ES Independent Vol. 3, No. 9

Parking garage gets aired at council

N icky B oyette “We broke ground on discussion of a downtown parking garage,” alderman James DeVito announced at Monday evening’s city council meeting, referring to the recent council workshop. He also mentioned since the topic was first mentioned at the council table, media outlets around the state reported it, so people are paying attention.

The newest news, however, was DeVito’s announcement that the Walton Foundation has said it would be spending $302 million on projects in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas delta region by 2020, and he saw a downtown parking garage in Eureka Springs qualifying in three or four major funding criteria. “They could finance the entire thing,” DeVito commented.

Also, he said the Waltons have not made a large donation here yet, so “we are ripe for them.”

He also mentioned Fayetteville broke ground this week on a parking garage near the Walton Arts Center for the same reasons Eureka Springs is looking to find parking for the Auditorium.

DeVito said his plan is to get an artist’s rendering of a four-story garage just north of the Basin Park Bath House building, and pursue a grant from the Walton Foundation.

He said he would continue to keep council informed.

How sweet it is – Tuesday’s near 100° weather didn’t phase the hummingbirds feeding on nectar from flowers growing along the White River just below Beaver Dam. This female Rufus is probably migrating south or getting ready to. Feeders should be left out for migrating birds well into October since most flowers will be gone.

Photo by David Frank Dempsey

This Week’s INDEPENDENT Thinkers

Photo by Alana Cook

These two men held a vigil on W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo., last week following nine days of throwing, shouting, shooting, threatening, arresting and pummeling anything, anyone. Despite stadium lights glaring at them, they sat for hours staring back and passing out bottles of water.

What happened in Ferguson was angry and exhausting, but to respond to riots with calm, water, and a quiet but firm sign pleading for common sense and human liberty seems both independent and good form.

Stop Killing Us has more soul than Down With The Whole Bunch of You ever thought of having.

Inside the ESI Ferguson 2

Independent Art

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Quorum Court

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Parks; HDC

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Council tourism; Airport

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Independent Lens

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Tree trimming

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Astrology 14

Council – Trees

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Sycamore 15

School Board

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Indy Soul

Independent Mail

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Exploring The Fine Art of Romance 20

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Editorial 9

Dropping A Line

Council – Wrap up

Crossword 21

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We’re counting on you, fingers.

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INDEPENDENTNews

Protesters were told to stand in an approved area of W. Florissant Ave. in Ferguson. Police stood where they wanted.

Struggle for justice must stifle anger Alana Cook A bustling wine bar entertains guests just a block down the road from where locals rub elbows with tourists, bikers, and truckers at the local watering hole. Old buildings line the street next to newer ones and carefully laid brick at street crossings adds a hint of charm and grace. This could be Eureka Springs or any town in America.

But it is not. It is Ferguson, Mo., population 21,000. Just as Eureka Springs stands at the forefront of the LGBT civil rights movement, Ferguson was thrust into the world spotlight two weeks ago and became the new symbol of America’s racial and socioeconomic divide.

“It’s a lovely old railroad stop town.

Downtown is quality. There’s an old train station they made into an ice cream parlor.

It’s salt-of-the-earth people,” 30-year veteran civil rights attorney, Steve Ryals, told the Independent.

Much as the death of Matthew Shepard awakened the nation to hate crimes perpetrated on LGBT Americans, the death of 18-year-old Mike Brown re-awakened the nation to perils of a militarized police force, and sparked a worldwide mantra for social justice.

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to death by police officer Darren Wilson.

Brown was gunned down – shot six times – by Wilson after allegedly refusing to move from the street to the sidewalk.

Brown was scheduled to start college in two days.

No one knows exactly what happened that fateful night but one thing is certain, both Brown and Wilson have seen their share of adversity. And Ferguson was becoming a time bomb of racial tension.

After attending the police academy, Officer Wilson began work in Jennings, another St. Louis suburb, in June 2009. The Jennings Police Department was known in the area for allegedly discriminating against blacks and misusing grant money.

Reports alleging Brown’s involvement in gang activity have recently surfaced, but have yet to be proven.

Ryals said something changed in racially-mixed Ferguson over the past few years. “I started getting calls mostly from black residents that made me wonder if police officers were being indoctrinated into a take-no-crap attitude,” he said.

Ryals, who evaluates police agencies for Constitutional violations, said a new police chief arrived and that seems to be when trouble started for black residents.

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INDEPENDENTNews Collections pass back to Circuit Clerk

Nicky Boyette At its July 18 meeting, the Carroll County Quorum Court passed the third reading of Ordinance 2014-6 appointing the Carroll County Sheriff to collect fines, fees and costs assessed in Circuit Court, and according to Circuit Clerk Ramona Wilson, the total of uncollected delinquent fines could be more than $2 million.

At the August 15 meeting, Sheriff Bob Grudek said his understanding at the end of the July meeting was he was being given the charge of pursuing collection of delinquent accounts for the circuit court. However, in the intervening weeks he had been told by Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers’ office that by state law the collector of circuit court fines would also be the one handling the paperwork and accounting associated with the collecting. Grudek had not anticipated this extra responsibility and his staff was not prepared for it.

The date for handover of duties was scheduled for August 25.

Justice of the Peace Jack Deaton said perhaps the court had not done enough study before passing the ordinance. He suggested they put the changeover on hold for now, study further and figure out a way to divide the responsibilities.

He had prepared an ordinance that would rescind the previous one.

JP Ron Flake, who had advocated moving the duties to the sheriff, said he agreed with most of what Deaton had said but he did not want to rescind the ordinance. He said it is a problem all over the state. “We’re not the only one, but we can be the only one that has an effective procedure in place.”

He suggested they amend the ordinance to stipulate the sheriff would collect the delinquent fines assessed in circuit court and leave the bookkeeping to the office of the circuit clerk.

Deputy District Attorney Devon Goodman said Flake’s suggestion would create chaos, and advocated one office handling all the duties.

Deaton pointed out the ordinance had passed by only one vote, so obviously several JPs were uncomfortable with it.

Flake countered that the court just wants to find a way make it doable

for the county to be able to collect the delinquent fines. He said the court depended on the DA’s office to guide them, and now he was disappointed to hear the DA’s office saying the duties cannot be separated.

Goodman told the court, “Your job is to appoint a collector. If you are not satisfied, you can appoint another one.”

She added if Sheriff Grudek is not ready to handle the tasks, then there will be a lapse in collecting fines because it would no longer be Wilson’s job by the end of the day.

“One way or another, we might have an emergency,” JP Gaylon Riggs commented. “If people want to pay Ramona and she can’t collect, and the people then go to the sheriff and he can’t collect, not only do we not get the money, those people become delinquent.”

Grudek pointed out one loose link in the process is at the beginning. There must be a list produced at the end of the month of the fines assessed by the circuit court and sent to the Circuit Judge who can then decide whether to issue a summons for a court date or a warrant. That list would originate in the county clerk’s office or else there is no collecting.

He stated recently they sent out letters to people who had not paid their fines, and 17 of them responded to the letter, and those owed more than $26,000. Now they can begin the process of collecting the money.

The next step for others on the list would be asking the State of Arkansas to suspend driver’s licenses.

Grudek said he would send two of his staff over to work with Wilson and her staff to search files to find who is delinquent because nothing happens until delinquents are identified.

Goodman admitted the term collector is not defined in the statues, and other parts of the process such as delinquent, might also need further definition. She pointed out there will be a new circuit judge in January which might change the process.

Riggs looked at Grudek and asked, “Sheriff, are you ready to collect tomorrow?”

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INDEPENDENTNews Council wants involvement in tourism Nicky Boyette Alderman Dee Purkeypile mentioned at Monday’s council meeting that Eureka Springs is not experiencing an upturn in its economic environment, so he suggested council set up a workshop with the City Advertising and Promotion Commission and the Chamber of Commerce to see if dialogue might not spark an idea that improves our prospects. His idea is “to see if we can improve, to try to put the city on a good track because the city desperately needs more revenue.”

Alderman Mickey Schneider said she had a problem with the Chamber of Commerce being involved because its interests are only its dues-paying members and it operates independently of the city.

Alderman Joyce Zeller liked the idea, however, and could foresee needing to follow it up with other meetings with interested business people.

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follow through on ideas, and thought Purkeypile’s idea was a great place to begin. He said for the groups in the city to work together, they must be “singing from the same hymnal,” and a plan developed

by working with stakeholders was vital if there were to be any plan at all.

The vote to set up a meeting with CAPC and the Chamber was 5-0-1, Schneider voting Present.

Need a place to park your plane?

Nicky Boyette Dana Serrano, manager of the Carroll County Airport, announced to the Airport Commission’s August 21 meeting that she had leased another hangar, but eight of the 26 hangars at the airport are available. She requested anyone who needs a place to park an airplane should call the airport at (870) 423-2668.

Fence talk Commissioner Lester Ward reported he had spoken with a representative of the Federal Aviation Administration regarding the request by Larkin Floyd, who operates his business on the property at CCA, to install a gate in the newly-constructed fence so he could have access from TriState Road, where his business resides, to his hay barn on the adjoining property.

Ward said the FAA insists there can be no through-the-fence activities at the airport, so the airport cannot grant Floyd’s request.

This new fencing is part of the first phase of fencing the entire perimeter of the airport property.

Commissioner Perry Evans told the commission it has been negligent in taking so long to erect a fence around the perimeter because the wandering deer wandering create a liability.

Evans stated, “We can only do what we can do, but everyone of us should be hammering the quorum court about this because they are liable, too.”

Commissioner Dave Teigen pointed out they will apply for another state grant for the next phase of the fencing project during the next grant cycle.

Other items • Pilot Harper Goodwin reminded the commission the newly-constructed hangars still do not have bathrooms installed.

“We’re working on it,” Chair Lonnie Clark said. “Bear with us.”

• Serrano said in the past month, she got the grounds mowed and brush-hogged and a new windsock is waving on the south side of the runway. In addition, she said Evans fixed the beacon light.

• Clark announced their grant request of the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics for funds to fix runway lights had been approved.

• The commission voted to move its Cajun Fly-In to Saturday, Oct.18.

• After a brief conversation of there being only one long-term leaseholder who does not have his own electrical meter, commissioners decided to leave things as they are until termination of the lease.

• Serrano said she is still waiting to hear back from their attorney regarding an apparently abandoned airplane. Former airport manager Sheila Evans commented, “That plane might be worth nothing now, but if we misstep it might become expensive.”

Next meeting will be Sept. 18, noon, at Carroll County Airport.

INDEPENDENTNews SWEPCO tree trimming left many trees in hazardous condition Becky Gillette Recent tree trimming done by crews from Asplundh to protect power lines owned by American Electric Power (AEP)/ Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) have residents up in arms about low-growing ornament trees like dogwoods and redbuds that were cut despite not being a threat to the lines, and other large trees being pruned in such a way that they may die and present a hazard to not only electric service, but public safety.

Dean Fanning of Fanning’s Tree Service, said he has received calls from numerous people asking if he can come by and reshape these trees.

“There could be problems depending on how severely they have been cut,” Fanning said. “These trees are so stressed anyhow.

The heat and drought in the past three years has really taken its toll.

On the Holiday Island Golf Course alone, 150 trees died because of heat and drought. When you start messing with crowns of older, more mature trees, chances are they will die.”

Fanning defended the crews, saying “they are just doing it exactly the way SWEPCO wants them to do. I don’t know if SWEPCO changed their policies or what.”

City alderman Mickey Schneider said she believes SWEPCO is using the tree trimming to reprise against the city for residents’ opposition to the Shipe Road to Kings River high voltage transmission line.

“The whole situation is so stupid I know it is payback,” Schneider said. “I know it is revenge. Anyone in their right minds knows that. Eureka Springs is stopping you from putting in butt ugly towers, and you take it out on our trees? They have murdered our trees. It is pathetic.”

