ES Independent Vol. 4, No. 6

Pandora’s comedy box or can of worms?

CD White Eurekans, and no doubt the rest of the nation, got a hoot out of the segment on Eureka Springs on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart on July 29. The Daily Show crew had interviewed several people on their views about Ordinance 2223 (amended by 2228) and the topic of discrimination.

By airtime, the edited film had come down to two interviews and a humorous take on a difference of opinion between alderman Joyce Zeller and Passion Play owner, Randall Christy, who tried to make the point that 2223 discriminated against Christians.

Christy, who lives in Ada, Okla., was interviewed in the Chapel in the Grove at the Great Passion Play and Zeller in City Hall.

Both understood the comedic nature of the interview.

“It’s a comedy show,” Christy said.

“They make fun of everyone ... I was definitely expecting that. I am thankful for the coverage, and thought it was very funny actually. Out of hours of footage, explaining my true views and opinions, they creatively edited it to maximize the ridicule factor. I fully expected that, but went for it anyway and I’m glad I did.”

Zeller had a blast. “I must say the Daily interview was the most fun I’ve had in years.

When I agreed to do this I thought that at least some locals would see it and a few

others. Jordan is a comedic actor and really good at improv theater, which this interview was. I’ve done improv like about fifty years ago so I was rusty at the beginning. Wow! I’ve had about a hundred emails today. The most delightful message was that the sailors

stationed at Yakosuko Naval Base in Japan want me to be their Grandma,” she said.

Christy had no regrets even though he appeared to be the foil of the segment. “They edited in pauses to make it look like I had no answers ... a little dirty-pool, but still we were

rolling with laughter at my house when we watched it. Millions of people now know about the Passion Play and the Christ of the Ozarks! I thought it was funny, and was thankful for the exposure.”

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Another reason to keep the phone charged – A cyclist’s lone text before her phone died helped rescuers find her Monday night. Above, Fire Chief Randy Ates dispatches crews in the search at Lake Leatherwood. See story on p. 3. Photo submitted

This Week’s INDEPENDENT Thinkers Three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Finland and Sweden, have cuddled right up to alternative energy. And don’t forget Costa Rica and Scotland.

These countries are not fighting or negotiating with congresses that have self-serving agendas or president bashing as their purpose for living – these countries have tossed their hats to the wind for the betterment of citizens within their borders. They are weaning themselves from fossil fuels for energy, and Costa Rica is now 100 percent green, generating power from wind, biomass and the sun.

Denmark? This month Danes drew 140 percent of their electrical power from wind turbines.

Scotland? Wind power alone is supplying energy to four million homes. Think about it – Scotland, winter, no sun – mere harnessing of the wind.

Pretty great, mate.

Inside the ESI Counterfeiter; Night rescue 3 School Board 4 Farmers’ Market profile 5 Health Care update 6 Escape goat 7 Independent Guestatorial 8 Constables on Patrol 10 Independent Lens 12-13 Independent Art 15 Astrology 16 Indy Soul 18 Crossword 21 Classifieds 22

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Not so funny to Christy is the actual issue around paragraphs in 2223 which he sees as regulating church hiring practices and use of church facilities, and which he felt Zeller misrepresented in the segment.

“The reason I oppose these laws has to do with the fact that they are deceptively trying to create litigation against churches. Of course when I state I’m against these laws, I’m labeled as an ignorant bigot.

“The clause about church hiring practices only exempts what they term to be ‘non-secular’ positions. These issues are facts not opinions. This is not bigotry on my part, it is my willingness to call out these SOGI [Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity] lawmakers on their deception. They say churches are exempt, hoping no one will actually scrutinize the law. Over two hundred cities have passed these laws and soon it will likely be thousands. This deeply concerns me and rightfully so.” “[Joyce Zeller] interviewed again and again misrepresents the facts in Eureka Springs with no remorse, as do some other officials. She said, ‘nobody is taking away the church’s right to do anything, they are not a part of this ordinance. They are not included in this ordinance. It has absolutely nothing to do with churches.’ I honestly am appalled at this woman when anyone who can read can find the ‘church’ in 2223.”

When asked for her comment, Zeller replied, “I’m not going to comment on Mr. Christy’s remarks. My advice is: if you are standing in a hole and you want to get out, stop digging.”

Christy’s reading of the ordinance led him to say, “These laws actually say the only church facility exempt is the sanctuary/chapel ... which leaves vulnerable the church’s

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other facilities and properties and would require local churches to open their facilities to use by groups of other faiths and religions.”

Somewhere between Christy’s and Zeller’s understanding lies the truth. Mayor Butch Berry, who is assigned the role of Civil Rights Administrator by the ordinance, told the Independent the church hiring practices as mentioned stipulate that the church has control over whom they hire, but that for non-secular positions the job should be awarded on the basis of ability.

“We’re simply making our ordinance conform to federal requirements,” Berry stated. “As with any other employer a church can’t discriminate on basis of race, et cetera, for a secular position. That doesn’t mean they have to hire someone unsuitable for the job or that they can be told who to hire.”

As far as regulating use of church facilities, the ordinance reads, “Nothing … shall be deemed to require any religious or denominational institutions or association to open its sanctuary or chapel to any individual or group for any ceremony …”

In Berry’s estimation, this covers an entire church property. However, once a church property has been made open to the public for a non-church-related public event, no member of the public can be denied attendance at that event, according to Berry’s understanding. This does not mean the church from then on has to allow the property to be used by any and every group; a possibility that was worrisome to Christy.

“These lawmakers keep telling people that SOGI laws do not apply to churches when they clearly do so why do they refuse to simply write in the paragraph that lists exemptions,

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[churches or places of worship] and why not exempt wedding service providers so we will not have to keep enduring these religious freedom vs. discrimination conflicts? They left that out intentionally, and then added two paragraphs dealing with regulating the church.

“SOGI lobbyists, specifically the HRC, which lobbies city councils all over the USA no doubt aim to harm churches.

I will fight against it as long as I can – respect my actions or not. I’m not and never have been a bigot. Most people who strike out at me have never read the law and some who have don’t understand it because of the legal jargon.

“Eureka passed this law because the citizens here want to treat LGBT people fairly, so do I. I do not think the voters here intend to harm the autonomy of their local churches. I do not believe that most voters realize the problems these laws will cause churches. Under such ordinances, if a church allows groups to use their facilities, they will have to allow Muslims, Satanists, other faiths to have equal access to church facilities or be open to prosecution and litigation. This may not have been the intent of 2223, but it is what the law says nevertheless.

“I am calling on the City Council of Eureka Springs and every other town who has passed a SOGI law to amend your ordinances to include this verbiage: ‘churches, ministers, religious organizations and wedding related service providers are exempt from this law.’ Government offices, public schools, etc., are clearly exempt. Why not churches and ministers?

“I believe America has evolved past the need to create more special classes of people. We need new civil rights laws that simply protect all people as well as religious freedom and speech.

INDEPENDENTNews Careful attention stops counterfeiter Mary Pat Boian $500 cash in different denominations.

The co-owner of the local Days Frost said the quality of the fake money Inn franchise, Joe Lee, called Eureka “looked real good but was still of poor Springs police last Saturday to report quality.” what he suspected was counterfeit $20 Jeffries had constructed a hideybills that had been used as hole in the rear deck between payment for a room. The the back seat and trunk that perpetrator had tried to use was clasped with a magnetic a credit card, which was opener. After pulling on the declined, and resorted to magnetic base, Frost and using cash to pay his bill.

Handley found a leather bag When Lt. Al Frost containing $100, $50, $20 $10 and Sgt. Brad Handley “and even five dollar bills,” responded, Lee provided Frost said. the name on the bad credit “If anyone suspects card. Police checked their they’re getting bad money, database and found a picture call us, call local law of the man, Tristan J. TRISTAN J. JEFFRIES enforcement in your area,” Jeffries, 43, of Lamar, Mo., Frost said. Eureka Springs and Lee identified Jeffries as the man Police can be reached at (479) 253in the picture.

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“It took us about an hour to find Jeffries is in the Carroll County him,” Frost said. “We had a vague Detention Facility charged with five description of his vehicle and drove counts of First Degree Forgery, a Class B around for an hour aggressively felony; one count of criminal possession looking, and found him driving on 62. of a forgery device, a Class C felony; We pulled him over and arrested him two counts of theft by receiving, a Class without incident on outstanding felony A misdemeanor; one count of theft of charges in Missouri.” services, a misdemeanor; and one count Frost said Jeffries was suspected of unlawful use of a driver’s license, also of passing bogus bills in central and a misdemeanor. He is being held on a southwest Missouri, and northwest $5000 bond for another agency.

Arkansas, since 2012.

Frost said Jeffries was essentially A search of Jeffries’s vehicle homeless, moving around from motel following the arrest revealed a laser to motel. He also said Jeffries had been printer, scanner, linen paper used in in Eureka Springs regularly over the reproducing money, and approximately past several years.

Night rescue Eureka Springs Fire & EMS, Carroll County Emergency Management and the Carroll County SORT team responded to report of a lost and possibly injured biker at Lake Leatherwood Monday evening, August 3.

Tyler Vickers of Bentonville told rescuers she had been riding on the east side of the lake and became disoriented following a minor bike crash. With her bike disabled, Vickers began walking it back toward the lake and lost track of Beacham Trail while crossing a creek bed as darkness set in. She was able

to text a map screen shot showing her location before her phone battery died.

Emergency services dispatched five search teams into the darkness along various trails, also searching each creek bed and natural drainage area. Shortly after 10 p.m. SORT team members Justin Capps and Josh Beyler noted fresh footprints and a bike tire imprint leading up one of the small creek beds and heard a distant shout answer their calls.

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INDEPENDENTNews School board welcomes new superintendent; meal prices rise Nicky Boyette New superintendent Bryan Pruitt told the Eureka Springs School Board at its July 28 meeting the track rehabilitation project hit an unexpected hurdle. He reported workers found there was more work to be done under the surface than contractors had hoped, which will amount to an extra $56,000 of repair expense. The board was made aware from the beginning of this possible outcome.

Pruitt said the extra work would push completion of the project into the school year.

Principals’ reports Middle School Principal Cindy Holt reported for all three principals, saying the campuses might look quiet but summer is a busy time for technology and maintenance staff. Work behind the scenes in the summer makes the school year run smoother for everyone, and teachers get back to work August 10.

Business The school board approved 12 items of business during the meeting including these increases in the cost of school meals: • Elementary and middle school breakfast goes from $.60 to $1 • Elementary and middle school lunch go from $1.75 to $1.90

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• High school breakfast goes from $.60 to $1 • Adult lunch goes from $3.25 to $3.50 • Adult salad bar goes from $1 to $3.50 • Milk goes from $.30 to $.50.

