other woman only remotely, forever removed from her own sphere. There was a brief patter of words –

“When did you get back? – Home for good now?” – and they nodded and passed.

Sally Jo and Vernon erupted from the drugstore with bubbles growing out of their mouths, and Tracy shooed them into the back seat with the groceries and slid behind the wheel. Her face was pink and she was biting her lower lip as she jabbed at the ignition key.

Jane watched the blue sundress and the beautiful hair vanish into the shaded depths of the drugstore, as Tracy backed away from the curb. She felt strangely excited. “So that,” she said, “is Clytie.

Clytie Byrne.”

“She’s back now,” Tracy said irritably, swinging the wheel as if she had a grudge against it. “That getup! Ever in your born days –?”

Walter Knowles, with the paper out of the way for the week, stood inside the front office, watching through the slatted blinds the slow, concentric movements of the square. He saw Doctor Totten emerge, purposefully but without haste, from the cavernous stairway that led to his musty

office over the drugstore, climb into his car with his scarred black bag, and start away from the curb. (Out in the country, possibly, someone was dying or giving birth.)

He saw his father standing on the courthouse steps, talking with the loungers who had gathered there in the shade. Roger.

He smiled behind the blinds: nature’s gentleman! American in the truest sense of the word. Who would write his obituary – the fulsome afterthoughts of small-town journalism? But he was vigorous enough.

Look at him standing there, erect in his white suit, the panama set back on his head, a bit devil-may-care –face as smooth as a healthy baby’s, so long as you weren’t close enough to see the eyes. Ave, Caesar!

Old Mrs. Winchfield pattered along the far side of the square with tiny steps, a net bag on her arm. (Colonel Blake’s aunt, he recalled idly.) She walked bent forward, as if she were leaning against a high wind, and he remembered how he had always thought that, if she should pitch forward on her face, she would surely vanish that same instant in a puff of powdery dust. The

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etty McCall, who we called Granny, would often whistle while she worked. No harm in that, except I am told that Great Uncle Otto McCall would say, “A whistling woman and a crowing hen always come to some bad end.”

I was reminded of this saying when it was quoted by a lady in the audience for a recent presentation on Ozark superstitions sponsored by the Carroll County Historical Society. Susan Young, the Outreach Coordinator for the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale, was the entertaining speaker.

For a reference, she used Vance Randolph’s 1947 classic Ozark Magic and Folklore and she read the opening line that “The people who live in the Ozark country of Missouri and Arkansas were, until very recently, the most deliberately unprogressive people in the United States.”

As a group, we contemplated whether or not there was an implied insult. I don’t believe that there is, as Vance Randolph, a one-time resident of Eureka Springs, loved all things authentically Ozarkian.

Susan Young began the evening talking about the old belief that a cat will take away a baby’s breath. Cats used

old ladies! They had been around CONSTANCE forever, it seemed WAGNER to him – at least, forever within his memory – and they had always been old ladies (born old ladies, undoubtedly) pecking politely at the edges of life, exchanging sibilant chitchat through their false teeth, and, beneath their deceptively aimless progress to and fro and in and out, going always about their appointed work of destruction.

Colonel Blake was standing in the doorway of the Jeff Davis, standing beside a compact woman of probably middle age, unknown to Walter. (The lady authoress?

Beyond a doubt.) The colonel’s arm swept out in a magnificent arc, his mouth moved rhythmically. I came like Water, and like Wind I go – Old Mrs. Winchfield pitched to a halt in front of them, the colonel went through a hand-flipping of introduction, the stranger bowed, and the colonel’s aunt strained her little birdlike head forward, mouthing amenities, before she passed on.

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to have their necks broken for acting suspiciously around newborns because of this saying.

If you drop a dishrag, company is coming. In my mother’s family, if you drop a case knife, company is coming.

Many of the old beliefs of the Ozarks, of course, came from other places. The hills of Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, shared many of these beliefs as so many settlers to the Ozarks originated from these states.

Frequently, the old superstitious sayings had to do with luck. For instance, if you find a horseshoe in the road and the

open end is towards you, spit on it and throw it over your left shoulder for good luck. If the closed end is towards you, you’d better keep walking.

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INDEPENDENTNews Still On the Hill’s “Once A River” at Hobbs State Park If you missed it in Eureka Springs, the exciting concert project concerning Beaver Lake and its watershed performed by award-winning folk duo, Still on the Hill, will be presented again in our area on Saturday, July 26, 2 p.m., at Hobbs State Park visitor center just east of the Hwy .12/War Eagle Road intersection.