Schneider said she believes SWEPCO violated city code by cutting trees on private property that didn’t threaten power lines.

City code says SWEPCO is given the right to trim, cut or remove trees, shrubbery or growth on public property which interfere with or offer hazards to electric service.

“All these ornamentals they are murdering don’t get as high as a line, are not interfering or causing dangers, so it is illegal,” Schneider said. “SWEPCO should make reparations and we need an agreement that they will not cause such damages in the future.”

Schneider said she also believes the work violated the portion of the city code that states, “In the construction, operation, and maintenance of its facilities, grantees shall use reasonable and proper precaution to avoid damage or injury to persons or property.”

Asplundh said a week ago the crews were going to be leaving Eureka Springs by about August 19, but some were still in town on the 24th. Schneider said they caused traffic snarls on US 62 near the Doggie Shop Saturday during one of the higher traffic weekends of the year, the Volkswagen Festival.

Yet other areas in town have not have trees trimmed, and still have tree limbs laying on power lines. Schneider said no work has been done in her neighborhood on Emporia, and there is a major area along US 62 near Oil Springs Road where trees endangering the power line have not been trimmed. Some property owners who requested tree trimming have been disappointed.

The situation has left some property owners with the need to expend considerable sums to remove hazardous trees.

“During the last trimming several years ago, a homeowner was told by crews that since they were doing so much trimming on a massive oak, it would probably kill it,” Schneider said. “They are supposed to give private property owners the option of removal if trimming was going to more than likely kill it. People weren’t given that option this time.”

Christopher Fischer, a former arborist, said the tree trimming has been done at the worst time of the year.

“Something has to give,” Fischer said. “The standards that allow them to do this are injurious to both the trees and the private property. We understand the corridors need maintenance, but now we have all these horribly cut tree issues. They have created new tree hazards. AEP may argue vehemently that they don’t have to assure the balanced arborculture of every tree they interact with.

They’ve created problems that will impact not just the city’s trees, but the adjoining private property as well. This clearly helps the safety and reliability of their distribution system, but degrades our landscape.”

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INDEPENDENTNews Up a tree without protection N icky B oyette “Our trees are being massacred,” alderman Mickey Schneider told council August 25. “Some of the tree-trimmers know what they’re doing, and some don’t know squat.” She said residents had not even been notified about the impending lopping of their trees. Her reading of City Code led her to conclude trimmers have been overzealous in their application of their craft, trimming even way below the power lines.

Weaver pointed out there is a rightof-way down to the ground and from 10 – 20 ft. on either side of the line, depending on the site. Alderman Dee Purkeypile said he had been notified and knew of others who received notifications. Mayor Morris Pate said there have been conversations between residents and Asplundh, the treetrimmers, and residents he heard from have been assuaged.

Schneider was not easily mollified.

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our trees. These people are murdering our trees.” She moved to continue the discussion at the council table and have

Weaver research what council can do to protect the trees. Schneider needed a second to her motion, and alderman

David Mitchell grimaced, but seconded.

The vote on her motion was 5-1, Purkeypile voting No.

Historic building gets a hand – On July 8, representatives from Eureka Springs were in Little Rock to receive $14485 in grant funds from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program for restoration work on the old Trolley House building now serving as the Eureka Springs Parks & Recreation Commission office in Harmon Park. From left are Director of Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Frances McSwain; Gov. Mike Beebe; Director of Eureka Springs Parks, Bruce Levine; President of Eureka Springs Preservation Society, Dee Bright; and Director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, Martha Miller.

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INDEPENDENTNews Administration brings school board up to speed N icky B oyette The quick-paced August 21 Eureka Springs School Board meeting featured three principals’ reports and consideration of 14 other items of business in less than hour. Add an executive session and one announcement, and seven o’clock jogged in shortly after adjournment.

Kathryn Lavender, principal of the high school, told the board her enrollment started the year at 200 but she expected to reach 210 as it settles.

Lavender mentioned her students are able to take advantage of online classes, and said one student is studying Criminal Law and ten students on a medical track are studying Abnormal Psychology. In addition, she said science teacher Katy Turnbaugh was trained over the summer to teach engineering.

New this year for students will be the Beaver Lake Games on Saturday, Sept. 20. The Games will pit students from nine northwest Arkansas cities in a variety of academic and athletic competitions. Academic contests include best logo, art exhibits, photos, films and others. Athletic events will include kayak and canoe races and airgun and archery shooting. In addition, there will a regatta for boats made from recyclable materials, and Lavender said Turnbaugh hoped for an ESH entry.

Middle School Principal Cindy Holt commented on the “smooth start” to the new school year. Teachers face the challenge of incorporating a new computer system into their daily activities. New band director Barry Milner added 5th graders to his beginning band class, so 30 5th- and 6th-graders are playing.

Holt said her enrollment is “190-ish.”

Elementary School Principal Clare Lesieur observed this year has been “the smoothest, best start of the year ever.”

She said her Open House was packed, and acknowledged some businesses for feeding the masses. Her enrollment started at 239 plus 20 in pre-school, with others on a waiting list.

Rachel’s Challenge Lesieur said all the schools would be participating in an event called Rachel’s Challenge on Sept. 15. Rachel’s Challenge is named after Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School shooting, and includes a

“series of student empowering, educator motivating programs and strategies,” according to its website. Lesieur said the goal is to introduce kindness and compassion into daily activities, and one result would be reducing bullying. There will also be a program in the evening for the public.

Business list Running a school district takes plenty of voting. The board unanimously approved these items: • Three of the items the board approved Thursday night related to documentation and procedures regarding E-rate, which is federal money for improving the electronic infrastructure of the district.

Pat Todd, IT director for the district, said E-rate funds paid for 23,000 feet of new wire, new access points, a major upgrade in speed plus an improved overall infrastructure for the district.

• The board approved the licensed and classified employee personnel policies, the transportation policy, the salary schedule for staff, and the special education statement of assurances. They also voted to allow Supt. David Kellogg to make next year’s bond payment early because the due date has been moved up to early July, and Kellogg said he might want to pay it this fiscal year to avoid complications.

• The board extended the existing agreement with KESA to broadcast senior girls and boys basketball games.

• Kellogg also recommended the board approve a one-year secondary insurance policy costing about $10 per student which would cover students during school hours, after school programs and school trips – any time the district supervises students.

• Kellogg told the board vendors often begin their presentations by giving pencils, pens or coffee mugs to staff, so Kellogg said they needed a policy on what is permissible. “We can’t have someone take a $2000 laptop [from a vendor] and then give them our business,” he said.

• Todd told the board a consultant to the district asked that he discuss with them what the district is doing about inappropriate Internet activity at school.

He said the district has the ability to monitor all Internet activity on its lines,

they have upgraded the web filter and can restrict access to topics deemed inappropriate. Lavender mentioned that Todd, Police Chief Earl Hyatt and Officer Brian Young spoke to students about cyber-bullying.

After an executive session, the board announced they had accepted the resignation of Laura Benton.

Next meeting will be Thursday, Sept. 18, at 5:30 p.m.

Membership meeting for Carroll County Music Group The Carroll County Music Group will hold its annual membership meeting Sunday, August 31, at 1:30 p.m. at Caribé Restaurant, 309 W. Van Buren (62W). Lunch will be $10 and includes a musical program. The public is invited. For more information call Mary Dolce (479) 253-4939.

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Identification quells deforestation

Editor, I am one of the unfortunate ones of an accidental spray by CECC’s subcontractor hired out for this task and would like to say a few things. First, I would like to thank CECC Vegetative Dept. for coming out and acknowledging this unfortunate incident and even pulling out dead plants before my eyes as we were talking. I could see that they also thought the dead plants were eyesores.

I am happy to work with CECC and their subcontractors to come up with sustainable operations procedures for achieving the same objectives, but reducing the amount of herbicides being used (they are toxic and no one believes otherwise despite the shrugging off by users and are only getting more toxic with super weeds and development of ever-stronger products).

I call on Master Gardeners that need 50 volunteer hours per year to keep their Master Gardener titles to join me to teach

a class on plant identification that would include plant height of Ozark woody shrubs. I have seen coralberry shrubs sprayed all over and this shrub reaches a height of about four – five ft., max. It is a plant that hummingbirds frequent for the little spiders and insects that live on them.

Many people don’t know that our beloved hummingbirds are primarily insectivores and the nectar they drink is merely the equivalent of an energy boost.

Could we live on sugar? No. Neither can hummingbirds. They are being sprayed and killed unnecessarily and this needs to stop.

What’s interesting is that bio diversity is being replaced with chemicals, and you can see the results are invasive roadside plants spreading through suckering seeds and rhizomes, and these plants gained the upper hand in the landscape because all of the “good” plants were sprayed with herbicides. I see this on Dam Site Road, county roads and US 62.

Doug Tallamy in his book Bringing

Nature Home was at the Missouri Botanical Gardens recently for a weekend workshop. He showed slides of examples of utilities in various areas of the USA that have created scrub habitats for birds under utility wires versus what we have in the so-called natural state. We have to do something and education is a good start.

Susan Pang

Put ES Hospital at HI

Editor, Our city and hospital commission would be very foolish not to take Mr. Dees up on his offer. The 62 W property is just not a good option. Just think of speeding ambulances trying to negotiate those curves on 62 W. There would be more than the passengers going to the hospital with injuries. And then there is the expense of the sewer lines.

Frankly, I don’t think we are ever going to get the hospital we need out of Allegiance, no matter how we sweeten the pot.

Enid B. Swartz

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INDEPENDENTEditorial 50 Shades of Black and White

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ccording to the Pew Research Center, thirty-three percent of white Americans think police in Ferguson, Mo., went too far when they responded to an incident where one of their officers lost all composure and good sense and repeatedly shot a young man who didn’t want to move off the street. Made us wonder what the other 67 percent were thinking.

So last Wednesday afternoon, the Independent’s freelance investigative reporter, Alana Cook, and I drove to Ferguson, an incorporated town in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, to see what was truth and what was marketing.

We found a neighborhood bar on a Ferguson street corner and watched a wild rainstorm scoot people inside. The place buzzed with locals, reporters and recharging cell phones plugged into every socket. Conversations had no pauses, Budweiser gushed from every tap, and Jethro Tull and Billy Joel were inside the jukebox.

A local woman sitting at the mahogany bar next to me said, “My husband and I couldn’t have children, so we have cats, seven of them. Two of them were brother and sister. The sister died last month. And now this.” She didn’t like that one of their own was killed by one of their own on August 9 and the whole world got involved.

The rain stopped and Alana and I drove to West Florissant, the hotbed avenue where television cameras and print reporters conveyed what was happening to anyone who would listen. There were disturbing images all over America of tear gas, screaming, shots, explosions, mine-resistant vehicles and heavily armed police insisting everyone stop doing what they were doing and go away or be arrested. It was like images of Watts, Newark, Belfast, Crimea and all other places where people don’t get along with each other.

We parked and walked half-a-block to a normal 4-lane avenue that had white cops on one side and black residents on the other. The air was tense and sticky, mostly tense. We walked to the black side where a highway sign with light bulbs, the kind that tells you the road is closed up ahead, said A pprove A ssembly A rea . That is where anyone without a law enforcement badge was to congregate. To make sure that happened, police had a bank of eight stadium lights aimed at us.

There were about 200 people on each side, with one Porta-Potty for all to share.

The side where the locals were standing offered bottles of water and candles, while on the cop side all you saw were holstered guns and grown men chewing gum.

There were six arrests that night, and one teenage boy had a big, fresh goose egg on his right cheekbone, but he wasn’t crying, he simply shrugged and rolled his eyes.

One extraordinarily handsome black man stopped me and asked, “You part of the press mess?”

“Yes. But from a small newspaper in a small town in a small state, so it’s not like you have to keep secrets. What’s the worst part of this for you?”