Other items approved were: • Purchase of a new 77 passenger-school bus for $96,023, presented by John Kesler, transportation supervisor • On elementary and middle school handbooks, the board voted to table a decision on the high school handbook until they could discuss changes requested by principal Kathy Lavender • Adding Pruitt as a check signer • Regarding the salary schedule, the only changes were related to increase in minimum wage • Receipt of figures related to Act 1120, a report of staff whose extra duties during the previous school year produced an increase of at least five per cent in income over the previous year • Transfer of $55,000 to the operating account to pay for the track project • Three student transfers, one out of district to Berryville and two in from Green Forest Next meeting will be Thursday, August 20, at 5:30 p.m.

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Jammin’ at the Farmers’ Market B ecky G illette Eureka Springs Farmers’ Market vendors Grant and Christine McDowell have put a fresh spin on a value-added product from their Sunny Hill Farm – jellies made from lavender, rosemary, tarragon and mint that are not just good to spread on bread, but to use in cakes and as marinades for meat.

“Our first year at the market we discovered that you can’t make money just selling herbs at the Farmers’ Market,” Grant said. “We knew if we stuck with herbs, we had to do some kind of added value product. So we tried jellies. It took a while to get the recipes right, but we figured it out. Tourists want to try something new and perhaps to bring a gift

back home that is unique. Jellies store and travel well. We are getting really good responses from locals, too. We get more repeat business from locals every week.”

The couple got married about a year ago and bought a 45-acre farm they have named Sunny Hill off Rockhouse Road near Eureka Springs. They are now in the process of moving plants from a farm in Berryville and their backyard in Fayetteville, where they also grew a lot of herbs and other plants.

Christine said growing and selling plants and homemade products has been her dream for a long time.

“Then I met Grant, he shared the same vision, and here we are,” Christine FARMERS’ MARKET continued on page 19

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INDEPENDENTNews Insuring that you stay insured B ecky G illette Charlissa Cato, who helped many people in the area sign up for healthcare coverage under the Health Care Independence Program (known as the private option), said many eligible people may lose their health coverage because they are confused by letters asking for updated information, or simply

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don’t want to take the time to respond.

Others will lose coverage because they have moved and not notified DHS of an address change, so will not receive the letters of re-determination.

“I think the most important thing we can do is to encourage people to take action quickly and not delay responding,” Cato said. “Also, folks who have moved since their original determination should contact DHS in person, by phone, or mail as soon as possible so they don’t lose coverage. For some people who have moved and not contacted DHS to update their info, their cases may have been closed and they are not even aware that they have no insurance coverage.”

Cato recommends if you received help enrolling through an insurance agent, then return to that agent for help.

Dave Teigen, (479) 363-6242, and Chris McClung, (479) 253-8739, are Eureka agents who enrolled people. In Berryville, Mary Lou Harp (870) 423-2237, and Marty Riley (870) 423-3800 enrolled people.

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DHS has issued a press release encouraging current clients who remain eligible for Medicaid, ARKids and the Health Care Independence Program to respond if they receive a notice asking for additional information so that their healthcare coverage can continue.

“Every person who has had coverage through one of these programs for at least a year will have an eligibility redetermination in the coming months so they need to watch the mail,” Mary Franklin, assistant director for the DHS Division of County Operations, said. “If clients fail to mail back information we request, their cases will close even if they are eligible. That means they lose their health insurance.”

Although federal law allows people to provide additional information within 90 days and have their cases reopened, Franklin said waiting could cause issues for individuals who have coverage through the private option because they cannot be automatically placed in the same insurance plan they had. Clients

will have to pick new insurance plans.

And if the plans are different than the ones they had before, they may have to find different doctors who accept their new insurance.

“It’s less disruptive not only for clients, but also doctors and the insurance carriers if we can complete the renewal process and keep cases open for people who remain eligible and want coverage,” Franklin explained. “So if you’re asked to mail in proof of income within a certain time, I encourage you to do so.”

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Good Shepherd Shelter closed ‘til Saturday The Good Shepherd Animal Shelter in Eureka Springs will be closed to the public through August 7 for renovation, cleaning and reorganizing. They will reopen on Saturday, August 8.

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Run it up the flag pole… – Roadside signs and stickers that say, “Just As Proud,” have been placed on roadsides and in front of some businesses in town. When contacted, this group promoting heterosexual pride responded that they are anonymous. “Although the founder of the Just As Proud Movement is currently anonymous, that information may be disclosed at a later date,” the email said. “The idea behind the Just As Proud Movement is very simple; provide a symbol for heterosexual people who want to express their pride. We were born out of a demand for such a symbol and it has all grown from there. Our greatest hope is that we may have truly open discussions about everything, in this country and across the globe. It has become clear that debates quickly become one-sided through various government or social pressures. We hope The Official Straight Pride Flag will not only be a symbol for straight pride, but that it will mature to bridge the gap between heterosexuals and the LGBT community around the world.”

Photo by Becky Gillette

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Escape goat – Erick Brown, of Destin, Fla., arrived in town last week with his pet goat, Deer, and his “coat of dreams.” Brown was reported to police several times, including once for having a goat that “showed signs of abuse” and once for tying Deer to a parking meter where dogs are frequently hitched.

Erick and Deer stopped by the office for a few minutes and we got to know a little about them. First, Erick bought Deer at a flea market and has traveled with him for a couple of years. Deer, a pygmy Lamancha, has his own trailer hauled behind Erick’s van. The van is run on trash, including plastic, when necessary. “Ten to twenty pounds of trash is equivalent to one gallon of gas,” Erick told us. “My gasifier will turn wood or anything flammable into fuel,” he said. “Just put it in the furnace and turn it into vapor. It’s like everything else – composed of atoms that can be re-arranged.”

Erick said he did not feel welcome in Eureka Springs due to being judged by people who assumed he was “shiftless, dirty and not good for our image.”

But we can say with authority that this young man is interesting, artistic and perhaps a genius. He might have had a social challenge, but he was kind and thoughtful. Deer’s trailer was spotless and there was no abuse we could see. Deer reacts to Erick the way a dog acts when its owner gets home from work.

Erick was ticketed after “two or three warnings,” and decided to leave early on his way to Seattle to visit family.

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Can’t park here, Arkansas

Editor, Thank you Ridgeway, in the past week we, my wife, son and I, have had complaints for our car that is parked in our spot that we were told to park in.

People are being rude – neighbors. How very sad. If we cannot get along with the people we live by, how in the world can we make this country work?

Really? Parking is your life so bad you worry about where a car is? Think about it, and how it feels for someone who comes to visit our beautiful town – we have to make money off everything!

When will this stop?

I will say this: the ESPD are very

nice in the best way possible. Look, we are residents and a small family trying to eat every day. That’s it. Oh, and park.

Be nice, people, it will come back to you.

It is easy to lose faith in humans but we are the ones who can fix it. Most of us are human.

Harry, Cindy and Dylan Cook

Trustworthy candidate in Sanders

Editor, Hey, everybody, last Wednesday thirty of our citizens met at Red’s BBQ cafe (the old Wagon Wheel) for a Bernie Sanders live streaming speech and rally.

We had a great time and we’re even more convinced that Bernie is our guy.

We decided that our next event will be to march in the Labor Day parade as “Voters for Bernie.” We also will meet at Red’s from month to month as our local clubhouse. Keep looking in our town’s newspaper for info on meetings or call Sonny, (479) 253-2853 for info, as well.

Please join us for some really positive thoughts on the issues of our times, and this incredibly important 2016 election.

Eurekans from all walks are the core of this group, plus we all agree that we want a candidate we can trust who hasn’t been bought.

Enid B. Swartz

WEEK’S TopTweets @funnweaver: I have high double standards. @c’estlavie: Turtles think frogs are homeless. @jakevig: Some people just rescued a great white shark that washed up on a beach, just like sharks would do for us if we were carried out into the ocean. @10inplus: I bet the sheep that make steel wool are awesome. @meganamram: I’ve been using Products™ for years and let me tell you, Other Brands™ can’t compare. @boweknows: I wish I lived in the 1950s because I have a few songs I want to record about my postman.

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@yuckybot: “I love my cable company! Their customer service and pricing can’t be beat! I’m glad I have no other options!” said no one ever. @brentweets: Ever turn on the radio right to your favorite song as it’s beginning? It almost makes up for the fact that everyone you love will die sometime. @bdgarp: I love comfort food. I’m going to eat a quilt. @aaronfullerton: “OK, they just have to air three more televised singing competitions and then… it’s time.” – Mayans @borowitzreport: If cavemen had Twitter we would still not have fire.

INDEPENDENT Guestatorial Discrimination has no place in society

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ureka Springs is often a lightning rod for widely diverging political viewpoints.

We have seen that most recently with the vote overwhelmingly upholding Ordinance 2223 banning discrimination against LGBTs making national news, including a recent segment on the Daily Show.

Still, I was unprepared for the sidewalk being blocked on my way to attend my church Sunday by a protester holding a large sign proclaiming that Planned Parenthood kills babies and sells baby organs. Our guest speaker that morning at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship was Kate Neary-Pounds, a Planned Parenthood employee from Tulsa.

The man, Jon, was someone I had met during the 2223 campaign. Jon followed me as I was leaving an art opening near my home. He wanted to talk about how unfairly he had been treated at the show (at a shop owned by a gay man) by a gay artist who had heatedly asked Jon to leave because of his anti-2223 yard sign opposing equal rights for gay people.

The artist wanted Jon to know what it felt like to be discriminated against. Jon didn’t like or understand it, and talked to me at length about how he has many gay friends, and has even done kind things helping them with home projects. Why would they feel so strongly about him putting out an Against 2223 sign? I asked how he would feel if people opposed civil rights for straight men. Jon didn’t get it. Being gay is sinful.

The Bible says so.

At this unexpected sidewalk confrontation, I lost my cool. Not only was this protester advocating taking away women’s reproductive rights, he was being rude and hateful to a guest in our town at my church. I was incensed at seeing someone spreading lies that are now being used by the Republicans to try to defund PP across the country.

Ninety percent of PP funding is for contraception and other services, not abortion.

Overpopulation is one of the world’s biggest problems and far too many unwanted children are born and then abused and neglected. When I said that, Jon told me Muslim women aren’t getting abortions. What? So this is about out-breeding Muslims?

I asked Jon to leave telling him the sign was offensive and untrue. PP does not sell baby parts. Jon said he doesn’t like what we publish in the Independent, so what is the difference? Well, he doesn’t have to read the Independent. The Independent doesn’t stand on the sidewalk with a sign containing hateful lies blocking his way into church.