The free concert again will include a giveaway of 100 CDs of songs created to raise awareness of Beaver Lake’s history and its collective stories. These concerts, in addition to being entertaining and educational, will instill a sense of ownership for the protection of this valuable resource, which supplies drinking water and quality of life for one in seven Arkansans.

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water was being drawn from the lake,” Yates said. “He was a very valuable asset.”

Collins joined the board in 1973 at age 35.

Financing the projects Finance Director Cathy Klein told commissioners because of the cooler, wetter weather, they have sold less water than expected this year. Nevertheless, she said the budget for the year was still favorable.

Klein explained that with two large projects about to expend resources, she wanted to make sure she could meet expected payments on time. She said Delta Dental has been prompt to reimburse them for expenses for construction of the fluoride feed station. They will also get reimbursement from the Arkansas Highway Department for moving a substation near Green Forest because of the highway expansion project, but she wanted to consider either a line of credit or using their emergency fund to cover possible cash flow problems.

Alice in Wonderland “on stage” at library annex

Go ask Alice at the Eureka Springs Library Annex Monday, July 28 at 3:15 p.m. as the Hampstead Stage Company presents Lewis Carroll’s immortal classic, Alice in Wonderland. Kids love this tale about a young girl whose boredom takes her on a journey of imagination through a wonderland of characters.

Immediately following the performance, snacks will be served and reading certificates will be handed out to Summer Program participants at this final event of the Library’s Fizz! Boom! Read! Summer Reading Program.

For more information contact the library at (479) 2538754 or info@eurekalibrary.org.

Your 2 cents counts in Eureka Springs Public survey seeks your ideas

ReImagine Main Street, a project of the Eureka Springs Downtown Network Main Street Program, is seeking public input on the types of programming that would benefit the walkability, economic strength, long-term growth of the community and visitor accessibility to North Main.

To include your ideas please submit your comment by August 5 in the online survey at http://bit.ly/ MainStreetProgramming.

Brad Hammond, consultant and engineer for McGoodwin, Williams and Yates, said the emergency fund should be enough to cover cash flow issues, and the board authorized Yates to negotiate a line of credit if one were needed.

Engineer’s report • Hammond reported that 17 applications had been received for the position of General Manager and Chief Operator of the Freeman-Raney Plant.

These will be passed on to the selection committee.

• The fluoride feed station is about 20 percent complete and should be operational by the end of the year.

• Plans and specifications for moving their substation because of the US 62 widening project are almost complete. He warned the board they might need to hold a special meeting to approve the bid before work can begin.

• Plans for the parallel transmission line project are 90 percent complete. His field operatives hope to meet with property

owners whose lands will be crossed to get input before plans are finalized. Their schedule will also be affected by laws that protect Indiana bats during their breeding season.

• Hammond researched the vulnerability of their transmission lines to seismic activity, and his advice was CBWD does not need earthquake insurance for the lines.

• Hammond found a reduced cost for an update of the CBWD telemetry system.

This is the system by which the main plant can communicate instantaneously with equipment at all stations along the transmission line. The new estimate edged toward $303,000– down from $325,000.

Next meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 16, at 10 p.m., at the Freeman-Raney Water Treatment Plant on Hwy. 187.

Beginning of one of two fluoride feed stations at CBWD.

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When you need a moment…Handmade Moments

hen Anna Horton and Joel Ludford, both members of the six piece folk/rock band Don’t Stop Please want to have a little fun and relax, they play music together as the sultry jazz/folk duo, Handmade Moments. When beginning this adventure three years ago they performed mostly covers, but now have enough original material that Trout Fishing in America’s label, Trout Records, has recorded a debut release. Largely recorded live, the album is a treasure of harmonies with Ludford’s

THURSDAY – JULY 24 • BALCONY RESTAURANT – Maureen Alexander, 5 p.m.

• BLARNEY STONE – Open Mic w/ Tim Forsythe, 8 p.m.

• CHELSEA’S – JB Beverly & Rory Kelly’s Triple Threat, 9 p.m.

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

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

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE – Underground Electronica BYOB • ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Terri & Brett, 8 p.m. – Midnight FRIDAY – JULY 25 • BALCONY RESTAURANT – Hogscalders, 12 p.m. & 6 p.m.