“Listen. They just beheaded a journalist in Iraq, showing us front and center who the real enemy is. It isn’t us. We simply want to talk our talk, listen to our music, live in our homes. But they (pointing across the street) want to practice their violence and retaliation on young black men. Stop killing us. Fight an enemy if you must, but fight the right one.”

A few minutes later I walked away from the crowd and stood under a streetlight watching cops on the other side, thinking they were likely under orders not to talk to the press. Before long, two of them in full riot regalia crossed the street and walked up to me. “We noticed your lanyard and press pass,” one said. “Do you know this woman?” He handed me Alana’s press pass that apparently fell off while she was working. “Sure do. Thanks.” I took it from his hand.

“We wondered what a white woman was doing over here standing by herself and with no camera. We decided you were praying.”

“Nope. What the worst part of the last nine days for you two?”

“Vacations cancelled. No days off,” they said.

And there it was, in a nutshell. The rain had significantly cleansed the streets.

Both sides had very little anger at 2 a.m. Thursday. Blacks were beyond anger and starting to grieve. Whites were beyond anger and wanting to go to Disneyworld.

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by Dan Krotz ack when I was traveling I routinely caught the last flight into XNA, and just as routinely got stopped by the law as I crossed the Kings River Bridge into Berryville. The invariable reason given was that I had ‘crossed the center line.’ I hadn’t, of course. The police officer or sheriff’s deputy figured anyone out that late had been on a toot here in Sin City and might be drunk driving. I never minded getting stopped: drunk drivers need to be kept off the road and a little proactive policing is okay with me. And the officers were always polite, and always sent me on my way, unticketed and certainly sober.

I doubt that our local law enforcement agencies have taken advantage of all the ‘free’ armored personnel carriers and assault rifles that the US Defense Department has unloaded on police departments, ala Ferguson, Missouri. If they have, I’m sure they’ll think twice before they parade it around any time soon; despite all the 2nd Amendment scholars rutting around town lately we’re still more Mayberry than Mogadishu.

There is cause for worry. The minute our governing masters declared a ‘war on terror’ rather than the vigorous prosecution of fanatical outlaws that 9-11 really required, we committed ourselves to throwing away trillions of dollars, abridgement of our constitutional rights, and inculcation of a national spirit and culture of fear. We haven’t seen anything as tragically costly, or ineffective, since children hid under school desks during nuclear war drills during the 1950s.

Whenever a politician declares war on anything, whether it’s on poverty, drugs, terror, or short skirts, remind yourself of Jefferson Randolph Smith, AKA Soapy Smith, who organized shell games throughout the Wild West, and got rich cheating gullible rubes.

Soapy’s main strategy was – and is – to confuse with facts: “It is here, it is there, it is everywhere!” he’d shout. The problem is that these facts evolve; they are always evading or escaping or running away from the truth. And while Soapy mesmerizes the pigeons with his sleight of hand, an associate picks our pockets as we lean over the whirling shells. www.esINDEPENDENT.com | August 27, 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 Christ-centered meetings for those suffering from addiction, habit, hang-up or hurt.

• No high school diploma? Take free GED classes in the Carnegie Library Annex every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 9 a.m.

- noon with study and tutoring for the GED test.

Open to ages 18 and up. GED classes also in Berryville at Carroll County Center. Some open to ages 16 and 17 per educational requirements.

For info: Nancy Wood (479) 981-0482, Carnegie Library (479) 253-8754, Carroll County Center (870) 423-4455). Offered by North Arkansas College with Carnegie Library support.

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

Meetings at Coffee Pot Club behind Land O’ Nod Inn: • Alateen – Sundays, 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Email alateen1st@gmx.com or phone (479) 9819977 • Overeaters Anonymous – Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Barbara (479) 244-0070 • Narcotics Anonymous – Fridays, 5:30 p.m.

(903) 278-5568 • Al-Anon Family Group (AFG) – Sundays, 11:30 a.m., Mondays and Tuesdays 7 p.m. • Eureka Springs Coffee Pot AA Groups Monday – Saturday 12:30 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday – Thursday, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 8 p.m. (479) 253-7956 • Al-Anon Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. All other meetings: See www.nwarkaa.org 10 |

INDEPENDENTNews Getting loaded and unloaded

Nicky Boyette City Attorney Tim Weaver told council Monday he had spoken with Police Chief Earl Hyatt about designating a loading zone behind the Auditorium, and Weaver said both Hyatt and ESFD thought there could not be a designated loading zone there because the street is too narrow to allow any obstruction of the fire lane.

However, Mayor Morris Pate stated ESPD could stage a traffic control officer there to assist while performers are loading or unloading gear.

“They can pull in there, take care of business, and get on out of there,” alderman Terry McClung said. “We’ve got a letter [from Hyatt] on file allowing us to do what we want,” McClung stated, “but whoever unloads must communicate and cooperate with authorities to make it work.”

Final items • The third reading of Ordinance 2216 which rezoned the old high school property from R-1 to C-2-H was approved.

• Alderman Mickey Schneider said she has been talking to folks “trying to work a deal which would allow citizens in Eureka Springs to burn their leaves.” Schneider said the Carroll County Waste Management Authority has no place to put all the yard waste. She will report back on her progress.

• Alderman Dee Purkeypile alerted council to the future,

possibly near future, need for a new sewer camera and jetter for Public Works. The jetter is basically a power sprayer powerful enough to unclog blockages in sewer lines, and the one at Public Works has been performing poorly. Repairs are no longer effective. The sewer camera allows Public Works staff to see inside sewer lines to check conditions and find leaks. Regarding the sewer camera, alderman Terry McClung commented it works exactly like a colonoscopy.

• In Public Comments, Rachel Brix pointed out Eureka Springs was named a Top Five dog-friendly city in the nation in 2013 and 2014 by Dog Fancy magazine, which is read by more than 300,000 people annually. In her entry letter to the magazine, Brix had mentioned several local businesses that supported her efforts, and when she was selected as a winner, these businesses got the momentary attention of those 300,000 readers. Brix suggested there are other Eureka Springs endeavors, such as the local wedding industry, worthy of similar recognition if someone could find a similar platform in a different industry.

• Pate encouraged every resident to fill in one of the Hazard Mitigation surveys available at the front desk at city hall.

• Council voted unanimously to seat Dustin Duling on the CAPC and Joe Fitzsimmons on Parks.

Next meeting will be Monday, Sept. 8, at 6 p.m.

INDEPENDENTConstablesOnPatrol

August 18 9:22 a.m. – Resident complained he had been threatened by the tree trimmers on his property. Constable investigated and determined there had been no threats.

10:19 a.m. – Tree trimmers told ESPD the resident in the previous item continued to disturb them and prevent them from doing their work. Constable returned to the scene and convinced the resident to stay inside.

1:02 p.m. – Constable arrested an individual on an ESPD warrant for harassment.

3:02 p.m. – Another resident was reportedly bothering the tree trimmers.

Constable intervened so the trimming could continue.

August 19 7:32 a.m. – A dog ran free near a restaurant on the highway, and eluded capture by the constable by running into the woods.

7:54 a.m. – A resident impeded the tree trimming work. Constable again had to intervene so the trees could be pruned.

8:32 a.m. – In a neighborhood above downtown, a raccoon was foaming at the mouth and falling over. Constable captured it and did his duty.

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8:59 a.m. – Individual filed a report on a stolen firearm.

11:01 p.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for DWI #3, driving left of center, careless driving, failure to stop at a stop sign, implied consent, driving on a DWI-suspended license.

11:01 Another traffic stop resulted in the arrest of an individual for obstructing governmental operations and public intoxication.

August 20 2:47 p.m. – Constable assisted in getting a tractor-trailer rig unstuck and out of the Historic Loop.

August 21 8:25 a.m. – Caller reported someone had stolen her vehicle license.

10:28 a.m. – Individual came to the station to file a harassment claim.

11:05 a.m. – Solid waste truck stalled on US 62 at the western edge of town.

Constable worked traffic control until the truck was running again.

August 22 8:51 a.m. – Employee from Good Shepherd reported someone other than her had emptied all the donation jars in stores along US 62.

August 23 1:35 p.m. – As a result of a traffic stop,

the driver was arrested for driving on a suspended license.

August 24 1:09 a.m. – Traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for DWI, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, no insurance, and driving left of center.

2:13 a.m. – Another traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for DWI. 9:10 a.m. – Reports indicated two skateboarders on Magnetic Road were impeding traffic, but the constable who responded did not encounter any skateboarders in the vicinity.

8:57 p.m. – Constable responded to what witness said might be a disturbance at a nearby motel, and the constable discovered the noise was kids playing.

9:55 p.m. – Barking dogs evoked a complaint from a neighbor, but the dogs were quiet as the new moon when a constable cruised down the street.

August 25 2:09 a.m. – Witness downtown told ESPD he was worried a couple’s verbal argument might escalate toward violence. Constable went to the scene, but the male had already split.

INDEPENDENT Art & Entertainment

Banjo Rally Aug. 27 – 30

Banjo Rally International brings banjo players of every stripe to town for forums, jams and concerts. Headliners, the Side Street Steppers of Memphis, will perform at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Concerts are open to the public and will be followed by open jams. For tickets, details, registration and full schedule, see www.banjorally.org or call the Banjo Rally Hotline (309) 263-2518.

A history made of postcards The Eureka Springs Historical Museum is pleased to announce the release of the second printing of Eureka Springs: A Postcard History 1879-1879. The book was originally published in 1979 as a piece for the Eureka Springs Centennial and has been out of print since then.

The publication is a look back in history via postcards which were reproduced from photographs of Eureka Springs’ early appearance.

The publication is expected to arrive at the museum this week and will sell for $20.

Beth Brown-Reinsel knitting workshops Fiber artist, designer and writer, Beth Brown-Reinsel, is returning to the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow Sept. 6 and 7 to teach two knitting workshops: Latvian Fingerless Mitts and Norwegian Purl.

Latvian Fingerless Mitts is an intermediate class, and will be taught from 9 a.m.

– 10 p.m. with an htour for lunch, provided by the Colony. Students must be proficient with double-point needles.

Participants will knit one of a pair of fingerless mitts to learn techniques that can be applied to mitten cuffs, sock tops or sleeves with a scalloped cuff, the herringbone braid and many subtle and beautiful variations of the half-braid.

On Sept. 7, Beth will teach a threehour class on Norwegian Purl starting at 2 p.m. The Norwegian Purl, a variation of

the Continental purl, is noted for its superior tension control and ease of execution. A swatch will be knitted in class to practice this technique and its applications.

Beth was the Colony’s Fab Fiber Fellowship recipient in 2012 and has been teaching workshops for 23 years. She designed and created almost 50 patterns for knitters. Her work has appeared in major knitting magazines and she has published Knitting Ganseys, an outgrowth of her workshops for The Knitting Guild of America.

Fee for the Latvian Fingerless Mitts class is $60 and includes lunch.

The Norwegian Purl workshop is $30.

Reservations must be paid in advance to guarantee a seat. Call (479) 200-1752 or email director@writerscolony.org to save your space. A supply list will be provided upon payment.

Art sought for Eureka Springs Motorcycle Art Show Art about motorcycles and motorcycles about art … Sept. 26, 27 Painters, sculptures, photographers and any artists creating motorcycle-related art are invited to exhibit at this unique show to celebrate the joy of the ride. This hard-riding show is in its second year in the lower level of the city auditorium from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27.

Art (paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, etc.) must have a motorcycle theme and be PG rated. Local, regional and out-of-state artists from last year along with new artists are welcome. To submit, contact Diane Wilkerson (479) 253-9703 at city hall.

Some great original art this year will include work by renowned Harley Davidsoncommissioned artist, David Uhl, and one or more 1800-pound “Concrete Motorcycle” art pieces done by a Sturgis artist. Admission is free.

Robert Cray in the house!