I told him that he was invading our sacred space, and fetuses are not babies. He told me only God decides when a baby is made and that is at conception.

After I went inside, someone suggested that I should have invited him in to hear the speaker. I doubt he would have listened, but here is what Neary-Pounds told us about the current controversy: Three years ago, an extremist anti-abortion group started a nonprofit organization, the Center for Medical Progress, which purportedly was going to procure fetal tissue for research organizations. That is legal in the U.S., and fetal tissue research holds promise for helping with research into birth defects, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other serious diseases. CMP infiltrated PP, pretended to be friends and colleagues, and then secretly filmed conversations with PP staff members.

Planned Parenthood affiliates participate in donation of fetal tissues in just three states, and receives no fees other than reimbursement for transportation and handling.

The film was highly edited to make it look like they were discussing the sale of fetal remains – which is illegal. But that’s not what was happening with PP. In some states it is illegal to videotape someone without their permission, and there is currently an investigation by the California Attorney General’s Office into the CMP to determine whether the group violated state law. Regardless, these videos are an incredibly offensive violation of the personal and private medical decisions women have made around abortion and tissue donation, and a completely inappropriate way to engage in this conversation.

On Monday as I started work, I got the following unsolicited email: In the wake of Center for Medical Progress release of videos showing Planned Parenthood’s sale of human baby organs for profit, there has been an outcry that those who protest such organ sales are “attacking women” or “blocking women’s health.” What an outrageous statement.

Also outrageous are the lies being told to take away women’s reproductive rights.

Becky Gillette

ThePursuitOfHAPPINESS

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by Dan Krotz

couple of fellas have been driving up and down Highway 62 with Confederate battle flags flying from the beds of their pickup trucks. Maybe they served in the Confederate Army, maybe they’re just noise in a very tiresome Culture War. Either way is okay; it lets me know how and what they think, and that I shouldn’t bother to invite them to the afternoon teas, or the annual toe-dancing galas, that pantywaists such as myself are prone to throw.

Ciphering through the symbolic messages of these flag waving cats caused me to think I’ve been wrong about the whole gun control fandango. Now, I think everyone with a concealed weapon permit should be encouraged to openly carry their pistolas.

What a rich and useful trove of learning opportunities it would yield.

For example, if Pistol Pete came to worship with us on Sunday morning, his mere presence – well, his gun – would make us all feel closer to Jesus, surely the reason we’re there in the first place. Conversely, we’d know he was a fearful man, nervous, and suspicious of the world. We’d know he needed prayers to feel peace, love, and calm, and we could pray for him. Two Holy Birds with one stone: a Sunday morning bonanza.

One suggestion, though. Gun owners ought to carry liability insurance. Dylann Roof, for one, will rack up quite a tab for the exercise of his constitutionally guaranteed right to bear arms. He caused nine funerals at a low-ball cost of about $8,000 each: $72,000. I reckon prosecuting him –again low-balling – will cost around $300,000. If convicted, he’ll spend at least 50 years in the Big House at around $40,000 a year, for a total of $2,000,000. If Roof had been required to have liability insurance at the time he acquired his gun, taxpayers could nail an insurance company instead of sucking up the whole $2,300,000 by their lonesome.

It’s a win-win deal. There are 88.8 guns for every 100 Americans, so insurance companies will have a new and robust line of business. Constitutional Rights will be secured. And since guns don’t buy insurance – people do – all the logic mavens will be satisfied.

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A little help from our friends:

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

• 24-hour NWA Crisis Line for Women – NWA Women’s Shelter serving Carroll County – “Empowering families to live free of violence.” (800) 775-9011 www.nwaws.org • Cup of Love free soup lunches – Cup of Love provides soup lunches at Flint Street Fellowship Mondays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. and at First Baptist (Penn) Church on Fridays, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (479) 363-4529 • Flint Street Fellowship food pantry, lunch, free clothing – Pantry open 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.

Free lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Free clothes/shoes closet, books and household items. (479) 253-9491 or 253-4945. Leave donations in barrel at entrance if facility is closed.

• Wildflowers one-dollar, furniture barn/thrift store US 62E across from Hill County Hardware. One-dollar store in the yellow building every Friday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Thrift store, furniture bank in big blue barn behind the chapel open Wednesdays – Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Donation drop offs Thursday – Saturday between 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Healing and delivery outreach in chapel Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

• Shamatha and Tonglen meditations Monday – A meditation group will meet every Monday at 6:30 p.m. to focus on Shamatha, learning how to focus to achieve peace of mind, and Tonglen, a practice of love and compassion on all beings.

The meetings will alternate these two practices so that one is the focus on each Monday with coffee and tea afterward. Call Alece at (479) 244-6842 or Gary at (479) 244-6840.

• Celebrate Recovery – Soul Purpose Ministries, 801 S. Springfield, Green Forest, 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. Potluck followed by 12-step Christ-centered meetings for those suffering from addiction, habit, hang-up or hurt.

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

• No high school diploma? Free GED classes in the Carnegie Library Annex every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 9 a.m. - noon with study and tutoring for the GED test. Open to ages 18 and up. GED classes also in Berryville at Carroll County Center. Some open to ages 16 and 17 per educational requirements. For info: Nancy Wood (479) 981-0482, Carnegie Library (479) 253-8754, Carroll County Center (870) 423-4455). Offered by North Arkansas College with Carnegie Library support.

Meetings at Coffee Pot Club: • Alateen – Sundays, 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Email alateen1st@ gmx.com or phone (479) 981-9977 • Overeaters Anonymous – Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Barbara (479) 244-0371 • Narcotics Anonymous – Fridays, 5:30 p.m. (903) 278-5568 • AlAnon Family Group (AFG) – Sundays, 11:30 a.m., Mondays and Tuesdays 7 p.m. • Eureka Springs Coffee Pot AA Groups Monday – Saturday 12:30 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday – Thursday, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 8 p.m. (479) 253-7956 • Al-Anon Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. All other meetings: See www.nwarkaa.org 10 |

INDEPENDENT ConstablesOnPatrol July 27 10:37 a.m. – Animal Control responded to a report of a dog locked in a parked vehicle. He discovered the dog had water and the windows were down. The owner of the animal came out and started the vehicle so the animal would have air conditioning.

11:48 a.m. – Individual turned himself in on a warrant for failure to pay.

1:55 p.m. – Calls from motorists alerted ESPD to an erratic and possibly intoxicated driver headed to town from the west. Constable encountered the driver at a convenience store and determined she was not intoxicated. She told the constable she was having mechanical problems, so to ensure her safety he followed her home.

4 p.m. – A disgruntled customer would not leave a convenience store after being asked three times to leave. Constables spoke with the customer, and he left without further ado.

July 28 8:30 a.m. – Individual came to the station to report an Internet scam.

10:01 a.m. – Individual filed a burglary report.

6:22 p.m. – There was a one-vehicle accident on US 62 west of downtown. The vehicle was towed, one person was taken to ESH and the driver was arrested for DWI. 6:23 p.m. – There was a private property traffic accident.

7:30 p.m. – Person claimed one of her employees tried to poison her.

9:06 p.m. – Constable went to a tourist lodging to take a report on threatening communications.

July 29 9:43 a.m. – Onlooker alerted ESPD to a hound dog running free downtown. Constable picked it up and reunited it with its owner, who was out looking for it.

12:17 p.m. – Apartment dweller reported another dog was cavorting unleashed and unattended because its owner was not home. Constable captured the animal, which was held for safe-keeping until the owner returned home.

12:32 p.m. – Truck ran off a road just east of downtown and was stuck temporarily.

4:36 p.m. – Constable initiated a traffic stop after seeing a motorist driving unsafely. Driver was arrested for DWI and possession of drug paraphernalia.

9:00 p.m. – Wife told ESPD her husband had taken their car keys and would not tell her where they were.

9:52 p.m. – Constable went to the scene of a hit-and-run accident and took a report.

July 30 12:42 a.m. – Individual filed a report on unauthorized use of a vehicle.

8:12 a.m. – Motorist on US 62 claimed the driver behind him was following too closely and had almost rearended his vehicle. Constable witnessed the situation and issued a warning to the adverse driver.

9:36 a.m. – A furry dog ran in traffic on Planer Hill.

Constable searched for but did not find it.

12:22 p.m. – Individual arrived at the Farmers’ Market with a goat in a trailer. The goat appeared to have been abused.

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Individual left the scene before a constable arrived.

1:12 p.m. – Individual was picked up by Springdale PD on an ESPD warrant.

3:42 p.m. – There was a verbal-only domestic dispute in a parking lot. Everybody settled down and went separate ways.

July 31 12:42 p.m. – Downtown merchant reported a gentleman had tied up a goat to a parking meter. Constable went to the scene and advised the gentleman about a local ordinance prohibiting livestock in city limits.

1:59 p.m. – Driver sped through the Historic Loop passing one vehicle and almost hitting other cars.

Constables did not encounter it.

2:24 p.m. – Witnesses saw a motorist drinking a beer while driving. Constables searched the area but did not find the vehicle.

6:58 p.m. – Constables again had to speak with the gentleman with the goat downtown and this time issued a citation.

August 1 9:39 a.m. – Apartment dweller complained to ESPD an intoxicated male was walking around the parking lot wearing only his underwear. Constables were unable to locate him.

10:10 a.m. – Resident wanted to speak with a constable about problems with the neighbor. Constable informed him it would be a civil matter.

12:57 p.m. – Central dispatch alerted ESPD to a twovehicle accident in a parking lot with one vehicle trying to leave the scene.

3:01 p.m. – There was a motorcycle accident on US 62.

5:58 p.m. – Motel manager reported receiving five counterfeit bills. Constables responded and began searching for the guest who had passed the bogus bills.

6:27 p.m. – Alarm company signaled an alarm had been triggered at a business south of town, but constable found the building secure.

7:33 p.m. – Constables apprehended the individual who manufactured and used the counterfeit bills. The subject had several fake IDs and stolen license plates.

He also was wanted on felony warrants out of Missouri.

10:18 p.m. – Constable checked on someone loading things onto a trailer. Turned out everything was okay.

11:43 p.m. – Constable made a welfare call on someone who had not been answering her phone. He found her doing well.

11:55 p.m. – Constable arrested a person for possession of drug paraphernalia.

August 2 6:14 a.m. – Motorist drove a car into a sign near a business on US 62. The car was towed.

8:49 a.m. – Eastbound car ran out of gas on US 62 toward the western edge of town. Constable assisted the motorist in getting the vehicle off the road.

12:46 p.m. – There was a two-vehicle accident in a parking lot.

2:48 p.m. – A sister told ESPD her brother and his girlfriend were embroiled in a domestic dispute.