• BLARNEY STONE – Mountain Shore, 8:30 p.m.

• CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Deep Fried

guitar and Horton’s ukulele providing a perfect backdrop for Horton’s slow, sexy vocals and Ludford’s clean, smooth sound.

The album, sponsored by Local Flavor, is a diverse experience from the well-done cover “Do It Again” to the upbeat “Bubblin’ Water” and the irresistible “Crazy He Calls Me.” Handmade Moments will perform at Chelsea’s on Friday, July 25 around 9 p.m. The CD Release Party is being held at The StoneHouse, 89 S. Main, from 5 – 8 p.m. on Sunday, July 27.

Squirrel, 8 p.m. – midnight • CHELSEA’S – Handmade Moments, Sarah & the Meanies, 9 p.m.

• EUREKA LIVE! – DJ D. Underground & Dancing, 9 p.m.

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

• JACK’S PLACE – Shannon Holt Band, 9 p.m.

• LEGENDS SALOON – Hard Truth, 8 p.m.

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE – Sparkle Party! BYOB • NEW DELHI – Terri & the Executives, 6–10 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER – Karaoke, 7 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Matt Reeves & the All Americans, 9 p.m.

• SMILING BROOK CAFÉ – Vinny Ray, 6–9 p.m. BYOB • THE STONE HOUSE – Jerry Yester,

6:30–9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY – JULY 26 • BALCONY RESTAURANT – Jeff Lee, 12 p.m., Catherine Reed, 6 p.m.

• BLARNEY STONE – The Baub Band, 8:30 p.m.

• CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Deep Fried Squirrel, 8 p.m. – midnight • CHELSEA’S – Kory Montgomery, 9 p.m.

• EUREKA LIVE! – DJ D. Underground & Dancing, 9 p.m.

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

• JACK’S PLACE – Shannon Holt Band, 9 p.m.

• LEGENDS SALOON – Hard Truth, 9 p.m.

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE – Open Jam BYOB • NEW DELHI – TBD, 6–10 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER – Live Music on the deck, 1–5 p.m., Another Fine Mess, 7:30 p.m.

• ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Reeves Bros., 1–5 p.m., Blew Reed & the Flatheads, 9 p.m.

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• SMILING BROOK CAFÉ – Becky Jean & the Candy Man, 6–9 p.m. BYOB SUNDAY – JULY 27 • BALCONY RESTAURANT – Catherine Reed, 12 p.m., Jeff Lee, 5 p.m.

• BLARNEY STONE – Whistle Pigs, 7 p.m.

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

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

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE – Downtempo Chillout BYOB • NEW DELHI – Terri & the Executives,

Thurs., July 24 • 9 P.M. – JB BEVERLY & RORY KELLY’S TRIPLE THREAT Fri., July 25 • 9 P.M. – Handmade Moments SARAH & THE MEANIES Sat., July 26 • 9 P.M. – KORY MONTGOMERY Mon., July 28 • 9 P.M. – SPRINGBILLY Tues., July 29 • 9 P.M. – OPEN MIC Wed., July 30 • 9 P.M. – WINO VINO

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Handmade Moments – Anna Horton, a Berryville native, and Joel Ludford, from Conway, are making original music with their blend of jazz and folk. Hear them at Chelsea’s on Friday at 9 p.m. or The StoneHouse on Sunday at 5 p.m.

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• ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Cooter & Friends, 1–5 p.m.

• SMILING BROOK CAFÉ – Coy Dog, 12–3 p.m. BYOB • THE STONE HOUSE – Handmade Moments–CD Release Party, 5–8 p.m.

MONDAY – JULY 28 • CHELSEA’S – SpringBilly, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY – JULY 29 • CHELSEA’S – Open Mic • LEGENDS SALOON – Pool Tournament, 6:30 p.m.

• MADAME MEDUSSA’S HOOKAH LOUNGE – Game night BYOB • ROWDY BEAVER – Hospitality Night WEDNESDAY – JULY 30 • BLARNEY STONE – Game night • CHELSEA’S – Wino Vino, 9 p.m.

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

INDEPENDENTNews That looks like fun! – Sporting an awesome helmet fauxhawk, Wyatt Parker, 7, from Benton, Ark., prepared to join several youngsters bicycling on the manufactured “hilly” children’s course oval at Lake Leatherwood during Fat Tire Fest July 20.