For those not familiar with his music, Robert Cray’s sound is sometimes reminiscent of the Cate Brothers … and if you love them, you’ll be instant fans of Cray’s.

For those who are familiar, it will be maximum enjoyment as usual Saturday, Aug. 30, at 8 p.m. in the city auditorium.

Cray appears with the Tulsa-based Steve Pryor Band to rock the house as he bridges the gap between R&B, blues

and rock-n-roll. And he’s the guy to do it. Cray’s musical résumé reads like a who’s who in contemporary music – from playing with Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Tina Turner to the influences of mentors John Lee Hooker and B.B. King.

So don’t miss this five-time Grammy Award winner and a really great show! Tickets are on sale at www. theaud.org range from $55 to $75. For info, call (479) 253-7333.

Famous kitties move to Eureka in new book Award-winning Eureka Springs author Meg Welch Dendler’s newest book Miss Fatty Cat’s Revenge, will be released Sept. 12. The book focuses on the family’s move to Eureka Springs and even has the main character, Kimba, visiting Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and getting help from Karma the Liger and BamBam the Grizzly Bear. The refuge was generous in allowing Meg to use several of their photos inside the book, and an ad at the back of the book supports donations for

their “Crash the Compound” campaign.

A new character in the series is based on local Lilah Stiger’s cat: Special Agent Medusa Gloriosa, an alien special agent hiding on Earth as a pampered, blue ribbon winning show cat.

Meg will have copies available at the Village Writing School Grand Opening celebration on Sept. 9, prior to the official release date. Copies of the first two books in the series are on sale at Blackie’s Backyard downtown.

Come “tango” with Sara Sara Sant’Ambrogio’s concert with Robert Koenig and a surprise tango from Emma and Ray of Melonlight Dance wowed a large crowd at the auditorium August 24.

During the concert, the audience was extended an opportunity to attend a Tangos and Tapas event with Sara in 2015. If you missed the invitation as well as the excitement of this delightful concert, you can still participate in both next year.

Plans are in motion for an outstanding annual festival of classical music, Eureka Springs into Music, premiering in 2015 under the auspices of the Eureka Springs Arts Council and the CAPC. Sara Sant’Ambrogio named the festival and is also heavily involved in planning and bringing more noted artists to Eureka Springs to participate.

As one of the fundraising events, Tangos and Tapas invitations are available for a $100 donation. Donors will be sent information via mail or email with the date and location of an intimate evening Tapas and Tangos with Sara. If you’d like to attend this event, contact the CAPC office, (479) 253-7333.

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INDEPENDENTNews Soccer netting coming to LLCP field Nicky Boyette Shreya Smith, who has been the backbone of the Eureka Springs Soccer Club since 1993, told the Parks Commission August 19 the soccer club has generated enough money to purchase netting for the ends of the soccer field at Lake Leatherwood City Park (LLCP). He also announced Carroll Electric has agreed to

donate and install the poles to hold up the netting.

Smith said the intent is to stop as many wayward balls as possible from traveling past the end fences and toward creeks, woods and bushes, as well as innocent parked vehicles. He said they are still deciding on how to mount the netting so that it can be easily and safely

HDC – Limestone pillars not in compliance Nicky Boyette The Historic District commission needed only 15 minutes to consider three applications at its August 20 meeting. These two applications were approved as submitted: • 24 Flint – add connecting walkway to lower deck • 1 Cline – new paint colors; construct rear shed on existing foundation The application for building a new fence atop the front wall at 24 Armstrong was amended. Contractor Penny Pemberton said she was trying to match an existing fence that had limestone pillars, but commissioner Melissa Greene pointed out limestone pillars were never approved by the commission and are contrary to the guidelines. Commissioner Doug Breitling requested metal posts to hold the fence up, and Pemberton agreed.

Application was approved with the amendment.

Commissioners approved these

two items on the Consent Agenda: • 33-35 Spring – new trim color • 85 Spring – replace sign Consent Agenda items are Level I applications which the City Preservation Officer believes to in accordance with the design guilelines.

Chair Dan Hebert presented these Administrative Approvals: • 21 Clay – repaint • 10 East Mountain – re-roof • 30 Kingshighway – repair porch floor and ceiling • 250 Spring – repaint porch; repair soffit and facia • 37 N. Main – replace side porch surface • 1 Center – maintenance and repair to front windowsill Administrative Approvals are applications for work or repair or for work involving no changes in materials of color and includes applications for changes in roofing color.

Next meeting will be Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 6 p.m.

removed. Netting will be 20 ft. high and 120 ft. wide.

Smith said the soccer program has come a long way during his watch, and at the jamborees there might be as many as 300 kids from several cities at LLCP. Chair Bill Featherstone applauded Smith for his 21 years of dedicated service to Eureka Springs soccer, and declared,

“There will be a statue of him out there some day.”

Commissioners voted to allow Smith and the soccer club to proceed with erecting the netting.

Next workshop will be Tuesday, Sept.

2, at 6 p.m., at Harmon Park and the next regular meeting will be Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 6 p.m.

A hungry bowl needs filling The Eureka Springs Potters Alliance has organized a “Hungry Bowl” charitable fund-raiser to be held in October at the Eureka Springs Alehouse & Distillery for the food banks of Carroll County.

Area potters are invited and encouraged to participate by making bowls for the event, along with Alliance members who are each providing at least 20 bowls for the event.

More than a dozen local restaurants will also provide soups of various flavors, including vegan … and more restaurants are needed!

To participate in making bowls or making the soup to fill them, call Jim

Wallace at the number below.

Tickets are $20 each and proceeds will go to the Flint Street Food Bank of Eureka Springs, Loaves & Fishes Food Bank of the Ozarks in Berryville and Bethel Food Pantry of Green Forest.

The public is encouraged to purchase tickets in advance to help gauge the amount of soup needed.

One ticket buys a beautiful bowl and a serving of soup. For tickets and more info email Parajimbo@gmail.com or phone (479) 253-1547. Tickets can also be purchased on the day of the event at the Eureka Springs Alehouse & Distillery, 426 W. Van Buren.

Dancing with the Eureka Stars Sponsor a star today!

The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce and Melonlight Ballroom Dance are proud to present Dancing with the Eureka Stars on Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. at the auditorium.

Premiering dance stars are locals Chip Ford, LeRoy Gorrell, Damon Henke, David Kellogg, Mark Minton, Mary Popovac, Elise Roenigk, Zeek Taylor, Fatima Treuer and Diane Wilkerson partnering with professional dancers from Melonlight.

As part of this fundraiser for the Chamber of Commerce, individuals and businesses are invited to sponsor their favorite amateur dancer. Will your star win?

Price of entry is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. To sponsor a star contact Toni Rose (479) 253-8737.

40th anniversary for Holiday Island Fire Department

The Holiday Island Fire Department is celebrating their 40th anniversary on Saturday, August 30 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Holiday Island Clubhouse.

There will be displays of equipment used

back in the day and now with a short ceremony to commemorate those who are special to the Fire Department.

For more information, contact Robin Lahm (479) 253-5912.

Spice it up at the Farmers’ Market The annual Salsa Contest is Thursday, August 28, at the Eureka Springs Farmers’ Market from 7 a.m. – noon. Bring your salsa before 9 a.m. or come by to taste all the entries. Top prize is $50 in market vouchers!

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INDEPENDENTLens Whew – “This piece has Bob and me running all over the place,” Sara Sant’Ambrogio told the audience regarding Chopin’s Polonaise Brillante, and boy did it. At right, she takes a quick breath as Robert Koenig’s fingers fly, and goes back to work in perfect sync. Standing O’s followed this one!

Photo by CD White

Concert prep – Emma Anne and Ray from Melonlight Dance block out logistics for their tango as pianist Robert Koenig goes over a difficult arrangement with page tuner Ellen Stephenson before the concert with Sara Sant’Ambrogio August 24.

Photo by CD White

Conversation at the Queen – Jim Nelson, left, Sara Sant’Ambrigioo and Robert Koenig relax after supper at the Queen Anne. Photo by CD White

Fans of all ages – Geni Moffett and young Maya Allen were among the crowd of nearly 200 attending Sunday’s Sant’Ambrogio/Koenig concert. A surprising number of young people were in attendance.

There’s hope for the future of more great music!

Photo by Becky Gillette

Time to unwind – After Sunday’s concert Sara Sant’Ambrogio and Robert Koenig, right, relax at the Queen Anne Mansion with hosts Lata and Steve Lovell for a supper catered by Farm to Table FRESH. Photo by CD White

Young fans – The Shaw twins, Aspen (left) and Willow (right) are shown with their brother, Banyan, during intermission Sunday.

Photo by Becky Gillette

Kindred spirits – Jim Nelson and Sara Sant’Ambrogio had a lot to discuss with ES Arts Council Director, Sandy Martin and CAPC Director, Mike Maloney at a planning dinner for 2015 at the Queen Anne Mansion. Jim brought classical music to Eureka Springs a number of years ago and was happy to share his experience.

Photo by CD White

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ESOTERICAstrology as news for week Aug. 28 – Sept. 3

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Burning Man, Mercury Enters Libra & Labor Day

t’s the week of Burning Man, the temporary intentional alternative community on the playas of Nevada. Art everywhere. Mercury, messenger of the Sun, enters Libra this week. Libra is the equalizer, sign of balance and Right Human Relations.

Sometimes with Libra, learning how to make balanced and Right Choice, we can feel and seem to be indecisive and confused. Sometimes to keep the peace we communicate only what others want to hear.

Eventually we learn how to speak from the heart.

With Mercury in Libra we’re called to bring about Right Communication, to foster humanitarian visions

ARIES: What’s occurring at home and work, and what are the conflicts? There’s a sense of responsibility at work, a heaviness perhaps with so much needing completion.

You will have help even while feeling quite alone. Work seems like it’s shifting daily and that, too, is a pressure. Gather colleagues, ask for help, know the relentless changes are preparing you for later leadership.

TAURUS: Having been freed from a previous responsibility and service you now step into a state of reflection and assessment. You become attentive to goals and future needs. You will make intelligent decisions about your life even though there’s added tension developing everywhere in the world. It’s the sign of the times and the challenge of this tension brings us to attention to matters close at hand. Clearing your environment is your task.

GEMINI: The issues you’re facing now ask you to retreat into your home and garden. There you decide how much of yourself can be in the world and how much stays behind. You must build a strong immune system. This is an important time to focus on your innermost self. You’re strong and thus capable of accomplishing all required spiritual work. Begin each day

and communicate the Law of Right Human Relations.

Mercury in Libra creates links between individuals and groups, expands networks and externalizes ideas.

Mercury (Ray 4) blends with Libra (Ray 3). From conflict comes balance if we have the intention for Goodwill. It begins with each of us.

Monday, September 1st is Labor Day, a federal and civic holiday. Most businesses are closed.

Resting for the day. Created in 1882, Labor Day was created to be a day of rest for workers exhibiting to the public “the strength and esprit de corps of trade and labor organizations dedicated to the spiritual

by tending to yourself first.

CANCER: Seek, ask for and then share intelligent ideas and conversations with others. This stimulates your mind and heart, soothes any wounds you harbor about your intellectual abilities, and brings a new foundation to all relationships.

If there’s illness and tiredness, it’s the need for more sleep, complex vitamin Bs, adrenal support and exercise.

Careful about spending on unneeded items. It’s time for study about something you’re interested in.

LEO: You may be working alone. For some Leos this isn’t unusual. For others there may be a feeling of being stranded.

This is temporary. It’s a time of retreat, of gathering necessary energy, tending the home fires – finances, daily life, sorting, organizing, reviewing and removing what is no longer needed. This includes belief systems not supporting happiness and joy.

What does for you? Create an ongoing list.

VIRGO: Some Virgos feel an overwhelming pressure to do something – more work, more responsibility, create

and educational aspects of the Labor Movement.”