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Sycamore©

– Chapter 18, 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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lytie bit into a doughnut, a-passin’ the newspaper around not daring to look at him and cussin’ out Roger Knowles for fear he might read the and Doc for hinting that there astonished disbelief in her eyes. might be somethin’ wrong with Why, he actually thought that he these here springs. So, right had engineered the campaign, while they was in the thick the rebirth of Sycamore! A of it, poundin’ their canes, joker. “Owe a lot to Fenton they was so mad, here come Sayre” – and he’s going to treat old Jim Gurley from back of Fent right. What a jolt when he the courthouse, luggin’ a big CONSTANCE wakes up! That, she thought, I two-gallon can. You know WAGNER am going to get a kick out of. how Jim goes around, cain’t Bud Bledsoe, with several keep more’n one thing in his other pool-room loungers, came head at a time. (None of them Gurleys storming into the restaurant, carrying is very bright.) Well, Jim plowed over laughter with them from the street. “ – to the spring and started climbin’ up to thought I’d bust a gut –” Bledsoe swept that business on top with the arn railing the place with a swift glance to see who around it, carryin’ the can. was there. “Old Ray Braithwaite, mad “So Ray hollers out: ‘What ya as a wet hen, and Jim Gurley up there aimin’ to do, Jim? What you totin’ in that atop the spring, like he was a bird just there can?” happened to light there –” “ ‘Coreem,’ says Jim, prizin’ off the Jaffray called out: “What’s up, cap. ‘Mr. Knowles done told me to put Bud?” He made a point of being pals hit in all the sprangs, but I was plumb with everyone, of knowing first names. tuckered out, time I got around North Bledsoe slid onto a counter-stool, and South Mountain, so I never did git to surrounded by his following, delighted this one till now.’ to have found someone who had not “Well, that was all Ray needed. heard the story. While he talked, his eyes Thought he was goin’ have a sure-enough would dart alertly to the outer edges of stroke. ‘Coreem!’ he yells, top of his the listening circle, to draw still others voice. ‘Don’t you go puttin’ none of that into his spellbound audience.

God-damn chemical in this sprang, Jim “Well –” He made a motion, Gurley. Boy and man,’ he says, ‘I been indicating coffee, to Mona Jo, and drinkin’ from Merracle Sprang better’n hitched himself up against the counter. forty year, and hit’s the oney thing kep “There’s Ray Braithwaite, ‘bout half- me alive. You git down from there,’ he hour ago, warmin’ his bench by the says, ‘with that foul-tastin’ stuff, ‘fore I spring as per usual, him and his cronies, knock you down.’

“Ray was standin’ there, leanin’ agin the rail, shakin’ his fist and tremblin’ like he had the ague, and folks gatherin’ in from the square that heard the ruckus, and poor Jim up on top, not knowin’ whut to do, and Ray gittin’ madder and madder, and windin’ up to a real, rip-snortin’ oration. ‘Ain’t that a purty thing!” he haollers. ‘Sneakin’ around, pollutin’ the sprangs!’ Then he got talkin’ religious, though I know for a fact he ain’t been inside no church-house in thirty years. ‘Why, God-Amighty put that water there,’ he bellers, ‘and Roger Knowles got no business interferin’ with His handwork.

I ain’t gonna stand by and see nobody puttin’ any God-damn chimicals in God’s pure water. You take that stuff back and tell him whut he kin do with it,’ he hollers.

“So old Jim clumb down, kinda beatlike, with his can, and says he reckons this’ll cost him his job with the city – not stoppin’ to figger, of course, that he’s just workin’ off a fine anyway. That’d be too complicated for Jim to figger out. All he knows is he’s got a job. But everybody was standin’ around laughin’ at these old coots warmin’ up for a fight over a can of chlorine, and somebody says, well, Jim could prob’ly have his job back after next Tuesday, ‘cause that’d be the last Roger Knowles would have anything to say about who’s hard and who’s fard, around this town…”

In the midst of the laughter and sardonic comments that followed,

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y daughter works at a shop in town frequented by tourists. The other day, a couple probably in their 70s came in and the gentleman said, “The last time I was in Eureka Springs I must have been about twelve years old.” He told about coming to visit during summer vacations and about the restaurant at Lake Lucerne. As his wife impatiently tried to usher him out the door, he said, “I’m just trying to tell this young lady about her town’s history.”

I have some old Lake Lucerne postcards and they show that it was quite a resort. One postcard shows the

sizeable restaurant, which was a hot spot for both locals and tourists, looming over the lake. There is a high dive, a tall water slide and other recreational activities. Another postcard shows the hilly golf course.

Lake Lucerne was once partly owned by Lance Alworth. He is considered an all time great of both the Razorbacks and of professional football. I’m told that in the era that Lance Alworth played for Frank Broyles in Fayetteville, the Razorbacks would come to Eureka Springs and stay at the Crescent Hotel the night before home games. Perhaps that is when he

Jaffray leaned toward Clytie, pale eyes alight in the harassed and tallowy face.

“That’s typical,” he said eagerly. “I mean – typical of what I admire about these folks down here. That independence! A kind of rugged pride. Every man his own master. It’s – wonderful. It does your heart good.”

What’s he talking about? Clytie asked herself. Independence. Pride.

Always talking words, not saying anything.

He fiddled with his spoon, looking away from her. “Maybe this’ll strike you as far-fetched,” he said gropingly.

“Bur you know, you always seemed to me to typify the spirit of the Ozarks.

Something wholesome, beautiful – a vitality about you. It’s hard to put into words, but I feel it –” “Thanks,” Clytie said flippantly.

“I’ll bet you tell that to all the girls, Mr. Jaffray.” (Feels it, does he?) She had only contempt for such confusion of motives and emotions. She stood up.

“I’ve got to get back,” she said. “Thanks for the coffee.”

He stood close to her and spoke in a rush under the thunder of the juke box, as if he had meant to say this all along and could not bear to see her leave with it unsaid. “I – want to do something really nice for you, Clytie. After this is over – after Tuesday –” “I’ll remember that, Mr. Jaffray.”

She projected her rare and diffident smile straight into his eyes. “ ‘Bye now,” she said.

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became familiar with Lake Lucerne.

Later, during the 1965 off-season when he wasn’t playing professional football in San Diego, Lance Alworth and two Little Rock businessmen purchased Lake Lucerne Resort. They only owned it for two years, but Lance Alworth managed to establish a boys’ camp there during that time.

I’ve read articles about the group that purchased the resort from Lance Alworth and company and their plans. According to what I read, they planned to lengthen and pave the airstrip at Lake Lucerne so it could accommodate daily passenger flights. The 9-hole golf course was to be

expanded and a ski slope and chairlift for snow skiing was to be built.

If you have memories of Lake Lucerne, write to me at steve@ steveweems.com or P.O. Box 43 in Eureka Springs, 72632.

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Womack sends ‘office’ to town

Congressman Steve Womack is sending his Mobile Office staff to Eureka Springs on Monday, August 10 to assist constituents and answer questions from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce in Pine Mountain Village. Drop by with any concerns or issues needing answers!

An inquiry into Sufism An exploration into the mystical tradition of Sufism through music, prayer and teachings will be two Wednesdays per month starting August 12 at 7 p.m. at the Christian Science meeting room. Future meetings will be on the 2nd and 4th/5th week.

Conservation and development balance addressed

An Investing in Water Supply Protection in NWA Speaker Series is being held at the Rogers Public Library. On August 13 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Elizabeth Bowen of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission and will discuss the Northwest Arkansas Open Space Plan.

The plan identifies open spaces and natural areas most important to the residents of Northwest Arkansas and provides a strategic plan to balance the goals of conservation and development for future growth of our area.

The program is free and lunch will be provided. Call or email BWA at (479) 750-8007 or info@ beaverwatershedalliance.org to RSVP.

INDEPENDENTLens Don’t go with the fluo – Amrit Knaus has taken to bringing her own fluoride-free water when she dines out. Some local opponents of adding fluoride, lead, arsenic, barium and large amounts of aluminum to drinking water are disappointed some restaurants don’t specify whether or not they are providing fluoride free water.

Photo by Becky Gillette

CCC Foundation Grant application deadline August 15 The August 15 deadline is nearing for all nonprofits in Carroll County to apply online for Giving Tree Grants through the Carroll County Community Foundation, an affiliate of Arkansas Community Foundation.

Applicants will find instructions and a demo video that will walk them through the easy application process at www.arcf.org/givingtree, the online application site for any 501(c)(3) public charity, public school, government agency or hospital working in and for Carroll County.

Giving Tree grants generally range from $300 to $3,000 and are selected by a local committee of community leaders with funds going to work to support critical need, the arts and education, and more in Carroll County.

CCMG hosts musical membership meeting

Carroll County Music Group will hold its annual membership lunch meeting Sunday, August 16, at 1 p.m. at the Island Pizza & Pub, 6 Parkwood Dr., in Holiday Island near the Cornerstone Bank. The public is invited.

The meeting starts with young music students and ends with an upbeat musical program with Gordon Norrell. Space is limited and reservations must be made prior to August 8. Please call Mary Dolce (479) 253-4939 for reservations or more information.

Red Cross introduces RapidPass American Red Cross blood and platelet donors can now help save lives in less time by using the new Red Cross RapidPass online health history system.

RapidPass streamlines the donation experience by allowing donors to complete pre-donation reading and health history questions online from the convenience of a computer or work. It is expected to reduce the time donors with a RapidPass spend at blood drives by up to 15 minutes.

To get a RapidPass on the day of a blood donation, donors should visit redcrossblood.org/rapidpass, complete all of the questions then print their RapidPass or show it on a mobile device when they donation.

An appointment is not needed to use RapidPass but donors are encouraged to make an appointment by using the Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling (800) RED-CROSS to further expedite their donation

Sunday at EUUF EUUF President, Forrest Jacobi, was a delegate at the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association in Portland, Ore. and will review the proceedings at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; 17 Elk St at 11 a.m. August 9. Questions and audience participation are welcome. Extra parking at Ermilio’s Restaurant, childcare provided.

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On with the show – Randall Christy, left, and Jordan Klepper filming for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Christy said the crew especially enjoyed the Southern cooking at the Great Hall Buffet and had a great time. “Surely no educated person thinks The Daily Show is a reliable news source, now that’s funny,” Christy laughed.