Photo by David Frank Dempsey

Standing room only – Kesslan Winter from Van Buren shows extraordinary balance in the bike trials during the Fat Tire Fest at Lake Leatherwood Park July 19.

Photo by David Frank Dempsey

Let them eat cake – Mickey Smith and Phyllis McGuire cut a cake by Cravings

by Rochelle picturing the Eureka Springs Historical Museum July 20 honoring founding member June Westphal’s birthday and the museum’s 25th year.

Muttman comes to Eureka Springs The Muttman, a.k.a. Stacy Moore, celebrity dog trainer whose trained animals have performed at Disneyland, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Six Flags, and in major motion pictures, is bringing his revolutionary new system of dog training to Eureka Springs for a one-day clinic with 25% of the proceeds donated to the Good Shepherd Human Society.

The clinic will be held at the Good Shepherd animal shelter Saturday, July 26, at 9 a.m. Pricing for the clinic is tiered starting at $75 for one person with one dog. Clinic space limited to 12 people. This is your chance to learn to “speak dog” and communicate with your pet for better behavior. With more than

40 years of dog training experience, the Muttman may just have the answer to your pet behavior problems!

The Good Shepherd Animal Shelter is located at 6486 US 62E. To register for the clinic go to www.themuttman.com and follow the registration instruction.

Grand opening – Ray Ulibarri (with scissors) and the crew of Melonlight Dance, along with Chamber members, guests and 10 of Melonlight’s Denver, Colo., dancers who traveled here for the occasion, celebrated the studio’s ribbon cutting and grand opening on July 19 in The Quarter with dance demonstrations and refreshments.

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Dr. Tim Kovalcik on ‘Death at the Springs’ The Eureka Springs Historical Museum invites members and the public to a presentation by former Eureka resident Dr. Tim Kovalcik, on Monday July 28, at 6 p.m. at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. Kovalcik is a 1992 graduate of Eureka Springs High School and a 1996 Millikin graduate who received his PH.D. at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. He is the son of Anne and the late John Kovalcik of Eureka Springs.

The subject of his talk will be “Death at the Springs: Early accounts of politicians and partisans who came to Eureka and were not healed.” Primary sources for his subject were discovered in the museum archives as well as in a nationwide database of newspapers from 1879 – 1883.

The event is free to members and non-members. Non-members are welcome to leave a donation for the museum’s operating fund.

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Come discuss different modalities of healing, what it’s like to do this work in Eureka Springs, and share stories of being called to do healing work here. For more information call Melissa Clare (479) 2538252.

Treasures, breakfast and goodies at church sale

Eureka Springs First United Methodist Church, 195 Huntsville Road (Hwy. 23S), will have a one day sale and bake sale with breakfast Friday, August 1, starting at 7

a.m. Come find treasures at bargain prices, browse the bake sale and enjoy Chef Dave Davis’s breakfast burritos at 7 a.m. and homemade pizza for lunch.

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Perilla – Part 1, a Chinese story

reader asked about a very common Ozark weed – perilla, an annual Asian mint family member (Perilla frutescens). Among many uses, in China it is a folk medicine to treat “excessive cold” from eating too much rich food. This story, collected by Chinese folklorist Mei-wen Wei in 1963, is from an elderly patient, Wei Kaixiang, in a hospital in Jiangsu Province, China.

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Chemicals, Materials, Equipment, and Processes, states that all chemicals added to the water and all materials in contact with in-process or treated water shall be certified as being in compliance with ANSI/NSF standards 60 and 61, as applicable. Self-certification by manufacturers will not be accepted.

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Call for spiritual healers Robert Blackthorn and Melissa Clare will host a meet and greet at the Christian Science Meeting Room, 68 West Mountain St., on Wednesday, July 30, from 7 – 9 p.m. for all energetic, ethereal, spiritual and shamanic type healers.

In the ninth day of the ninth month is the double ninth festival. Young men from a wealthy family went to an inn intent on seeing who could eat the most crabs. The food was very rich, and the empty shells were stacked like a tower.

A famous herbalist, Hua-tuo, brought his apprentices to the inn for a drink. He saw the young men competing to eat crabs. He kindly advised them that crabs are cold in character and they should refrain from eating too much.

“We have food that we buy with our own money. Who cares what you have to say?”

“If you eat too many crabs you will get sick. Your lives may be at risk,” Hua-tuo warned.

“Go, go, go. We are just eating crabs. It is none of your concern!”