Originally there were festivals, parades, fireworks, picnics for workers and families. Labor Day is between Independence Day (July) and Thanksgiving (November). Workers need(ed) a holiday between the two. Today Labor Day’s original purpose is quite forgotten. Instead we consider it the last chance for vacations and football season begins. We put our white clothes and shoes away sensing summer’s end as each day the light darkens. On this Labor Day, let us have gratitude for all those who labor in the world. Let us not make it a day to shop.

structures and spiritual rhythms bringing order to daily life. Some Virgos wonder about the future, worrying if there’s no clear path, they’re lost. These are the times when gardening brings us to the present, eliminates shadows of doubt, helps one cooperate with the unseen world. What is in your garden?

LIBRA: Your work world and daily life have been in a state of change for the past many years.

This month and beyond restructuring will continue to occur, bringing forth new agendas, ideas and programs to follow through on. Share with others your needs, hopes, wishes and the wounds that continue to hurt. Sharing allows a new self-identity to form. As the old ways pass away.

SCORPIO: Do be careful of quick opinions and judgments, of sharing controversial ideas with those who cannot share your views. Be careful with how you speak with friends, those living at a distance from you, and those with different cultural backgrounds. I would not travel at this time unless it’s necessary. Be cautious, be concerned and very aware of all communications. You’re creating a new identity. What you say today changes tomorrow.

SAGITTARIUS: Before launching yourself into a new adventure take the time to tend to family and loved ones. There something being missed at home and there’s wounding being revealed. Be your

charming self, make contact, assure them of your devotion and provide them with the care they can understand. This allows you freedom and liberty for upcoming adventures, changes and new endeavors.

You understand this.

CAPRICORN: Do all you can to allow communication to flow easily. There may be misunderstandings in how people listen or feel heard. Everyone’s ability to speak seems turned around, upside down.

This is particularly emphasized within relationships, and people at work. Be the harmonizer, listening well and carefully.

Daily reality seems somehow on the precipice of falling down. It is and you’re capable of easing yourself through it.

AQUARIUS: Do you feel as if life has slowed down, money is hidden away somewhere not to be found, there’s a sense of restriction letting yourself be seen, and decisions are difficult to bring forth?

These situations are occurring because new realities are about to emerge. Previous realities are still present but this, too, is temporary. Visualize your wants and needs.

It creates a magnet drawing to you new ideas, values and resources.

PISCES: Tend to all duties and responsibilities. Something or someone at home needs reordering, revitalizing and reorganization. Set aside time to make all environments clear and clean. Then a deeper creativity comes forth. You’re concerned with a domestic situation and at times there is a great tension. You also may be considering great changes in where you live and work. Nothing moves forward as planned. Another, greater plan is in place.

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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– Chapter 9, 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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fter a long silence, he turned to her a face so tortured, in the dusk, that she was frightened. It was borne strongly in on her that he was a queer fish, this Walter, and different from normal people in that she could never trace the workings of his mind to the simple, understandable impulse of greed. With him, motivation vanished in an impenetrable fog never explored by Clytie. It seemed to her merely proof of his being completely out of touch with reality, unaware of the solid, tangible values of the world – a person who read and wrote poetry. One of her favorite screen-born phrases was “I’d like to take So-and-so apart and see what makes him tick,” but she had long since decided that what made Walter tick was beyond her comprehension, and probably not worth bothering about, anyway. It occurred to her now, standing in the deep twilight of the cedars, that somewhere inside that mechanism there might lurk dangerous potentials: violence, even, if he found out that those absurd beliefs of his had been betrayed. She began to tremble, and drew away from him.

He said suddenly: “Fenton Sayre. Did you know about Fenton Sayre?”

She caught in her breath sharply, then relief swept through her and it was all she could do to keep from laughing. “Why, yes,” she said, feeling her way back to security. “I mean – what about him?” She wished he wouldn’t stare into her face that way.

“My father. His father… You knew about that?”

Clytie nodded, no longer alarmed. “I thought everybody did. It’s nothing.”

“Nothing!” He uttered a derisive laugh.

“You go on admiring, respecting your parents all your life – your father held up as an example to you – then all of a sudden you find out it was all a fake. Everybody in town knew it all along – everybody but you! That’s nothing!”

“I don’t see,” Clytie said, trying to keep her temper, “I don’t see why you’re making such a fuss about it. You can’t do anything about it, after all –” “I’ll tell you one thing,” Walter cried wildly. “I’ll never be able to hold up my head again, in this town. I wouldn’t believe it. I went up there to the mill office and asked him, point-blank, to deny it. Instead of that, he admitted it. D’you hear? Admitted it!”

Clytie said reasonably: “Well, I don’t see how he could do anything else.”

“–So I told him I was all through. I told him I was going to Springfield or Kansas City, and get a job.”

Clytie stared, then she seized his shoulders with both hands and began shaking him. “Are you crazy?” she cried at him. “Have you gone crazy? How about me? How about us? I thought we were going to be married –” Tears of anger and frustration gathered in her eyes. The fool, the mush-headed fool!

He seemed to return to her abruptly.

“We’ll be married,” he told her, more calmly. “Did you think I’d forgotten that, Clytie? I’ll get a job, and at night I’ll work on some of those stories I’ve had in mind – and maybe sell them to the magazines, and when I’ve got enough money put aside, I’ll send for you – and we’ll be married.”

“Money,” Clytie repeated bitterly.

“Why, your father owns this town. Why should you go and get some little old job to earn a few lousy dollars? It’s crazy.”

“I don’t want any of his damn money,” Walter said, and she knew very well the pig-headed look in his face.

Shespentthenexthourtryingtoconvince him of his folly, and ended exactly where she had begun. Faced with his obstinacy, she

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he other day I awoke to a misty morning down in the hollow and it reminded me of the old Ozarkian saying that “the fogs of August are the snows of winter.” Naturally, this led my mind to the legendary snow of March 1968 when my mother was eight months pregnant and living in an apartment on

Spring Street. She was afraid that if she went into labor, transportation would be an issue.

I’ve heard and read that local snowfall amounts ranged from 16 – 24 inches, but the main problem was a driving wind that created snow drifts of mind-boggling depths. I did some research trying to

People’s Climate March seeks Arkansas participants Local residents are invited to get on a bus to New York City on Sept. 21 to be involved in the People’s Climate March as part of a UN summit on the climate crisis.

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, is urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce global warming pollution.

The Arkansas bus to New York City will leave from Little Rock and return on Sunday, Sept. 24. The event is sponsored by the Sierra Club and other groups. The cost is $260 for a quad dorm to $400 for single accommodations with costs as low as $60 for low-income participants.

A fundraising event for the trip is planned in Fayetteville in early September. For more info, call (479) 444-0888 or email ehejtmanek1949@msn.com.

finally became too infuriated to find CONSTANCE more words, and WAGNER she flung herself on the ground, sobbing and digging her fingers into the moss. And Walter, fatuously ready to believe that this violent emotion had been called up by the prospect of her loneliness with him gone, plumped himself down beside her and stroked her heaving shoulders and kissed the back of her neck. “Please,” he babbled, “– don’t take it that way, Clytie. I’ll send for you – oh, soon. You’ll wait, darling, won’t you? You’ll be – true to me?”

“Yes – yes – yes,” sobbed Clytie, angry and beaten, and filled with contempt for such maundering, knowing that fidelity to an absent lover was as improbable as going without food for months at a time.

Furthermore, the prospect of living leanly with Walter, on love and pride, held no charm for her. If she had not felt certain that this phase would pass, she would have pointed this out to him, but surely he would come to his senses before long….

Somewhat belatedly, she called up one of her movie lines. “I’ll – tough it out,” she said gallantly. “I can take it.”

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ascertain if the old stories were true and found a reference to the snowstorm on the front page of the March 13, 1968 Northwest Arkansas Times. It says, in part, that “highway department workers attempting to clear a lane between Berryville and Eureka Springs drove a snow plow into a 17 foot drift.” The massive snowdrift was at the top of Bluebird Hill and the plow became stuck, as did the roadgrader that came to the rescue.

That morning, Mac Weems was driving to a bulldozing job and encountered the “commotion” on Highway 62 caused by the snowdrift. He turned around and drove down the Old Berryville Highway (now County Road 306, though the bridge that was there then has since fallen into the Kings River) to James Garrett’s shop, where his big Allis-Chalmers bulldozer was stored.

Later, the area Arkansas Highway Department foreman caught up with Mac

and asked if he would get the two graders out and clear the snowdrift. Not having his truck and trailer, he had to drive the dozer at a slow crawl up Highway 62 from near Kings River to the top of the hill.

He says the hard part of clearing the drift was being careful not to hook the abandoned cars buried under the snow with the dozer blade. It took awhile, but he was able to clean it up and drove the bulldozer home to his house in Eureka, clearing a few driveways along the way.

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DEPARTURE Margaret Smith Packham

1919 – 2014

Margaret Smith Packham died in Eureka Springs on August 26, 2014. Margaret was born in 1919 to Sam and Maggie Smith on a fruit and vegetable farm in Columbia, Mo. One sister, Molly, had died in the flu epidemic of 1918, at age 17. Ten months later Margaret was born.

Another sister, Sally, was nearly 17 the day Margaret was born. So she was raised mostly as an only child, cherished and “spoiled,” her word.

After high school in Columbia she attended business college there, describing herself as a “crackerjack secretary.” Over the years she worked for two insurance companies, an attorney and, after raising kids, went back to work as secretary to the Security Manager of the Kansas City Safeway Stores Division. “Boy that job was fun. I just loved it.”

She married Walter Packham in 1941. The couple had three children, Robert D. Packham (wife, Linda McCance Packham) of Hanover Park, Ill.; Margaret Lynn Packham Larson (husband, Albert Larson) of Eureka Springs, Ark.; J. Stuart Packham (wife, Tina Turner Packham) of Shawnee, Kan. The family settled in Kansas City, Mo., in 1954.

Margaret and Walter lived there until November 1998

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when they moved to live next door to their daughter in Eureka Springs. Walter died in January 1999.

Margaret lived alone in the house for 14 years, happily crocheting, baking, puttering. She moved to Green Acre Lodge, at Holiday Island, Ark., in August 2013, where the caring staff did the daily tasks and she was free to crochet uninterrupted.

Margaret enjoyed the company of her seven grandchildren, Chris Packham of Astoria, N.Y.; Jill Packham Edwards of Naperville, Ill.; Sandra Amoako-Packham of Cape Coast, Ghana; Sarah Larson McGettrick of Brunswick, Ga.; Jeffrey Larson of Fayetteville, Ark.; Cody Packham of Shawnee, Kan.; Julia Packham of Atlanta, Ga.; and one greatgranddaughter, Sydney McGettrick, of Brunswick, Ga. Margaret was a member of the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and a memorial service in her honor will be held there, 17 Elk Street, at 10 a.m., Saturday, August 30.

When asked once what she would like in her obituary, Margaret said, “She spent her declining years surrounded by yarn with a crochet hook in her hand.”

Memorial donations may be made to the Kansas City Rescue Mission or charity of your choice.

April 20, 1954 – August 24, 2014

Gary Lewis Brooks, of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born April 20, 1954 in Astoria, Ore., a son of Clyde and Bernice (Jordon) Brooks. He departed this life Sunday, August 24, in Eureka Springs at age 60.

Gary worked in the food service industry and owned a restaurant. He loved to garden.

Gary is survived by his partner, Chris Lund of the home in Eureka Springs; two sisters, Patty White of Eureka Springs, and Beverly Brooks of Springfield, Ore.; one

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niece, Heidi Brooks; four nephews, Tony Brooks, Scotty Brooks, Dustin Brooks and Jeremy Brooks; and a host of family and friends.

Gary was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Bernice Brooks.