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

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Roof! Roof! – ESSA asked just to have some scrap metal put over uglier metal on the kiln building, but upon inspection some of the lumber was found to be rotten. The A&M Roofing crew replaced a bunch of joists and actually put brand new metal on the roof – all donated on a 90-plusº day! The crew includes Malice, the roofing dog. From puppyhood she refused to be left on the ground. She just wanted to be with the crew and figured out how to get there. Photo submitted

Body art – Eurekan Julius Easter, age 3, gets an early start as a body-painting artist at The Figure show at Brews July 31. Model Daniel Coy doesn’t seem to mind. Photo by Jay Vrecenak

Cup of Love – Chuck and Patty of Cup of Love Soup Ministries have added First Baptist Penn Memorial Church at 100 Spring Street to their weekly free soup offering on Fridays from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

They also serve great soup every Monday and Wednesday, same hours, at Flint Street Chapel.

Who doesn’t need a hearty, free cup of love?

Free lunch – This billy goat apparently waiting for the trolley was offered a tomato by local resident Nelli Clark. He decided to eat the plastic bag instead. Kid trick.

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‘Super’ shake – Mayor Butch Berry welcomed new Eureka Springs School District Superintendent Bryan Pruitt to the ‘neighborhood’ at a reception for the Super on July 30. Pruitt and the school principals anticipate “a great year.” Photo by CD White

Figure painting – Julie Kahn Valentine, left, models Lilah Leigh Stiger and Daniel Coy, and Drew Gentle participate in a different level of painting the human form at Brews July 31.

Photo by Jay Vrecenak

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Caring for the forests

earning to care is the central theme of Pope Francis’s message to the world.

By taking care of our community we can join the global efforts for peace and survival. The proposed Butler Hollow Project has opened new ways of thinking for the Mark Twain National Forest and other public lands. Let’s start with Norway.

Carbon Capture and Storage Norway, with five million people, is concerned with rising sea levels from Global Climate Change. After years of delays and mounting costs, the plan to capture and store one million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year from an oil refinery and gas power plant, Norway scrapped the CCS project in 2013. The $3 billion project, compared in complexity to the Moon Landing project, was late and over budget; it would have missed the 2020 target deadline.

Norway came up with a brilliant, simple and effective global solution. The Norwegian Climate and Forest Initiative pays other countries to stop deforestation and reduce pollution. Norway paid Liberia $150 million to stop all deforestation by the year 2020 in the West African nation, and small communities get paid to stop deforestation.

Norway paid Guyana $250 Million to stop deforestation and help build a hydropower project in the South American nation.

California has carbon offsets approved under Forestry Protocol. The first California forestry project announced by the Air Resources Board in November 2013, generates 1.2 million credits for the capand-trade program, provides a wide range of improved watershed benefits and habitat for wildlife.

Clean Air and Clean Water Factories Mark Twain National Forest is a natural treasure. Tree leaves transform sunlight energy into chemical energy, capturing

carbon dioxide in the air, releasing oxygen, and storing carbon in the forest soil. The massive surface area of the leaves in the 1.5 million-acres of MTNF, creates the perfect solar powered sustainable Carbon Capture and Storage factory. Deep tree roots absorb water from the ground and store it in the trees.

Clean air and water factories require experts to make forests resilient to severe weather, protect the trees from illegal logging, prevent arson and fires, provide environmental tours and information on climate change, promote planting trees on private properties, and preserve forests for future generations. Sustainable factories create value, generate a stream of revenues that grows over time, create hundreds of jobs and pay all expenses. Guaranteed forest carbon offset credits would grow in value over time.

MTNF has been selling trees to commercial loggers to pay the Forest Service, public schools, and the US treasury.

No one knows from year to year how much timber sales will bring. USFS has been “fire borrowing” funds from other projects for years, taking money away from MTNF, and creating the need for timber sales.

National Forests at high risk Severe droughts, insect infestation, wildfires, deforestation, GOP threats to give away or sell all public land, big timber, wood pellet exports, and the outdated 2000-2005 USFS Land Management Plan, are a clear and present danger. Carbon forest offsets are the last line of defense for our remaining forests.

2015 USDA Climate Smart Climate change is the new USDA framework for forestry and agriculture, stopping de-forestation, and promoting forest carbon sink, re-forestation and

afforestation (taking agricultural land for forest land). Carbon forest offsets are in-line with new federal regulations.

EPA Clean Power Plan for Arkansas The Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan will be released this week. Arkansas needs to reduce pollution by 44 percent. Reducing emissions takes time and money. Case in point, installing scrubbers for the Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) Flint Creek power plant is a three-year $408 Million project. Carbon forest offsets are superior alternatives; global assets with immediate results.

Race against time Climate change demands quick, effective, proven solutions. We don’t have time for 10-year projects. Carbon forest offsets, along with the Citizens Climate Lobby Carbon-Fee-and-Dividend, are winwin solutions to care for our forests and secure our survival. Please join the effort and plant a tree!

Dr. Luis Contreras

Adopt during Dog Days of Summer Yard Sale The Good Shepherd Animal Shelter will host a Dog Days of Summer adoption event during the Yards & Yards of Yards Sales, August 7 – 8 from 7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Fine dogs and kittens will be onsite for with a special adoption price of $30 for all animals adopted during the event.

The event is listed on the ESCC map, spot #6, on the grassy shaded area next to the Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce in Pine Mountain Village.

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started a fire and hunkered down to await rescue. Vickers was led through trail system on foot to a waiting ambulance, but had no significant injuries and was released without transport.

Vickers was found an hour and twenty minutes after the arrival of the first crews. Nearly 20 responders were used in the operation with additional personnel on stand-by. Her rescue demonstrates that visitors biking and hiking around town can rest assured they’ll get plenty of help if needed.

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INDEPENDENT Art & Entertainment Two-day bead blast open to the public Beading in the Ozarks is holding a bead and beading supplies sale Saturday and Sunday, August 15/16, from 12 – 2 p.m. at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. Browse a colorful wonderland of all shapes and sizes of beads, seed beads, lampwork glass, one-of-a-kind handmade beads, beading supplies and bead pads.

And check out some of the stunning work being done at the Beading in the Ozarks Retreat!

Creative Summer Fun at ESSA Sign up for a workshop today at Eureka Springs School of the Arts and take home something beautiful! See class details and more and sign up today at www.essa-art.org or phone (479) 2535384.

August 10 – 14: Mixed Media Mosaics with Kandy Jones. Been saving old dishes or family jewelry? Come create works of art from pieces of your life.

Mosaic techniques including cutting, gluing, design concepts, placement, jewelry collage, grouting and color combinations will be covered at length. This class is an inexpensive art form with no right or wrongs.

Kandy Jones (North Little Rock) has been teaching mixed media mosaics around the state for 11 years.

Her art can be found in the Little Rock River Market, Garvan Gardens, and in private collections. www. garagesalequeen.biz Picasso’s “Lost Block”

Printmaking with Jaimie Froelich.

Learn to use Picasso’s technique to design and execute several linoleumcut prints. “Lost Block” printmaking produces vibrant contrast in prints, using the revolutionary, yet simple, method developed by Picasso in 1959.

Jamie Froelich is presently a full time artist exploring monoprinting and painting. Her art is on display at the Eurekan Gallery.

Powder Coating Jewelry with Janet Alexander. A fun, fast paced workshop suitable for all levels.

Experiment and create pieces with application and manipulation techniques developed first-hand by artist Janet Alexander and bring away jewelry of your own imagination and creation. Powder Coating gives new life to traditional methods of surface decoration and texturing.

Janet was recently recognized as one of the “Top 10 artists to watch in Northwest Arkansas.” Trained in the arts and in the highly technical field of architectural drafting, Janet mixes the spirit of intuitive creation with scientific thoughtfulness. www. eurekajanet.com Vacuum Lamination of Veneered Boxes with Doug Stowe. Make simple boxes and use vacuum lamination techniques and veneers to create beautifully patterned lids. Vacuum lamination provides an interesting way to bring beautiful colors and textures into box making. Use of thin veneers allows for the use of exotic materials in a thrifty manner.

Doug has been a professional woodworker since 1976, is the author of eight woodworking books and writes regularly for Fine Woodworking magazine. www.wisdomofhands. blogspot.com

The Cates are back August 8 The Cate Brothers will bring their country-style rock and roll, rhythm and blues, soul and funk back to the bandshell

in Basin Park for Second Saturday Music in the Park August 8. Music begins at 5 p.m. and lasts until 7 p.m. – and it’s free.

A night of music and poetry at Carnegie Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library will present Between US, A Night of Chinese Music and English Poetry with Zhao Huan and Jonathan Stalling, on Saturday, August 8 at 7 p.m. in the Library Annex Friends Room at 192 Spring Street.

Zhao Huan is a well-known Erhu player and National First-Rank Artist and is a professor at the Music School of Nanjing Normal University. Jonathan Stalling, a native of Eureka Springs, attended and returned to teach at Clear Spring School and continued his studies with degrees from UC Berkeley (BA Chinese), University of Edinburgh (MS Cultural Theory) and SUNY Buffalo (Comparative Poetics). He is now a professor of English Literature at the University of Oklahoma.

Contact (479) 253-8754 or info@eurekalibrary.org for questions.

Zhao Huan

Jonathan Stalling

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ESOTERICAstrology as news for week August 5-12

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Humanity in a Time of Crisis & Sacrifice – Our Response

ast week’s sacrifices of Maddy (Santa Cruz 8-year old child) & Cecil the lion (Virgo/Leo, Virgin & Lion), represent crisis points in the life of humanity. They will continue. In Leo we are on the Burning Grounds, given tests, standing in the fire. The crisis builds the fire of knowledge in our minds. Our God is a fire, Agni. In these sacrifices occurring in our families, towns, cities and the world, a critical question arises. What is my/our response? When experiencing shocks, loss, devastation, exhaustion and inexorable grief, we are in danger of losing our hearts. We don’t know how to respond. Leo is the heart of all that matters,

ARIES: You sense you’re facing four directions, standing in the middle of a cross, wondering which path to take next. The retrograde brings up past issues needing clarification and tending before you will know how to proceed. Review the creative parts of your life, assess, ponder, pray and have the intention to complete everything unfinished. A new self-identity begins to emerge. And the next journey.

TAURUS: Keep moving into the future.

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calling us to maintain connection with our hearts, thus poised within the heart of all that matters. And to call forth our Spiritual Will of Goodness. When we stand in Spiritual Will, we help the Forces of Light “seal the door where evil dwells.”

Here is a Mantram (prayer) of Oneness & of Unification.

Let us recite it each day, together and from now on.

The daughters & sons of men (humanity) are one And I am one with them.

I seek to love, not hate.

I seek to serve and not exact due service.

Domestic responsibilities loom large.

Don’t be daunted. In between tasks and chores, you are illuminated as to what plans and purposes the future must be brought forth. There’s a template to construct, things to build, expansions to plan, so others will be saved. God of the waters, the waters of life are helping.