Hua-tuo sighed and sat down to have his drink. Until midnight, the group of young men kept eating.

Then, suddenly, one fell to the floor, sweating profusely and writhing in abdominal pain. Soon, the others followed.

“What is the matter?” the anx-

lead.

“Our Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) has concluded and confirmed that fluoridation products in the water industry do contain contaminants not limited to just lead, arsenic, copper and radionuclides,” CBWD operators said. “ADH requires water districts to follow NSF/ANSI standard 60 and has confirmed that the NSF information for certification should be supplied by the supplier of the chemicals. But the fluoridation chemical suppliers won’t provide this, even though we have asked for them repeatedly.”

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ious inn keeper asked.

“We have much pain, please ask a doctor to help us!”

“In the depth of night, where can I find a doctor?” the innkeeper replied.

Hua-tuo stood over the scene with his hands on his hips, “I am a doctor.”

“Please cure our disease, ” the boys begged.

Hua-tuo laughed, “You said you don’t need me to manage you business!”

“Please good doctor, show your mercy upon us. We only ask you to save our lives.”

“If you want anything, just name it!” The boys cried.

“I only ask you to agree to one thing,” Hua-tuo calmly replied.

“One thing, one thousand things, ten thousand things we will do it! Please!”

“From now on,” Hua-tuo scolded, “You should accept the advice of older persons.”

Hou-tuo cured their condition with a tea made from the leaves of perilla, which he called, Zi-shu (purple comfortable herb).

Excerpted from Herbal Pearls: Traditional Chinese Folk Wisdom (2008, www.boianbooks.com). More on Perilla next time.

Richard and Darlene Schrum of Eureka Springs sent a letter and a 22-page document in May 2012 to the CBWD board and operators, “Constructive Notice of actual and prospective non-compliance, unlawful activity, misrepresentation and liability related to your official and personal duties related to the planning and implementation of fluoridation program.”

The letter states that while Actual and Constructive Notices are often precursors to the filing of a lawsuit, the intent of the notice was to clarify facts that may have been ignored or concealed

from them so “you are duly warned to the potential acts and omissions to which you will be held accountable.”

Any action or act of omission that expends ratepayer or public funds for preparation and ultimately initiation of the fluoridation program without first identifying a product and manufacturer that can meet all federal, state and local laws will be viewed as a purposeful dereliction of duty, abuse of public trust, negligence, and misuse of public funds.”

The proposed resolution will be taken up at the July 28 meeting of the Eureka Springs City Council.

Creating Emotional Wellness series begins Aug. 5 A timely introductory series on “Creating Emotional Wellness in Groups and Between Individuals” will be presented at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays, August 5, 12, 19 and 26 at the Christian Science Reading Room, 68 Mountain (downstairs).

Sessions are facilitated by Carolyn Amrit Knaus, Certified Communications Effectiveness Trainer with a Masters in Group Behavior. Knaus has been a peer network counselor for more than 25 years.

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usan Idlet sure got a nice smile with her 10 lb. striper, and Cliee Wood just looks proud with his 18 lb. fish because it was bigger. That’s a man for you.

Both these fish were caught between Points 5 and 6 on Beaver Lake Sunday.

The northeast wind we had most of the week put a damper on the fishing, but it cooled the water down from 82° to 78° which is good. Then on Saturday the winds went back from the south and they got hungry.

Stripers are being caught from 30 ft. deep to the surface from the dam to Point 6. When they do come to the top they don’t stay long, but top water baits can still work if you see one roll. The bigger fish was caught on a 4-in. brood shiner from Barnett’s Pawn and Bait Shop in Gateway; she takes very good care of her bait.

The smaller fish was caught on a 7-inch shad, both down close to 30 feet deep.

Trolling deep diving baits with strong hooks are also catching a few stripers.

Those midnight trips were just wearing me out, so now we are offering people their choice of going out at 3 a.m. or 5 a.m. Going out at 3 a.m. on a 5-hour trip puts you on the water a couple hours each side of the sunrise. This is a good window for these big fish. It’s about time for another 40-pounder.

Love those big fish, think the next 40 I will have to just give a big kiss to.

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from an electrician soon with information about repairing the runway and taxiway lights. This upgrade will be paid for by an Arkansas Department of Aeronautics grant of $16,381. The grant was approved on a 90-10 basis, which means CCA must provide $1638.