Memorial service will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com. © Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. 2014

March 3, 1924 – August 19, 2014

Ramona Alice Osburn, 90, died Tuesday, August 19 at Peachtree Village Retirement Community in Eureka Springs, Ark. She was born March 3, 1924 in Lansing, Mich., to Darrell R. and Thelma (Leedy) Taylor. She married Carlton M. Osburn on July 17, 1943 in Lansing, and he passed away in 2009.

She is survived by son, Carlton (Mary Anna Sampsell) Osburn of Cary, N.C.; daughter, Susan (Frederick) Hopkins of Eureka Springs; four grandchildren, two from Eureka Springs: Piper (Jake) Allen and Ezra (Lauren Amber) Forbus; seven great-grandchildren; and sister, Dorothy Totten of Hudson, Fla. She was preceded in death by a daughter Beth (Osburn) Moore of San Diego, Calif.

Mrs. Osborn attended Michigan State University where she studied Home Economics. She lived in Michigan and New Jersey before moving to Elkhart in

1956, where she remained for over 55 years until moving to Eureka Springs. In Elkhart, she worked for several years as a buyer in Drakes department store.

Playing bridge was one of her avid interests, and included membership in several clubs in Elkhart and Eureka Springs as well as in Dunedin, Fla., where they spent several winters. She loved to cook and later specialized in heart healthy dishes because of her husband’s heart condition. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Elkhart.

A memorial service will be held later in Eureka Springs to celebrate her life. Memorial donations can be made to People Helping People, a nonprofit founded by her daughter that purchases medications for residents of Carroll County AR, at PO Box 243, Eureka Springs AR 72632; or to Peachtree Village 5 Park Drive, Eureka Springs, AR, 72631.

Benefit for local candidates Sept. 7 Call to artists for silent auction K.J.’s Caribé Restaurant will host a meetn-greet and auction benefit on Sept. 7 from 6 – 9 p.m. for Sonny Carter, running for State Representative for District 97; Randy Mayfield, running for Carroll County Sheriff; and Sheri Hanson, running for Quorum Court, District 2.

There is an open call to artists to donate art for a silent auction. It is up to citizens to help raise the money for these candidates to run.

There will be music by the Dirty Roots band.

To donate, call Regina at (479) 981-2613.

A delicious breakfast is all you need to start the day The Holiday Island Elks Lodge, 4 Park Cliff Drive in the Holiday Island shopping center, will hold a pancake breakfast Saturday, August 30, from 7 – 10:30 a.m. Enjoy all you can eat pancakes, bacon, biscuits and gravy as well as juice and coffee. Adults $6, children under 12 $3.

Everyone is welcome for a hearty breakfast.

Metafizzies discuss soul’s journey The Sept. 1 meeting of the Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society (Metafizzies) will feature a video interview with Michael Newton, hypnotherapist and author of the bestselling book Journey of Souls. His primary focus is on past-life regression, with particular emphasis on the soul’s experiences during the period between incarnations. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the reading room of the Christian Science Church at 68 Mountain. All are welcome.

Believe it or not, there’s going to be spaghetti St. Elizabeth’s “Believe It Or Not” Spaghetti Dinner will be held Friday, Sept. 5, from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Parish Center on Passion Play Road. Father Shaun Wesley will be singing at 6, 7 and 8 p.m.

The spaghetti dinner will raise money to restore the bell tower at the church on Crescent Drive, which has been in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not three different times. Tickets are $10 each. There will be a choice of vegetarian sauce or meat sauce and wine will be available along with other drinks.

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INDYSoul

by Reillot Weston

Robert Cray brings Blues Heat for Eureka Labor Day Weekend at AUD

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obert Cray, a consummate blues guitarist, hits the AUD stage Saturday night, August

Robert Cray and Steve Pryor Band at Aud Saturday.

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Cray, a Columbus, Ga., native, celebrated his 61st birthday on August 1 and has shown no signs of slowing his blues roll. Returning to Eureka Springs, Robert Cray has been playing

Stratocaster blues since the mid1970s. He has shared stages with Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt and Bob Dylan and won many awards, including four Grammys for Blues. This show will be red hot!!

Thursday, the Rowdy Beaver will host an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in the parking lot at 5 p.m. A front loader will dump ice water on some brave staff members with all fundraising to benefit ALS.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 BALCONY RESTAURANT– Maureen Alexander, 5 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Chucky Waggs CD Release Party, 9:30 p.m.

GRAND TAVERNE – Jerry Yester, Grand Piano Dinner Music, 6:30-9:30 LEGENDS SALOON – Starseed, No Cover

Dave Renko, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – Black Light White Party, Drag Event, 9 p.m.

GRAND TAVERNE – Arkansas Red, Acoustic Guitar Dinner Music, 6:309:30 p.m.

JACK’S PLACE – Sean Clavin, 9 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – Jab the Band, No Cover NEW DELHI – The Dusty Pearls, 6-10 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER – Two Dog Two Karaoke, 8 p.m., ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, parking lot, all proceeds benefit ALS, 5 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Lindsey with Issues, 9 p.m.

SMILING BROOK CAFÉ – Sonny Royal, 5-8 p.m.

THE STONE HOUSE – Jerry Yester, 7 p.m.

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

JACK’S PLACE – Sean Clavin, 9 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – Kevin Upshaw and One Night Stand NEW DELHI – Pete and Dave, 6-10 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER – North Forty, 8 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Lindsey with Issues, 1-5 p.m., Amazing Ace and his Rhythm Slaves, 9 p.m.

SMILING BROOK CAFÉ – Becky Jean and the Candyman, 5-8 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 BALCONY RESTAURANT– Hogscalders, 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.

BLARNEY STONE – Doubleday, 8:30 CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Be Here Now, 8 p.m.- midnight CHELSEA’S – Cherry Brooks and

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30 THE AUD – Robert Cray, 8 p.m.

BALCONY RESTAURANT – Catherine Reed, 12 p.m., James White, 6 p.m.

BLARNEY STONE – Doubleday, 8:30 p.m.

CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Mark Scharf Band, 8 p.m.- midnight CHELSEA’S – Brian Capps, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – Black Light White Party, Drag Event, 9 p.m.

Wed., Aug. 27 • 9 P.M. – CAMPTOWN LADIES – No Cover!

Thurs., Aug. 28 • 9:30 P.M. – CHUCKY WAGGS CD Release Fri., Aug. 29 • 9:30 P.M. – CHERRY BROOKS and DAVE RENKO Sat., Aug. 30 • 9:30 P.M. – BRIAN CAPPS Sun., Aug. 31 • 7:30 P.M. – DIESEL DEAN & the 18 WHEELERS Mon., Sept. 1 • 9:30 P.M. – SPRINGBILLY Tues., Sept. 2 • 9:30 P.M. – OPEN MIC

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 31 CHELSEA’S – Diesel Dean and the 18 Wheelers, 7:30 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – DJ and Karaoke NEW DELHI – Pete and Dave, 12- 4 p.m., Be Here Now, 6-10 p.m.

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

SMILING BROOK CAFÉ – Coy Dog and the Other Waltons, 12-3 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 CHELSEA’S – Springbilly, 9:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 CHELSEA’S – Open Mic, 9:30 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – Jam Night

Good Golly! Miss Molly – a fixture at Myrtie Mae’s for 40 years Becky Gillette and worked at an Ore Ida potato processing Darlene “Molly” Herndon Pinkley, plant in Rupert. She didn’t find that to her 78, has been a waitress at Myrtie Mae’s liking, and returned home where she went at the Inn of the Ozarks for 40 years. But to work at the Crescent Hotel and later, the you won’t find her complaining about all Basin Park Coffee Shop for ten years. that time on her feet or even still working After John Cross sold the Basin Park, 13 years after most people have she said she didn’t care for the retired. new owners, and moved to “I just enjoy doing it,” said Myrtie Mae’s.

Pinkley, a native of the area “I’ve been up here ever who grew up on Mundell Road. since,” she said.

“I enjoy meeting people. I’ve Pinkley’s life rotates always enjoyed doing it. I’m around God, family and work. very happy with my life. I feel “We are all family here at better when I’m working, and it work,” she said. “The church is is good to be out of the house to the same way; we are all family. see people. Being on my feet all I have been a Sunday School the time doesn’t bother me very “Molly” Herndon Pinkley teacher at the First Assembly of much as long as I’m moving.

God on 23 South since I was 19 Moving around is better than just standing years old.” all the time.”

Ellen Summers, a bookkeeper at Inn of She grew up in Grassy Knob where the Ozarks, said that Pinkley is very well she attended school until the third grade liked by fellow workers and customers. when the schools were consolidated, then “She is always the one to come in to rode the bus to Eureka Springs. When she fill an extra shift when needed,” Summers was younger she went to Idaho for a year said. “She is the most giving person I have

ever met. She gives not only monetarily to people in need, but she also gives of herself – either with kind words or praying with you for someone in need of spiritual help.

She raised her two nieces, Heidi and Tanya.

She’s a true jewel.”

Pinkley was named Employee of the Year at Inn of the Ozarks in 1986. In a letter nominating her for Landmark Hotel Corporation Employee of the year, General Manager Randy Wolfinbarger said she is a valuable asset to their property.

“She is an example of the perfect employee,” Wolfinbarger said. “She possess a rare quality – she cares about fellow employees and customers. There is a long list of guests who request to be seated in Molly’s station, because she is a friend as well as an excellent waitress.”

Wolfinbarger said she is always willing to help other employees when they are behind. It is not uncommon to find her helping the dishwasher so he can finish on time after a really busy dinner.

“If every employee was as dedicated and pleasant to work with, the manager’s

job would be much easier,” Wolfinbarger said.

Pinkley loves her local, regular customers, and is recognized by tourists who come every year.

“I’ve had the same people over the years, especially the AA, Volkswagen and UFO convention people,” she said.

“Tourists recognize me and say, ‘Molly, we are so glad to see you are still here.’”

She is like an angel without the wings, said Nellie Clark, who worked decades as a waitress in Eureka Springs while raising three children. “When my children were little, she used to take them to Sunday School and then out to lunch. She would take care of them until I got off work. I can’t tell you how much that meant to me.”

Does she plan on retirement? She isn’t really sure.

“I’ll play it by ear,” she said. “My goal was to hit forty years. I have worked four days a week, and I might cut down and just work two or three. I don’t want to completely quit because this has been my life.”

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Sunny Side Up Better than Methane

rkansas, we have a problem. National Geographic August 19, 2014, “CoalDependent Arkansas Faces Stiff Emissions Target and a Running Clock,” says our state officials are pondering a formidable task under proposed EPA Clean Power Plan: “Duane Highley, CEO Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC) estimated that prices for his customers would go up by at least $20 a month, or 20 percent, because Natural Gas is about twice the price of coal. If the state bets on Natural Gas, and then prices rise, Highley predicted, the results could be grim.

‘You’ll see heat-related deaths,’ he said. “It won’t be because the planet got warmer. It’ll be because people can’t pay their electric bill in the summer. People die when they don’t pay for air conditioning, they really do. We see it.”

Replacing one fossil fuel with another fossil fuel is not the only choice. Natural gas, mostly methane (CH4), is one of the main causes of global warming.

Methane emissions are 80 times more lethal than carbon dioxide.

There is hope. Scientific studies by the Natural Resources Defense Council show the Clean Power Plan will lower electricity bills by billions of dollars and generate hundreds of thousands of jobs, protecting future generations from catastrophic effects of climate change.

For more than 100 years there have been no

carbon pollution limits. Coal power plants have been free to generate electricity with no concern of carbon dioxide emissions. The coal industry has been subsidized from strip mining in Wyoming to storing coal ash near waterways, and unaffordable public health insurance to pay for illness and deaths from coal plant emissions.

Why the difference? Arkansas utilities have central control with 20th-Century technology using remote bulk power plants. They have the power to take your land, build transmission lines, set electric rates and choose our energy future. Solar panels challenge the century old central utilities model. People like you and me, generating what we need to be used onsite without the waste of transmission lines, keeps Nick Akins, AEP Chairman, awake at night.