GEMINI: Stand directly center each night under the stars.

They have messages for you to listen to, ponder and to observe. You’re to create the triangle of synthesis. There are two paths outlined for you. Knowledge of which path is revealed through revelation (which appears through symbols). Draw and visualize the seven, six and five-pointed stars, a triangle and the Cross. A circle with the point at the center. Ask them what they mean.

CANCER: A duality is being presented to you spiritually. Between what you were taught as a child and what you know or seek now. Is money a concern? We need a new banking model. Or no banks at all. Careful with communication and of being impatient. The homeopath Aconite neutralizes impatience (an excess of electrical energy). Stay out of rainstorms.

LEO: Tend carefully to finances. Be aware of all expenditures. You may spend more than usual. Ask yourself before spending if the price is correct, if it’s needed and if you can wait awhile. Invest money in tangibles and sustainable goods. We must all plan on others who have less than we do to join us. Past memories appear. All relationships that fell sideways. You still have time.

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I seek to heal, not hurt.

Let pain bring due reward of light and love.

Let the Soul control the outer form, And life and all events.

And bring to light the love That underlies the happenings of the time.

Let vision come and insight.

Let the future stand revealed.

Let inner union demonstrate and outer cleavages be gone.

Let love prevail. Let us all love (more).

VIRGO: There may be some ongoing heartaches concerning past beliefs, remnants from past behaviors and mistakes. Turn towards words of self-praise and recognition. Create a journal identifying your talents, gifts and abilities. This neutralizes mental and emotional illusions and distortions. A new state of well-being emerges.

LIBRA: Something profound, transformative, different and new occurs in the foundations of your life. By autumn you’ll know what these are. In the meantime be aware you deeply affect the people and groups you work and play with. You also affect family, intimate relationships and even those you ignore. Tend with care and kindness to all relationships. We never know when they’ll be gone.

SCORPIO: As your home life tumbles about here and there you could feel a bit of despair along with exhilaration. Both are occurring along with a shift of friends (are you feeling somewhat alone?) and new information coming in about work and your professional life. Tend to money carefully. No excess expenditures. A new world of work eventually emerges out of the shadows.

SAGITTARIUS: You’re assessing life with new eyes. New structures will be appearing soon. Be aware of how much work you’ve done, how hard and where you are today. In the next seven years you will assess the world and your life differently. Your creativity is altering, growing and expanding through beauty.

Whenever you hover at the razor’s edge,

inch closer to the middle.

CAPRICORN: Money. Two themes. You have enough. You don’t have enough. In between a wound. Childhood gave you a certain lens concerning money. Today the monetary world as we’ve known it is collapsing. From the ashes emerge greater opportunities. Ponder upon values (what do value most?) and priorities (what’s needed?). And each moment on what must you do now? Bake bread.

AQUARIUS: There is and will be a breaking away from your usual ways of being. What’s normal will be upside down. This gives you time to assess who you are, what you value about yourself and what you need in the future. You’re different. You accomplish life’s tasks on your own. What you need comes to you.

Ask for it. Tell everyone.

PISCES: Things feel very complex.

You’re in solitude and all your expectations are surfacing, providing information previously not known.

You see that disappointments, sadness that lead to despair, are based upon unrealized hopes, dreams and wishes.

You had a dream and a vision of something needed. A new recognition of self and your tasks came forth. A new leadership. Trust this.

Risa – writer, teacher, founder & director, Esoteric & Astrological Studies & Research Institute, a contemporary Wisdom School studying the Ageless Wisdom teachings. The foundations of the Teachings are the study & application of Astrology & the Seven Rays. Email: risagoodwill@gmail.com.

Web journal: www.nightlightnews.org/.

Facebook: Risa’s Esoteric Astrology for daily messages. Astrological, esoteric, religious, news, geography, art, literature & cultural journalism.

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Rant rocks Chelsea’s Thursday, Sweet Water Gypsies enchant New Delhi Friday, Cate Brothers in the Park Saturday

ant features local members from various outfits with a hard edge at Chelsea’s Thursday. The Sweet Water Gypsies will help cool things off Friday night at New Delhi. Saturday, Arkansas’s own Cate Brothers play history in the Basin Park Bandshell at 5 on Saturday, and on Sunday at 7 we are graced with Opal Fly and Friends playing the Basin Park Hotel Barefoot Ballroom, a fundraiser benefit for Zoi Sophia’s medical expenses. A great time for a great friend. Details at tiny.cc/lovezoi Cate Brothers play Basin Park Bandshell Saturday, August 8 at 5 p.m.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 BASIN PARK BALCONY – Catherine Reed, Folk, 5 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Rant, Iron Swine and RK Ellis, Rock, 9:30 p.m.

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

LEGENDS SALOON – Some Other Band, Rock, 9 p.m.

NEW DELHI – Jesse James, Americana, 7 – 10 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 BASIN PARK BALCONY – Hawgscalders, Folk, 12 and 6 p.m.

CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Johai Kafa, Folk, 8 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Sad Daddy, Americana, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – DJ and Dancing, 9 p.m.

GRAND TAVERNE – Arkansas Red, Guitar Dinner Music, 6:30- 9:30 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – DJ and Karaoke with Kara, 8 p.m.

LE STICK – Pete “Rock” Maiella, Singer/Songwriter, 8 p.m.

NEW DELHI – Sweet Water Gypsies, Folk, 6 – 10 p.m., Breakfast, 12 – 2 a.m.

ROWDY BEAVER – Christine DeMeo Band, Rock, 8 p.m.

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Thurs., Aug. 6 • 9:30 p.m. – RANT/iron swine and rK ELLIS Fri., Aug. 7 • 9:30 p.m. – SAD DADDY Sat., Aug. 8 • 2-5 p.m. – BLACK OUT BOYS 9:30 p.m. – CHUCKY WAGGS AND CO. Sun., Aug. 9 • 4 p.m. – MISS LONELY HEARTS 7:30 p.m. – NICHOLAS ST. JAMES Mon., Aug. 10 • 9:30 p.m. – SprUngbilly Tues., Aug. 11 • 9:30 p.m. – OPEN MIC Wed., Aug. 12 • 9:30 p.m. – OPAL AGAFIA

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Diversity Weekend August 7 – 9 New for the summer Diversity Weekend is “Diversity in the Park,” in Basin Park Saturday, August 8, sponsored

by Eureka Springs Partners in Diversity. From 11 a.m. – 2:30 come browse a dozen informational booths representing organizations from around the area – all supporting equality. For info call Jim Holt (479) 790-1122.

Saturday at 4 p.m. Main Stage Creative Community Center on N. Main will show Sacred Hearts, Holy Souls

by Arkansas filmmaker, Mark Thiedeman – a winner at the Little Rock Film Festival. Following the screening, Thiedeman will be interviewed by Arkansas Film Commissioner, Christopher Crane.

The 40-minute film introduces the future Eureka Springs Human Rights Art & Film Festival focusing on human rights issues. Contact Sandy Martin, (479) 2446636 or artscouncileureka@gmail.com for more about the upcoming festival.

Out and about Also on August 8 there’ll be Diversity Disco on the Deck with cocktails and tapas from 6 – 10 p.m. on the deck and under the tent at Farm-to-table FRESH BISTRO, 179 N. Main. On Sunday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., FRESH is spinning disco classics during a brunch and tea dance.

Naturally, there’ll be a Name That Tune contest with cash

and merchandise prizes. Sunday’s event helps support Partners in Diversity.

Café Mundi in the Eureka Live patio beer garden, offers specialty coffees beginning at 9 a.m. and delicious food from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. The Walk of Shame Bloody Mary Bar will open at 9 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday; then the fun goes underground when Eureka Live Underground opens at 5 with dancing, drag shows ($10 cash cover) and DJ Inferno Friday and Saturday from 9 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.; and DJ and Karaoke on Sunday from 7 – 11 p.m.

See www.outineureka.com and Out in Eureka on Facebook for updates and more.

Buddhist Study Group Aug. 6

The Eureka Springs Buddhist Study Group will gather for 30 minutes of meditation followed by reading and discussion of Atisha’s Lamp for the

Path on August 6 at 4 p.m. at the Heart of Many Ways in the Christian Science Church at 68 Mountain Street. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Metafizzies meet August 10

Rebekah Clark will lead the Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society meeting in a session of divine singing and sound meditation on Monday, August 10 at 7 p.m. at the Heart of Many Ways in the Christian Science Church. No vocal experience is necessary.

Chants and mantras from multiple traditions will be used.

Funding proposal workshop August 11

Mike McIntyre’s Power Proposal process will help take participants from the idea for a grant to the implementation and reporting on August 11 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Village Writing School.

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said. “It is pretty incredible. It has been really successful.”

They also continue to sell the fresh herbs including sage and rosemary (two of the more popular cooking herbs), tarragon (which they tell folks taste a bit like licorice), lemon grass, and different types of mint like mojito, apple and Vietnamese mint.

“Mint is so universal,” Christine said. “It is tasty added to about anything.

We use it in soups, drinks and even in ice cream. Sage is great for crock pot cooking, and lemon grass is good both for cooking and in teas.”

In addition to tasting good, herbs also smell great. And many of the common cooking herbs also have beneficial

and implemented several million dollars of funding to support a wide range of activities in more than a dozen countries and the US. Cost for the workshop is $45. For information/registration visit www.

VillageWritingSchool.com. Bring an idea for a proposal and be guided to map it in the workshop.

Museum experts – Dr. Tim Kovalcik, right, 1992 Eureka Springs High School graduate, history professor at Millikin University in Decatur Ill., and long time historian of Eureka Springs is in town with students, from left, Taylor Hagerdorn, Emily Crutchfield and Brianna Speed from Millikin University’s History Department. They’re here with Professor Kelby Dolan at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum all week to assist the museum while studying the criteria for small museums and the challenges of local history. Dolan, not shown, is a professional museum consultant who helps with issues related to exhibits, archives and other challenges. Photo submitted

impacts to health. Rosemary, for example, is rich in anti-oxidants and antiinflammatory compounds a good source of iron, calcium, and vitamin B6.

Christine said herbs can also have emotional benefit, making you feel fun and giddy.

The McDowells work as servers in the restaurant business. They work long hours on their feet serving food, and fit in the farming as they can. This year Grant is doing most of the garden work while Christine works long hours at her job.

Sometimes Grant is working the garden at 4 a.m. or 10 p.m. to keep up.

“Our herbs are always harvested in the morning before the sun hits them,” Grant said. “That’s when essential oils that give them taste are the strongest. The

sun comes out and bleaches out much of the essential oils. That is why we have to get up so early before we come to the market in the morning.” Grant wears a headlamp when he cuts the herbs in the morning.