Electricity is in the air Mallet said he had studied airport electrical bills for its 14 meters, and had also gone to various sites around the property and mapped connections for the meters. He said he learned CCA was paying $15 per meter per month for five meters simply to occasionally raise the doors on the new hangars, which are still

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are doing good about 12 ft. deep in the tree tops. Walleye are hanging around the Island off the bottom about 28 ft. deep. Work a jig or minnow for both. The walleye also like a jig tipped with a minnow or nightcrawler.

Bass are being caught early and late in the day on top water baits like a jitter bug or Zara puppy, and as the sun gets higher work a plastic worm or crank bait off the bottom close to the shore line.

Best bait for the trout up the Beaver tailwaters is still power bait and nightcrawlers off the bottom, I like putting on both. Put worm on first, then slide up out of the way to put your power bait on the tip then slide worm back down to cover the shank of the hook. The power bait will help float the worm off the bottom.

Well, that’s it for this week; hope you all enjoyed the cool weather, looks like summer is back so get out and enjoy our Ozark waters.

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He said at one site, there were meters receiving electricity and apparently sending it nowhere. Somewhere something electrical turned or buzzed, but he knew not where. At another hangar there were situations he considered not up to code, and recommended they be remedied right away.

Clark said Serrano could handle code violations, and agreed if electricity were being wasted, a remedy was in order. He recommended they ask the electrician who will be working on the runway lights to look at it.

Next meeting will be Thursday, August 21, at 12 p.m.

healthy emotions around you. Fee is only $20 for the entire series of four sessions. Advance registration is required by July 29, and fee may be paid at the door on August 5. Call (479) 253-3165 to reserve a space.

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ACROSS 1. Soak biscuits in gravy 4. Egyptian God of creation 8. Droop 11. Take home ____ 12. Body of knowledge 13. Lug 14. Throwback 16. Category 17. Naval off.

18. Stupid person 19. Lurk 22. Teller of fables 23. Care for 24. Pesky insect 25. Pub libation 28. In addition 29. Burning itch 30. Eruptive disease 31. Constrictor 32. Sisters with habits 33. Pile 34. Shaken

36. Abolish 37. Cheerful 39. Not me 40. Goofy 41. Galleon 45. Greek god of war 46. Average 47. Joker 48. Slender bar 49. Poems of praise 50. Recede DOWN 1. Wellness center 2. Cereal grain 3. Myanmar currency 4. Ringing sound 5. Throw 6. Provide weapons 7. Male pronoun 8. Smoothing tool 9. Invisible emanation 10. Secluded valley

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13. Sandwich 15. African grassland 16. Pep 18. Conducts 19. Pierce 20. Lotto 21. Fearless 22. Regarding 24. Thin porridge 26. Burden 27. Product fair 29. Recant 33. Now is the ____ 35. Cherry seeds 36. Shapes 37. Growl 38. Continental cash 39. Ready 41. Atlantic food fish 42. Solemn wonder 43. Taxi 44. Former Soviet security agency 46. A refusal

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

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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

BREAD – LOCAL – SOURDOUGH

by Ivan @ the ES Farmers’ Market!

Thursdays. All is dairy free! Art Loaves: Rye, Golden Gate Sourdough, Rustic Italian. Toaster Muffins: Oat, Honey & Fruit, Plus Wheat Free Artful Dodgers!

Summer Focaccia & Pizzas. Request Line: (479) 244-7112 bread.loveureka.com

PART-TIME SALES POSITION. Looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and energetic person to join our staff.

Apply at 52 Spring Street, call (918) 260-1116 or email resume to: thejewelryshow52@att.net

SEEKING PROPERTY Want to buy house in Eureka Springs to Berryville area.

FSBO, owner carry contract, lease to own.

Low monthly payments. (817) 681-1447

ANTIQUES

COUNSELING: ADULTS AND TEENS. New to area. Licensed clinical social worker. 1983 graduate University of Michigan. Private practice in my Holiday Island home. Ann Helmer, LCSW, (989) 792-3157 or ahhelmer@cox.net BELLYDANCE CLASSES – Wednesday’s at 6:30 p.m., Madame Medussa’s Hookah Lounge. 1 Center Street. (310) 720-5487

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

YARD SALES

VINTAGE TOYS, ANTIQUES, DISHES, BOOKS, furniture, architectuals, rugs, salvaged doors & windows. Onyx Cave Road, follow signs. Friday/Saturday. 8 a.m. – ?