Solar panels are based on semiconductor silicon technologies. Like cellphones, solar panel prices have dropped and performance has increased with improvements in form and function. Wireless solar shingles, high performance and low cost solar panels, improved power storage solutions and many other innovations are announced all the time. Solar systems are installed in hours, and solar panels can be added one at a time. In the last 180 days, China installed 3,300 MW of solar power.

Shutting down Turk would reduce Arkansas carbon dioxide pollution. Arkansas exports

electricity, the reason behind the SWEPCO 345 kV transmission line. In 2012, Arkansas exported 20 percent of the total electricity generated. The 600 MW Turk SWEPCO coal-fired plant, operational in December 2012, increased electricity exports to 27 percent.

Duane Highley needs our help. AECC is owned by 500,000 members, if you live in Carroll County that means you and me. All Arkansas Electric cooperatives are part of AECC. What can you do? Call your electric company for a free energy audit, to learn simple ways to conserve energy, improve energy efficiency.

To get free advice on local and community solar power generation, visit Jerry Landrum at the ES Farmers’ Market, Tuesday mornings, (479) 244-0377.

Find a business owner with a commercial SWEPCO account (farmer, restaurant, school, resort, etc.) to get solar panels installed for less than half the price, and to reduce global warming, tell EPA you support the Clean Power Plan.

Climate change is already affecting communities, families and businesses around the world. It is time for action. Arkansas has a clear choice: embrace solar power for local, community and utility-scale systems, or choose fossil fuels and try to deal with the consequences of climate change!

Dr. Luis Contreras

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EXPLORING the fine art of ROMANCE...

My husband and I married two years ago and our relationship’s good but I’m not so sure about our sex life.

I’ve never climaxed. How can I tell my husband without hurting his feelings and how can I fix my problem?

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ake it ‘til you make it is the least effective approach to take in your current situation. Honesty truly is the best policy when it comes to sex with your partner.

Women have been faking orgasms for eons in a misguided attempt to please their partners. If your husband has been under the impression that you’ve reached climax during sex then he is bound to feel hurt and deceived when you’re honest with him. However, he will recover and you will have opened the door to a rockin’ hot sex-filled future. Your fun has just begun!

While approximately 15% of women do not experience orgasm, it’s typically an easy fix. There are various factors that can hinder climax and it’s imperative to either rule them out or address them.

Medical conditions like diabetes and some medications, particularly antidepressants, can interfere. Wellbutrin is generally considered to be the only antidepressant that does not interfere with sexual arousal. Other common culprits include overindulgent cocktail consumption, body image issues, past sexual trauma and feelings of guilt and shame related to sexuality.

If you’re letting your cellulite interfere then quit!

There’s no enjoying a good booty call if you’re too focused on your booty. Learn to love your body, flaws and all. If other emotional issues are blocking your capacity to climax then address them. Therapy’s not in the budget? Start by reading one of the great standards.

The Courage to Heal by Bass and Davis is a wonderful FERGUSON continued from page 2

Immediately after Brown’s death, hundreds of protesters took to West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson. For almost two weeks, protesters and journalists stood their ground against police who tear-gassed and shot at them with rubber bullets. Some were arrested only to return to protest again. To them, Brown’s death was a cause from which they could not turn away. Not this time.

“Ya’ll need to go on to the designated area. Ya’ll have money for gas masks. We don’t,” hawked one protester.

He was referring to the designated “free speech zone” where a crowd of about 100 people gathered. That morning, Attorney General Eric Holder visited Ferguson in an attempt to usher in peace.

A small group was huddled around three people in heated peace negotiations. A 20-something black man sporting a hoodie with the word “Socialist” was in a heated discussion with Iyanla Vanzant of Fix My Life, and Malik Shabazz, an American attorney and former National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party.

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guide to managing the after effects of sexual trauma.

For Women Only by the Berman sisters and Women’s Anatomy of Arousal by Winston are must-reads for every woman regardless of a spectacular or suffering sex life.

Most important, understand that the majority of women do not reach climax through intercourse alone.

Additional stimulation to the external C-spot, home to 8000 nerve endings, is typically required. You’re the expert here. Get to know what’s under your hood so you can show your apprentice exactly what revs your engine.

by Leslie Meeker

He’s guaranteed to appreciate the tutorial.

Questions? Email leslie@ esindependent.com.

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

Bugged – A sea of VWs of all models filled the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center Aug. 22 – 24 for the annual VW weekend.

Although the Saturday parade was delayed about an hour, some 200 cars eventually thrilled bystanders on the Historic Loop.

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The protester is angry. He is angry about the downed economy and lack of opportunity for his generation. In an attempt to diffuse the anger, Vanzant encourages him to engage in dialogue about what comes next – healing for Ferguson.

Tension ebbs while peace tries in vain to flow.

“We need to love each other before we fix the bigger issues,” Vanzant tells the protester. Shabazz stands back and says he is keeping his mouth shut because, “I have been accused of stirring up trouble already.”

Shabazz is referring to allegations talk radio host Pete Santilli and other Constitutional conservatives made against him earlier that week.

A young woman in her twenties huddled in the group breaks down in tears. Until two weeks ago Ferguson was relatively peaceful. Her world – and Ferguson – is forever changed now.

“Let it all out now so you can move forward,” a pastor tells her as she lays her head on his shoulders.

Not far from the huddle candles burn in makeshift candleholders made from

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water bottles. A protester holds a sign that reads, “Kill ISIS Not Us.” The unemployment and poverty rates for blacks in St. Louis County are consistently higher than those rates for white residents. The unemployment rate is two-to-three times higher, and, as of 2012, had grown worse while it grew better for whites.

Shabazz told the Independent that outside of a stagnant economy, militarization of police both in St. Louis County and nationwide is a major contributing factor to the perils of young black America.

“The U.S. military has totally occupied the streets of America. They hide out until they are brought out. The police in the U.S. are over-militarized.” Shabazz said he plans to file a class action lawsuit this week against St. Louis County over the militarization of police.

Ryals seems to agree. “The militarization of civil policing has contributed to changing the approach of many officers and some departments.”

Shabazz speaks of a struggle against a justice system that he says sides with the

perpetrator and not the victim.

“I think we should take certain steps even if it is just to prove our point. We can’t just forgo the court system. If Wilson is not indicted, then that will prove there is no justice in the American criminal justice system which is sometimes a criminal’s justice system.

That’s why you have to take certain steps.

There could never be a true justice in America under its present demography,” Shabazz said.

Shabazz said he is advocating for land and good earth that, “We call our own, with our own police so we won’t have to worry about the Darren Wilsons of the world. We are a population of ex-slaves living among our ex-slave masters so there will always be some kind of injustice.”

Amir Quadeer Shakir, Minister of Information of the Universal Zulu Nation and Creative Director of Shakur Multimedia told the Independent that a black man’s death defines his life. He said such is the case with Brown.

“His reason to die is to change everything. Living is hard. Dying is easy.”

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eith Schloman from Lee’s Summit, Mo., got Big Fish of the Week with this 34-in. striper, just under 20 lbs., on Beaver Lake. We’re catching stripers between 30 and 40 ft. deep now from the dam to Point 6 area. Shad are still the best bait, but you can get lucky also using small perch or brood shiners.

Trolling deep divers or using down riggers can also get big fish this time of year. Just be courteous and don’t get too close to the boats live baiting, too many boats in one area can turn this fish off for everyone. Also, something to think about is your fish finder puts off a radar ping. Too many pings bouncing off the bottom in one spot can also spook fish. Kind of like a small version of us using radar to bring a submarine off the bottom, driving them crazy as we did with the Russians during the Cold War. Went out here at Holiday Island one afternoon and did find some good crappie still holding about 12 – 14 ft. deep in some cedars that were

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dropped in the lake in 20 to 30 ft. of water.

A few walleye are still being caught off the bottom in the main channel 20 – 30 ft. deep between Holiday Island and Beaver.

Jigs and minnows can catch both of these fish.

Bass will still hit the top early, then go deeper as the sun gets higher. Water temps in Beaver Lake are close to 84° with the thermocline running about 28 ft. deep.

At Holiday Island we have a cooler current coming from the tailwaters that

make fish happy without going so deep.

We have a lot of open days if anyone wants to get out just give us a call. We’re offering striper trips at a discount, fishing from 5 – 9 a.m. from now through September, since most our fish are now

being caught during this time period now due to the sun. At Holiday Island we are still fishing 6 – 11 a.m. because we can still get crappie in the shade somewhere. If you can’t get out on your own, give us a call at (479) 253-2258.

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Funds sought for historical marker at Elk Ranch

Bruce Wright, former local now working with the National Parks Service, has spearheaded research for and has received approval from the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Historical Marker Committee to create an Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial historical marker at Elk Ranch.

The proposed 1st Arkansas Cavalry Marker will be funded by a matching grant through the state of Arkansas. The state will pay $1,030 and another $1,030 must be raised in order to match the grant.

Text on the marker will read: “The 1st Arkansas Cavalry (US), comprised mainly of Unionist refugees,

mustered into service in July 1862. The regiment fought at Prairie Grove in 1862 and Fayetteville in 1863, but its main duty was fighting the bushwhackers and irregulars of the Confederate cavalry that roamed in the Ozarks, including Carroll County. One action took place at Skelton Farm near here, where Company F fought a guerrilla band, killing two wounding four.

The 1st Arkansas Calvary (US) served until August 1865 losing 110 men in combat and 235 to disease from its 1765 soldiers.”

Donations can be made at Community First Bank to the account, First Arkansas Sesquicentennial Calvary Historic Marker Matching Grant at Elk Ranch.

Sew up for the Ozark Quilt Fair Entries are being accepted for the 37th Ozark Quilt Fair on Saturday Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Entry deadline is Sept. 10. Quilters and quilt lovers are invited to display new and antique quilts for show and sale on the museum grounds. The entry fee is $10 per exhibitor. Cash prize and Viewer’s Choice awards will be given, with first place earning $50, second $35, and third $15.

Entry forms are available at the museum website, shilohmuseum.org, or by calling (479) 750 –8165. The Ozark Quilt Fair is sponsored by Arvest Bank.

ACROSS 1. Depart hastily 7. Look for 12. Stick used in game of hurling 13. Soul 14. Speaker 15. Greenish brown fruit of China 16. Permit 17. Made by weaving 19. Ovum 20. Scrapes by 22. Brother or sister 23. Celt 24. Spikenard 26. Wash lightly 27. Passenger vehicle 28. Used for resting 29. Addition 32. Jumble 35. Damage by regular use 36. Average

37. Long ago 39. Covering for the head 40. Machete 42. 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet 43. Pertaining to an eye part 45. Sheathe 47. Ancient religious clan member 48. Military catapult 49. Dropsy 50. Table linen DOWN 1. Wild Asian dog 2. Exclamation of triumph 3. Volcano orifice 4. Elev.

5. Sound of a cat 6. Heartburn 7. Soon 8. Benign skin tumor 9. Difficult or distasteful,

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as a task 10. Likenesses 11. Snarl 13. Commoner in slang 18. By way of 21. One-edged sword 23. Dizzy 25. Unit of illumination 26. Primary color 28. Flourish 29. For a short time 30. Approached 31. Aboriginal 32. Adult male 33. Herb of the parsley family 34. Rubber 36. Tempo 38. Ilka 40. Middle Eastern bread 41. Old Indian coin 44. Caliginous 46. Head covering

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

BOAT FOR SALE

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

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

EUREKA SPRINGS FARMERS’ MARKET every Tuesday and Thursday, 7 a.m. – noon. Summer vegetables and fruits, cheese, meat, eggs, honey and so much more. Come for the food, music and to be with your friends. Catch us on Facebook.