Both have learned more about cooking with herbs through work experiences.

“I have always worked a lot in restaurants, and I would try to copy what the chef did at home,” Grant said. “I started out years and years ago growing basil because I like pesto.”

The McDowells often get questions about how to use herbs, and have decided to start offering recipe cards soon. They say nearly all the herb jellies make good sweet and sour sauces, and the tarragon

jelly can be combined with vinegar and reduced down to make a great sauce for meat dishes.

Right now they have about an acre under cultivation, and are also growing eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers and green beans. They are not certified organic, but don’t use any chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.

The young farmers are looking forward to growing their business this year and in the years ahead.

“Our farmers’ market is a great community,” Grant said. “All the other vendors are very giving with their advice and help. It has been really good.”

The farmers’ market is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 a.m. – noon at Pine Mountain Village.

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Could you be The Eurekan?

Break out your gear and join the excitement of The Eurekan multisport festival in Holiday Island and Eureka Springs August 14 – 16. The festival is structured so the entire family can participate. Enroll in one or all events including the swim/bike/sprint-distance triathlon on Friday afternoon, road bike tour rides and racing on Saturday morning and foot races on Sunday.

Watching is fun, but entering one or more individual events is more fun … and, better yet, why not take “The Eurekan” challenge? The Eurekan is the name of the event, but also refers to any participant who enters and

completes the triathlon, 100-mile ride and 10K run. Even if you’re all the way from Antarctica, you could still be The Eurekan!

And even if you don’t take The Eurekan challenge, prizes and awards are still three-deep in all other age and gender categories. Check out complete registration and event times and locations at www.eurekasportsfestival.com or call All Sports Productions, Inc. (479) 5217766 (or pick up the August Fun Guide) and come be a spectator or a competitor!

First registration for all events is Thursday, August 13, from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Inn of the Ozarks.

Volunteers Needed for The Eurekan Fire Chief Jack Deaton would appreciate additional corner marshal volunteers during The Eurekan triathlon event Friday, August 14, from approximately 1:30 – 4 p.m. at Holiday Island. Please contact Jack (479) 253-8397.

Historical Museum membership meeting The Eureka Springs Historical Museum will hold its annual membership meeting on Monday, August 17 at 7 p.m. at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. Nominations will be submitted and elections held to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors.

A brief social reception will be held following the membership meeting.

Current and potential members are encouraged to attend and participate by sharing ideas and asking questions. Help support your museum and preserve our colorful lives by becoming a member or renewing your membership in the Museum Association.

Study and Dig for Crystals The Academy for Healing Arts has classes and experiences with crystals coming up in Hot Springs, including the Crystal Skull Festival, with Mika, a trained Crystal Keeper and Guardian, traditional Reiki and Karuna Reiki Master, Master Teacher of Magnified Healing and a clinical hypnotherapist.

Mika is recognized worldwide for his excellence in teaching on crystals, energy healing and Magnified Healing. The Hot

Springs workshops include: August 22 – 26: Crystal Certification Classes Sept. 19 – 22: Fall Equinox Experience with Nature Oct. 9 – 11: Crystal and Crystal Skull Festival where Mika will be a featured speaker.

For registration, prices and specific content, see www.academyforhealingarts. com or phone (954) 309-0193.

DEPARTURES

Glenn Ferris McIntyre Nov. 5, 1926 – July 22, 2015

Glenn Ferris McIntyre of Eureka Springs, Ark., was born Nov. 5, 1926 in Los Angeles, Calif., “The City of Angels.” He was the son of Albert and Ida McIntrye.

Glenn departed this life July 22, 2015 at age 88. He was surrounded by his three daughters Christy, Janet and Connie.

Glenn served in Okinawa and Japan in the US Army during WWII and received his honorable discharge Dec. 1, 1946.

He married the love of his life, Betty Lou, in June 1948.

Glenn is survived by his daughters Christy & Jerry Priddy, Janet & Jim Fyhrie, Connie Davis, and Hellimi McIntyre; grandchildren Diane, Sherrie, Nicholas, Matthew, Canada, Kai, Cody, Lynx, Ferris and Natalie;

great-grandchildren Allison, Nicholas, Annalise, Samantha; and many friends and family.

Glenn was preceded in death by his loving wife Betty Lou; his parents; sisters Gayle, Peggy and Barbara; and son, Glenn Bruce McIntyre.

Glenn was best known for his big smile and cheery ability to make people smile!

Condolences, stories, and memories may be sent to “Eureka Daily Roast” coffee shop @ 27 Spring St. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be held at Beaver Lake Baptist Church on Hwy. 187 on Wednesday, August 12, at 11 a.m. His Eureka family of friends are welcome.

Robert W. Overgaard Jan. 24, 1946 – July 29, 2015 Robert W. Overgaard was born Jan. 24, 1946, in Canton, S. Dakota, and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska.

He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, and loved to ride motorcycles and

play golf.

He was retired from General Motors and worked part time at Harts.

Married for 43 years to Susan Overgaard, the couple had three daughters,

Linda and husband, Tony Whetstone, of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Angela and husband, Jason Jones, of Yukon, Okla.; and Kristine and husband, Jose Anaya, of Bethany, Okla. He is also survived by

seven grandchildren, Alysha and Abbey Moore; Briana and Thomas Whetstone; and Santiago, Maya and Miguel Anaya.

Cremation was handled by Holden Funeral Home in Sparta, Mo.

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As of the first of August, DHS has initiated 225,433 renewals. DHS Deputy Director Mark White said he was encouraged that 58,617 of the renewals were reviewed and approved by the automated system without a caseworker having to get involved. The more “notouch” cases the system can do, the more time caseworkers will have to handle complex cases and enrollee questions.

In addition to those that the system was able to immediately verify that enrollees were still eligible, 64,083 people were sent notices requesting they mail

in proof of income within 10 days and another 50,000 households (representing about 100,000 people) were sent notices asking them to renew online at www. access.arkansas.gov. The first phase of the renewal process should be completed

by Sept. 30. More notices will be sent out between now and then.

If the notice asks for proof of income, enrollees should mail a copy of that notice and a copy of a check stub, employment statement or award letters to Access Arkansas Processing Center, 1095 White Drive, Batesville, AR 72501.

For individuals to “complete the renewal process” online, enrollees should go to www.access.arkansas.gov. Respond to the voter registration question with a Yes or No. On the next page, click the yellow button that says “Log-in/Apply or Renew.” Then proceed as instructed.

For Carroll County, the DHS office number is (870) 423-3351, and for Madison County, (479) 738-2161. Cato said these offices can help field questions and they can go in person with financial info in hand. The number for ACCESS Arkansas is (855) 3721084 or (855) 506-2266.

Franklin said recent advancements in the department’s new eligibility and enrollment system have allowed DHS to begin mailing out large batches of renewal notices for these programs. A now-fixed process issue delayed the mailing of the first few batches of notices in mid-June, causing some individuals to receive notices just a few days before they were told to turn in additional information.

Franklin said the division delayed closing cases in those batches to ensure people had ample time to respond.

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DROPPINGA Line

by Robert Johnson

INDEPENDENT Crossword

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ey y’all, looks like I might make this one in on time. Sorry about last week. Was pretty crazy with fishing, baiting and getting another motor going. Even had to give away two fishing trips. The old 115 I got just wouldn’t push my big boat good enough, so got me a 150 and she loves it. The original motor I had was just a 120, pushed her good but she needed a 150.

Well, it’s hot but fish still need to eat.

Chris Brand got the big fish this week weighing in at 24 lbs. on our first night trip.

He was pretty excited after that, just kept looking at it and saying that was the biggest fish he ever caught. We’ll get it on the wall for him this winter.

A lot of guys are doing pretty good at night to beat the heat with water temps running from 87 to 89°, so we are also doing trips from now until the last week of September, fishing midnight to 4 a.m. and also 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. The fish seem to like these hours and the temps are better on my clients, too.

The stripers on Beaver are being caught between 38 – 60 ft. deep on shad, perch,

shiners and trolling umbrella rigs or deep divers between the dam and Point 6. About every call I get wants to go after stripers now, so I have not been able to fish Holiday Island in a while, but if you go out think deeper, cooler.

Seems to me all the fish and bait are pretty much holding in the main channel.

Just find the deeper water. It might only be 30 ft. deep in a creek arm, deeper off the bluffs in the main lake. All the stripers in Beaver we caught have been in water from 70 – 200 ft. deep. Relating more to the river bends than the flats.

Well, that’s all I have time for this week, better get this in. If you go out don’t forget the sunscreen, or do as we are doing and try to avoid the sun as much as you can after it gets up high. Not bad for swimming, but too hot for my comfort after 10 a.m. All will change in about six weeks with water temps usually dropping down about 10 degrees by the last week of September. Fish when it’s cool, swim when it’s hot and you should have a good day on the water. Robert Johnson, Johnson Guide Service. www. fishofexcellence.com (479) 253-2258.

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Rachel in Genesis 37. Mother 38. Insane 39. Lack of good sense 40. Fills up 41. Friendly 43. Laughing

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48. Hawaiian wild goose 49. Winter ailment 52. Hasten 53. Humiliating 56. Make a mistake 57. Raccoon cousin 58. Duplicate 59. Formerly known as 60. Sugary 61. Grandparent

23. Container 24. Las Vegas time filler 25. Easy way to apply paint 26. Brilliantly colored

lizard 27. Popular freshwater

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cow’s stomach DOWN 31. Makes bread rise 1. Stare openmouthed 33. Add up 2. First human fatality 36. Errand boy 3. Titled nobleman 37. Created 4. Night before 39. Cloth materials 5. Careless abandon 40. Extreme quiet 6. Multiple jails (slang) 42. Hapless canine 7. Traffic control device 43. Rajah’s wife 8. Travel data 45. Resign 9. Act of swimming 46. What time?

10. One component of the 47. Employ for money whole 48. Brief written comment 11. Pay 49. Nourishment 12. In debt to 50. Crescent moon shape 13. 9th letter of Hebrew 51. Addict alphabet 54. Scottish negative 18. Peasant (India) 55. Not well

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INDEPENDENTClassifieds The INDEPENDENT Classifieds cost $8 for 20 words, each additional word is 25¢. DEADLINE – Monday at noon To place a classified, email classifieds@eurekaspringsindependent.com or call 479.253.6101

ANNOUNCEMENTS 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.

It’s A Mystery BookStore

the gently-used book store featuring vintage, modern & classic reads on the Berryville Sq. www.itsmystery.net.