VEHICLES FOR SALE

LAUGHING HANDS MASSAGE announces its summer special – free peppermint foot scrub with a one hour massage. Laughing Hands always a great location for couples massage. Call 479244-5954 for appointment.

1996 FORD EXPLORER 4x4. 177,000 miles. Runs great, new parts with receipts. $2500. (479) 244-7320

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”

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

EUREKA SPRINGS FARMERS’ MARKET has Fun Food Tuesdays!

From 7 a.m. – noon there’s something new every Tuesday: cooking demo, breakfast with Frank, juicing bar or veggie grill.

On Tuesdays only Our Green Acre farm brings you certified naturally grown produce, eggs, chicken, pork and beef – and local maple syrup, honey and allnatural dry goods, too! Market hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 a.m. – noon at Pine Mountain Village. See what’s new on the Eureka Springs Farmers Market page on Facebook!

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4x8 UTILITY TRAILER. Totally reconditioned, like new. $450. (928) 3015746 or (805) 551-2057 DERKSEN PORTABLE BUILDINGS for sale or rent-to-own. Hwy 62 West, across from WalMart, Berryville. No credit check. Free delivery. (870) 4231414.

HELP WANTED

PEACHTREE ASSISTED LIVING has opening for experienced full time cook. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Weekends a must.

Apply in person @ 5 Park Dr., Holiday Island.

HOLIDAY ISLAND GOLF COURSE hiring part-time cart attendant/janitor.

Apply in person at 1 Country Club Dr., Holiday Island. (479) 253-9511 MOUNTAIN BIRD COFFEE CO. SEEKING PART-TIME help, possible becoming full-time. Year round work, light manual labor, must be able to lift 75 pounds. References required. (479) 426-6777.

OPENING FOR BARTENDER/ SERVER opportunity at Rouge’s Manor. Full time evenings. Call (479) 9816816 OPEN YEAR ROUND Kitchen prep, tables. Good mom job. Apply in person at Si Casa Flores, Sunfest shopping center. (479) 253-8650 HOLIDAY ISLAND GOLF COURSE hiring part-time cook. Start at $8.40/hr, plus meals and gratuity. Family golf and recreation benefits included. Apply in person at 1 Country Club Drive, Holiday Island. (479) 253-9511

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the line, they’d be at it this afternoon,” he said. “But, that said, I am modestly hopeful the problem will be resolved.

If not, of course I will keep working on it.”

SWEPCO spokesman Peter Main confirmed an AEP environmental department employee had spoken with Neal.

“The bird collided with the top wire, known as the static wire, on a 161,000-volt transmission line, near Centerton,” Main said. “A transmission crew removed the bird from the line and followed our procedure to report the mortality to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as required. The static line is smaller in diameter than the three electric conductor wires. We are evaluating the area around the fish hatchery for installation of markers that make the static line more visible.”

Neal is hopeful a couple of good

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things could come from this heron’s death: 1. The line should get marked to make it more visible for the future. 2.

This issue should be part of the design process involving potential extension of the proposed Shipe Road to Kings River power line east through the Ozarks.

Neal said the big former prairie areas around Berryville, for example, have populations of wintering raptors, too, plus nesting great blue herons.

So Neal said birds could eventually be safer if SWEPCO fixes the line at Centerton and includes this feature in the designs of whatever power line they eventually build to the east.

“So it is about more than one bird killed in one place,” Neal said.

Opponents of the power line that would run about 50 miles through some of the steepest and most scenic terrain in the state say the blue heron death adds to concerns that SWEPCO has

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failed to do adequate environmental planning for the proposed $117-million project.

Doug Stowe, a member of the Save the Ozarks (STO) Board of directions, said SWEPCO’s environmental impact statement (EIS) for its application for approval to build the line mentions following avian protection guidelines at the Beaver Lake Crossing.

“No mention is made of river crossings, or of Route 108, 33 and 109 paralleling and crossing the White River or Kings,” Stowe said. “As mortifying as the image of the dead heron is, for AEP, you know this is everyday stuff. They will report it since they are forced to, and they may put some balls on the line to make it more visible. And that will be it. They will never question whether it should have been built in the first place.”

STO Director Pat Costner said the issue of bird protection is especially

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important because SWEPCO’s preferred Route 33/109 crosses the White River close to the major great blue heron rookery at Beaver.

Main said the company’s EIS Avian Protection Guidelines would be used to minimize avian conflicts with the line, particularly for raptors and waterfowl.

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