BREAD – LOCAL – 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 MUSICIANS – Berryville Symphonia in its 2nd season invites players of violin, viola, cello & bass, as well as band instruments to join Monday night rehearsals and performances. Call/txt (216) 225-6512.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 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 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.

COOK WANTED – The Ozark Natural Science Center has an immediate opening for a part-time evening shift cook. Send resume to ONSC 1905 Madison 1305, Huntsville, AR 72740 or e-mail to loretta@onsc.us.

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE

BEAUTY

HOLIDAY ISLAND VILLAS & TOWNHOUSES near lake and marina.

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

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

Mention this ad for $5 off your first visit.

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

SPACIOUS 2BR APT, GREAT LOCATION on North Main St. 2BR/1BA, all appliances including W/D. All utilities paid except electric.

2nd floor with deck on two sides. Off street parking. $650 + deposit. (479) 981-9811

COMMERCIAL RENTALS REASONABLE DOWNTOWN SHOP space for rent. (479) 253-9481 or dan@twilight.arcoxmail.com

DUPLEX FOR RENT BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED 2 BEDROOM UPPER LEVEL DUPLEX. Hardwood floors. Large kitchen with 2 sinks, dishwasher. Full bath with double sinks/granite tops.

Deck overlooking private woods.

Carport. Washer/Dryer. Easy walk to downtown, Harts and health food store. $850 furnished or $800 unfurnished. (479) 244-5427

To place a classified, email classifieds@esindependent.com

HOMES FOR RENT

DOWNTOWN, WELL MAINTAINED 2-STORY with lower rental. Ample parking. Established FURNITURE FOR SALE level garden. Detached shop/studio with high OAK DINING TABLE, 48-in., round, ceiling.Two decks. $144,000 (479) 253six chairs (two are captain’s chairs), 4963 two leaves, good condition. $350/OBO. LAND FOR SALE (479) 253-4293

SEASONAL – Winter rentals, Nov. 1 - May 1. In town, both furnished, each with private entrance, patio, parking.

Utilities included. Studio $600, 2 bdrm. house $1200. (479) 981-2507. No Pets.

No Smoking.

GREAT LOCATION, beautiful trees. 2 acres M/L. 10 minutes from downtown Eureka Springs. $11,500 (870) 847-1934

2 BR/1 BA – $800 plus utilities. No Pets.

No Smoking. Everything brand new. In town. Call (479) 981-9976

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT

STUDIO APARTMENT, creek side on North Main. Off street parking, all utilities but electric paid. $450 plus deposit. (479) 981-9811

WHITE STREET SATURDAY MARKET 8–11:30 a.m. at Ermilio’s.

Quality produce. Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, greens, Old World sourdough bread.

LAUGHING HANDS MASSAGE announces its summer special – free peppermint foot scrub with a one hour massage. Laughing Hands always a great location for couples massage. Call (479) 244-5954 for appointment.

RENTAL PROPERTIES

CLEANING PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICE Residential & small business.

Deep cleaning, Windows, Organizing, References Available. Call Sharon (479) 244-6527 TAYLOR-MAID TO THE RESCUE! Clean freak has openings. References.

Call Angie (479) 981-0125.

COUNSELING PROFESSIONAL, CONFIDENTIAL SETTING in Holiday Island, conducive to reconciling personal, emotional and relational problems. 35 + years experience. Certified and insured. For apt. call (479) 981-6858

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

(479) 981-0125.

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

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

Free estimates. Licensed. Insured.

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

INDEPENDENTClassifieds SERVICE DIRECTORY MAINTENANCE/ LANDSCAPE/ HOME SERVICES CHIMNEY WORKS Complete chimney services: sweeps, repairs, relining and installation. Call Bob Messer (479) 253-2284

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

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

PETS

VEHICLES

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

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

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

“We are ready to take on collections to free up Ramona’s staff to automate the records,” Grudek said. However, someone must still go through the ledgers manually, to determine who they would be chasing. When the records are automated, though, the computer provides that list at the end of each month of who is delinquent.

“Word will spread fast if someone comes in to pay and can’t pay a fine,” JP Larry Swofford observed.

JP John Reeve said he did not understand why the court could not separate the duties.

“We’re seeing a problem with bureaucracy,” stated JP Don McNeely.

Swofford asked Goodman if the court has the authority to legally separate the tasks under discussion.

Goodman deferred to Wilson, who said she had spoken about the subject with Rogers, a representative of the Association of Arkansas Counties and their auditor, and all of them advised her collection and bookkeeping goes together for Circuit Court.

Grudek read the procedure for a private collector hired by a county to pursue collection, and there was nothing there about the paperwork he is being asked to do.

Scottish country dancing has moved to Melonlight Dance Studio. Classes will be offered for adults on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. starting Sept. 3. Teens and kids are invited to their own classes on Monday afternoons from 4:30 – 5:30 and 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Eight participants are needed in each section to run classes, which could start as soon as Sept. 8. See www.melonlightdance.com for more information.

Contact (479) 253-8252 or melissaclare01@gmail.com to register.

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TREE WORKS Skilled tree care: trimming, deadwooding and removals. Conscientious, professional arborist and sawmiller. Bob Messer (479) 253-2284

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Get a taste of Scottish dancing at Melonlight

Goodman responded the sheriff is not like a private collection agency, and since her job is to advise the court on legal issues, she said she would never go against an auditor whose job is to alert the county if it is being noncompliant.

Grudek again offered to send over staff to help Wilson’s office comb though the records at the end of a month to identify the delinquents so warrants can be issued.

Like horses on a merry-go-round, the same points began to circle around when Swofford stated, “Somebody needs to be able to take fines today.”

JP Lamont Richie voiced frustration the court had appointed a collector but there is no definition of collecting, and money is out there waiting to be pursued.

“We nickel-dime every department at budget time, yet we’re not being able to collect these outstanding debts.”

He moved to read the ordinance that rescinded Ordinance 2014-6 and designated the Circuit Clerk as the “collector of fines, fees and costs assessed in the Circuit Courts of Carroll County, Arkansas.”

The vote to approve was 9-1, Reeve voting No. Since the ordinance had an emergency clause, it became effective upon passage.

because of growth rates of different trees.

“Trees should not be planted under power lines,” Main said. “Small variety trees should be planted at least 15 feet away, medium variety trees at least 30 feet away and large variety trees at least 40 feet away. Size refers to the height and crown spread of the tree at maturity. Only lowgrowing shrubs should be planted below power lines.”

Residents said they have been frustrated with communication with Spanish-speaking Asplundh crews. Main said if customers are concerned about communications with a crew on site, they can tell the crew they want to speak to an Asplundh general foreman. A general foreman will be working in the area and can meet with the customer. The foreman can be reached at (940) 300-8879.

That number was called Monday, with no response by Tuesday at noon.

Main said people with questions could call Asplundh at 1 (800) 299-4629.

When the number was called Monday, an Asplundh worker said she was not allowed

to say how much longer crews would be working Eureka Springs, and if work were going to be done in an area, property owners would receive a notice hanging on their door.

“Trees growing too close to power lines are a leading cause of power outages,” Main said. “These line clearance activities help SWEPCO provide safe and reliable electric service.” He added that Asplundh has completed work on the main circuit lines in Eureka Springs, but may be seen from time-to-time doing regular clearance work.

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OWN YOUR OWN MOUNTAINTOP! – French Country Estate, 155 acres mol, atop Boat Mountain with gated, private road. Approximately 3,900 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, with Master Suite of your dreams. 3 full, 2 ½ baths, built-ins, walnut staircase, exquisite stone mantel.Wrought iron entry doors, two fireplaces, tile floors throughout and a matching garage attached by a covered breezeway with “Maid’s Quarters” on upper level for apartment/ office, etc. Huge terrace. $896,250. MLS 538928.

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ON THE ISLAND – Mountain views, winter lake view. FABULOUS PRIVACY FENCED BACK YARD AND LANDSCAPING! – Ingenious stone and gravelscapes to control run-off, yet delightful with raised beds, fruit trees, vines, and ornamentals. Multi-level decking has stairs down to gardens.

Newer 3 bedroom+bonus, 4 bath home, 3,586+- sq. ft., has even newer upgrades with granite counters, new flooring, Pella windows. Family room, 2nd kitchen, two workshops. Now $339,000. MLS 702502.

ELMWOOD HOUSE – In heart of the Historic District with PARKING! 3 levels: RETAIL or office space and one LODGING SUITE on main level; two more JACUZZI SUITES on 2nd level and 2 bedroom/1 bath living quarters on upper level with easy access from parking area above. Each suite has private entrance and access to porches. Walk to shops, restaurants. 3 off-street PARKING SPACES on upper level! Contents included (except for 3rd floor).

WOW! Only $299,999. MLS 709912.

COMPLETELY REMODELED 2,750 sq. ft. home w/view, 2 bedrooms & 2 full baths on main level, stainless steel appliances, quartz counter tops, induction glasstop stove, new carpet, paint & light fixtures. Lower level has bedroom, den & full bath. Near 18 and 9 hole golf course & clubhouse, and Holiday Island main gate and shopping center. Landscaping and great view of the valley from back deck. Plenty of privacy. Central vacuum, split level, finished lower level. $245,900. MLS 709718 CUSTOM BUILT HOME with winter lake view, 3bedroom/3 bath, Brazilian cherry wood, ceramic & carpet floors, granite countertops, wood burning fireplace, hardiplank siding, Betterbilt 3500 series double paned windows, vaulted ceilings, vessel sinks, arch torches, wall sconces, birch cabinets, large double-plumbed shower, double vanities, garden tub, large walk-in closets, all appliances, peachtree wood clad doors, wide staircase, great decks & covered deck, master bedroom with sitting room, professional landscaped yard. $315,000. MLS 706968 SINGLE LEVEL HOME WITH OPEN FLOOR PLAN. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Natural gas fireplace with remote control, triple- and double-paned windows and doors, 2-car attached garage, gazebo, floating laminate tile floors (Wilson Art) in both bathrooms and laundry room. Wired for generator, complete water filtration throughout, 15 seer H/A with electronic filter system, split bedroom plan.

24’x32’ detached 2-car garage and workshop with 9-ft. overhead door and 10-ft ceiling. Outside city limits with no restrictions. $224,700. MLS 713957

Ron L. Bell 479.253.5174 See all my listings at www.eurekabell.com

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NEAR WHITE RIVER – 5 acres+- Lodge Style, pretty views, approximately 3,328 sq. ft., 4 bedroom, 31/2 bath, master bath and utility on both levels. Fiber cement siding for ease of maintenance. Vaulted great room with tongue and groove pine walls and ceiling, open to custom kitchen with oak cabinets. Covered porches on both sides for delightful outdoor living area, decks on ends. Ducted stone fireplace with insert in family room, instant hot water, 40x32+-insulated garage/shop. $295,000. MLS 672612.

IMMACULATE CUSTOM HOME – Hidden street, super location!

Approximately 3,401 sq. ft., split plan, 4 bedroom, 4 bath – every bedroom has its own bath! Lovely master bedroom and Jacuzzi bath, custom builtins, tray ceiling in living room; lower level has HUGE family room, kitchen area, plus separate master bedroom and bath. Wonderful covered back deck overlooking wooded hollow. Woodburning fireplace with blowers in living room. Abundant closet space. Nice landscaping, patio, custom stone work.

One owner. $239,900. MLS 704482.

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QUIET STREET IN TOWN – Nice brick ranch style home with full basement, privacy fenced backyard. Worlds of room for family, hobbies, etc.

5 bedroom, 3 bath, approximately 1,823 sq. ft. Large utility room on each level, two full baths on main level, one on lower level. 3 bedrooms up, 2 bedrooms down, plus bonus room and extra storage. Shop under garage.

Great location near end of quiet street. Nice large deck overlooks fenced yard and wooded hollow below. NOW $149,000. MLS 692290.