Established & Effective: SIMPLICITY COUNSELING – improving the health of your friends and neighbors in this community in a relaxed respectful environment since 2010. Depression, Anxiety, Self-Worth, Trauma, Grief, Adjustment & Relationships. Call for professional licensed service. (479) 2445181 “It’s Your Time” EUREKA SPRINGS FARMERS’ MARKET Every Tues. and Thurs., 7 a.m. – noon. Vegetables and fruits, cheese, meat, eggs, honey and so much more. Come for the food, music and to be with your friends. Catch us on Facebook.

BREAD ~ LOCAL ~ SOURDOUGH It’s summer Foccacia time!

At the Farmers’ Market...

Market Veggies Grilled on a Flat Sourdough like a pizza!

Ivan’s Perfect Dry Rubbed Ribs come out at 3pm Fridays @ Anglers US 62 W. Eureka Request line: (479) 244-7112 Wednesday August 5th at 7 P.M. EMF RADIATION AWARENESS MEETING Open Discussion about the effects of cell phones, wi-fi and wireless technology.

People with health sensitivities share tips to protect yourself and family. Dr. John House will be the guest speaker at the Island Room beside the Holiday Island Recreation Center.

Questions? Call (479) 253-5072 F.T.T.F. EMPS BEWARE OF PROMISED SEVERANCE PACKAGES 22 |

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BILLBOARD SPACE

MISSING SINCE MAY 11

AVAILABLE AUG. 15 – 8 ft. x 12 ft. billboard for rent. Hwy. 23S. $800/yearly.

(479) 253-4477 and (479) 721-4019.

Scooby has recently been seen around Hart’s and downtown. He’s a light brown male miniature Pinscher, about 15 lbs., and cannot tolerate this heat. $200 reward. (479) 363-6707.

ANTIQUES EUREKA WEST ANTIQUE MARKET: Open 6 days/wk., 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., closed Tuesdays. and Outdoor Trade Days Market: Open Friday, Saturday 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. at 15677 US 62W, 5 mi. west of Eureka.

(405) 314-8607.

WONDERLAND ANTIQUES buys/ sells antiques, primitives, unique vintage items. Open 10-5. Closed Tuesday & Wednesday. Hwy 62 east of Eureka 3 miles. (479) 253-6900

TRUCK FOR SALE 1992 FORD PICKUP – long bed, 4-wheel drive with A/C. Everything works. $3,500. Also, FLATBED TRAILER with tailgate, heavy duty, 2-axle, approximately one-year old. $3,500. (928) 301-5746. Eureka Springs.

To place a classified, email classifieds@eurekaspringsindependent.com

YARD SALE Retail fixtures and shelving, electronics, CDs, speakers. Old dishes, vintage glassware. Housewares, collectibles, art work, picture frames. 34 SPRING. AUG. 7 & 8, 7 A.M.-3 P.M. Call Susan for more information or preview. (479) 244-5312

HELP WANTED NOW HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS – Service, bartenders, cooks, prep cooks.

Apply in person at Rockin’ Pig Saloon or info@rockinpigsaloon.com FULL TIME SERVER at Farm-to-Table FRESH. Contact Ann at (479) 253-9300 for interview. Experience preferred, flexible schedule. Serious inquiries only.

EXPERIENCED SALES PERSON for ladies clothing store. Friday-Monday.

Apply Emerald Forest Clothing, 31 Spring St. FULL TIME/PART TIME needed immediately, experience in retail desired.

We require weekends. Apply in person Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, 5 Spring St. Bring references.

PART TIME EXPERIENCED TRANSPORTATION PERSON needed Tuesdays and Thursdays every week.

Other days flexible. (479) 253-9933 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AT MUD ST. CAFÉ – Line cook and dishwasher. Apply in person.

CLARINET PLAYER needed for paying job, Eureka restaurant. Call (501) 517-1020

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FRESH HARVEST TASTING ROOM – Our team is looking for outgoing, positive and polished salespeople to join our team! Great pay and possible benefits. Full and part-time positions available for both of our shops. We offer a positive, fun and fast paced environment.

Ideal candidate will have some culinary skills, be able to discuss basic cooking techniques, and be able to lift 30 pounds to shoulder height. Come join a dynamic team! Please send résumé or work experience to POB 14, Eureka Springs, AR 72632 or call (479) 253-6247.

REAL ESTATE HOMES FOR SALE LAKEFRONT HOUSE, 3 bedroom, 3 bath, 2,400 sq. ft. living space. Private boat dock Beaver Lake, Eureka Springs.

(479) 253-4158

RENTAL PROPERTIES APARTMENTS FOR RENT SHARE BEAUTIFUL BIG HOUSE in peaceful setting eight minutes from downtown Eureka. Off road parking.

Various room options including some larger spaces. Washer and dryer on property. Reasonable rent. 479-981-6049.

22 ROLLER BEND OFF MUNDELL – Furniture, books, tables, lights, chest of drawers, misc. Saturday and Sunday, 9-5.

BROWN ELK SALE, Aug. 7-8 (Fri.Sat.), 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Elks Lodge, 4 Park Cliff, Holiday Island. Air conditioned.

Plenty of parking. 4,000 square feet of kitchen, home décor, toys, tools, sporting goods, etc.

HELP WANTED

is accepting applications for the following: Housekeeping Staff; Full time position with regular schedule hours. These positions have year round job opportunity with Holiday Pay. Please apply at BEST WESTERN INN OF THE OZARKS 207 West Van Buren, Eureka Springs, AR Phone (479) 253-9768

EFFICIENCY APARTMENT, fully furnished w/laundry, close walk to town, $595/month (utilities included) plus security deposit. No smokers. “The Springs” Property Management (479) 981-9514.

INDEPENDENTClassifieds RENTAL PROPERTIES APARTMENTS FOR RENT HOLIDAY ISLAND VILLAS & TOWNHOUSES near lake and marina.

Peaceful and quiet, ample parking. From $375/mo. (479) 253-4385 HOLIDAY ISLAND ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS from $550 for single person. Includes utilities, cable. No pets.

No smoking inside. Deposit. References.

(479) 981-2979

COMMERCIAL FOR LEASE WALDEN PLAZA – Passion Play Rd. – Glass front, paved parking, 1,100 sq. ft. m/l. $650 per month. Call Sherry, Mountain Country Properties, (479) 2539660. Agent has interest in property.

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

MAINTENANCE/ LANDSCAPE/ HOME SERVICES TOM HEARST PROFESSIONAL PAINTING AND CARPENTRY Painting & Wood Finishing, Trim & Repair Carpentry, Drywall Repair & Texturing, Pressure Washing (479) 244-7096 PRECISION PRESSURE WASHING, PAINT AND STAIN. Call John, (479) 244-0338.

FANNING’S TREE SERVICE Bucket truck with 65 ft. reach.

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

Free estimates. Licensed. Insured. (870) 423-6780, (870) 423-8305 CHIMNEY WORKS Complete chimney services: sweeps, repairs, relining and installation. Call Bob Messer (479) 253-2284

SERVICE DIRECTORY MAINTENANCE/ LANDSCAPE/ HOME SERVICES TREE WORKS Skilled tree care: trimming, deadwooding and removals.

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

MUSIC LESSONS

Melissa Carper and Rebecca Patek have opened UPTOWN SCHOOL OF MUSIC in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. www. uptownschoolofmusic.com $18/30 minutes and $35/1 hr. lessons. Instruments offered are violin, viola, guitar, piano, bass, banjo, ukulele. Classical and Country/Old-Time/ Bluegrass styles. We can teach you Mozart or how to pick and sing a country tune by ear! Call (262) 617-4152.

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

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

SENIOR SOLUTIONS SENIOR SOLUTIONS GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT – Licensed social workers guiding families in the care needs of loved ones. Assistance with Medicare enrollment. Piper Allen (479) 981-1856, Susan Hopkins (479) 253-9381. www.seniorsolutionsar.com

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

Fabrics & Foam. Free Estimates. No job too small. Call Aaron (479) 212-2875 or abunyar@sbcglobal.net

Next Blue Skies Book Study Scheduled Camp Nine by Vivienne Schiffer will be the next Blue Skies Book Study selection to be discussed on Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 5 - 6:30 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church. While most Americans know that many Japanese Americans were interred during WWII in California, many were also incarcerated at the Rohwer Relocation Center in rural Desha County, Arkansas.

While Camp Nine is a novel, the story is set and based on the Arkansas Delta camp. Viewed through the eyes of a local girl, the issues of race, prejudice and fear come vividly into focus. Reverend Ben Helmer will lead the discussion on the lower level of St. James Episcopal Church at 28 Prospect St. Copies of the book are available at the Carnegie Public Library. Everyone is welcome! (P.S. It’s a fabulous read!) For additional information, please call (479) 253-8610.

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ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Terri and Brett, Rock, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 BASIN PARK – The Cate Brothers, Rock, 5 p.m.

BASIN PARK BALCONY – Jeff Lee, Folk, 12 p.m.

BREWS – Pearl Brick, Singer/ Songwriter, 7 – 10 p.m.

CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Caleb Martin, Americana, 8 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Black Out Boys, Rock, 2 – 5 p.m., Chucky Waggs and Company, Americana, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – DJ & Dancing, 9 p.m.

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

LEGENDS SALOON – JAB the Band, Rock, 9 p.m.

NEW DELHI – Cory Jay, Folk, 6 – 10 p.m., Breakfast, 12 – 2 a.m.

PINE MOUNTAIN AMP – The Squarshers, Rock, 12 – 3 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER – Terri and the Executives, Rock, 8 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Terri and Brett, Rock, 1 – 5 p.m., Christine DeMeo Band, Rock, 9 p.m.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 9 BASIN PARK BALCONY –Jeff Lee, Folk, 12 p.m., Pete “Rock” Maiella, Singer/Songwriter, 5 p.m.

BASIN PARK HOTEL BALLROOM – Benefit: Evening of Love, Fundraiser for Zoi Sophia’s Medical Treatments, Music by Opal Fly and Friends, 7 – 11 p.m.

BREWS – Cards Against Humanity/ Board Games CHELSEA’S – Miss Lonely Hearts, Folk, 4 p.m., Nicholas St. James, Americana, 7:30 p.m.

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

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Chris Harp, Singer/Songwriter, 1 – 5 p.m.

MONDAY, AUGUST 10 CHELSEA’S – Sprungbilly, Bluegrass, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 CHELSEA’S – Open Mic WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12 CHELSEA’S – Opal Agafia, Folk, 9:30 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – Open Mic with Lita, 8 p.m.

NEW DELHI – Open Mic, 6 – 10 p.m.

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There were kids present and the brother reportedly had a hatchet. Constables did not find any disturbances in the neighborhood.

3:53 p.m. – Driver on Hwy. 23 South reported a reckless driver headed toward town. Constables never saw a vehicle matching the description.

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