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Missouri targets Route 109 Pictured: Route 109
Bill blocks power line as officials speak out By Kristal Kuykendall
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Missouri residents and officials are lining up in opposition to SWEPCO’s plans to route its proposed 345,000 Volt Shipe Road to Kings River transmission line through McDonald and Barry counties in the state’s southwest region. Last week, days after a ruling from Arkansas Public Service Commission Administrative Law Judge Connie Griffin recommended that the APSC commissioners approve SWEPCO’s Route 109 and grant the utility permission to build the power line, two Missouri legislators introduced a bill to block approval of the construction of SWEPCO’s Route 109 in that state.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING — Tyler Danley, a new Eurekan who moved here from New Orleans, plays in the snow on Sunday – his first time to ever have such an experience, said his mother Becky Gillette, who snapped the photo. Tyler, his sister Brianna, Sarah Larson and Joshua Cook took advantage of Sundays 5-inch snowfall while Gillette – thrilled to have both her kids living here now – manned the camera.
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side of the road. Officer responded, but did not come in contact with anyone. I guess the man woke up from his nap! 9:07 a.m. — Deputy traveled to Loanoke County to pick up prisoner with valid warrant for Eureka Springs. 6:06 p.m. — CCSO requested an officer on Spring Street to assist with unresponsive female. Officer responded and assisted emergency medical services. 9:45 p.m. — Caller reported smoke rising from a vacant house on Prospect Avenue. Officer responded and there was no fire on arrival. Jan. 29 12:35 a.m. — Caller from a motel reported a couple arguing in the next room. Officer responded and spoke with the couple, everything was fine. 11:19 a.m. — Caller from an inn reported a long-term guest owes him money and stole a room key. Officer responded and said he can try to track See Dispatch, page 25
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Pictured: Route 109
And late Monday, the McDonald County Board of Commissioners filed a letter of protest with the APSC officially opposing SWEPCO’s plans and asking the APSC’s ruling three-person commission to set aside Griffin’s recommendation and choose one of the other five proposed routes, none of which exit Arkansas. If Missouri legislators are successful and if McDonald County Commissioners have their way, Route 109 will become an impossible solution, and the other five routes will be back on the table, officials and SWEPCO opponents said. Missouri state Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick, who represents the southwest part of the state, introduced HB 1622 last Thursday. If passed, it will remove from the Missouri Public Service Commission the authority to approve any power lines in McDonald and Barry counties that originate and end in Arkansas and that serve no customers in Missouri. Fitzpatrick confirmed Monday the bill was written to specifically target SWEPCO’s Route 109, which follows a 56-milelong path, entering Missouri in McDonald County and exiting in Barry County, near Seligman, thus bypassing Arkansas’ Pea Ridge, Gateway and Garfield in Benton County. He said another bill is in the works to oppose Route 109 on a different front: the sticky issue of eminent domain. Fitzpatrick explained that he and others are concerned that SWEPCO may be able to get around
obtaining MPSC permission since the utility has no customers within the state and since the Route 109 proposal does not require any power stations or other facilities to be built – other than the 150-foot-tall power poles erected every 600-800 feet that would require clearing a 150-foot right-ofway. “We’re doing everything we can on our end,” Fitzpatrick told the Lovely County Citizen on Monday. “I can’t say much more about the second piece of legislation because we’re still doing research, but we think between the two bills, we can stop this thing.” Late Monday, the APSC’s website showed a new comment filed: a letter of opposition from McDonald County’s leading governmental body, the Board of Commissioners. “As Commissioners of McDonald County, Missouri, we ask that the Arkansas Public Service Commission reject the order of APSC Administrative Law Judge Connie Griffin, to build an electric transmission line across three fourths the width of McDonald County. This line is for the purpose of distribution, use and needs of Northwest Arkansas,” the letter states. SWEPCO has not notified any residents or Missouri governmental agencies of its intentions regarding Route 109, the Commissioners’ letter notes. “It is our desire to be good neighbors, respecting Arkansas’ sovereignty, and to refrain the seeking of arbitrary rulings that
would be beneficial only for Missouri, with no obvious concern for the citizenry of Arkansas or any other bordering state. We ask, no we demand, that same level of cooperation and respect be given to Missouri and its citizens,” the Commissioners’ letter continues. “We pray you set aside Judge Griffin’s
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SWEPCO quizzes Eureka residents in phone survey By Kristal Kuykendall
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EUREKA SPRINGS — Southwestern Electric Power Co. and its parent company, American Electric Power, have infuriated Eureka Springs-area residents and power-line opponents over the past week or two as the utility conducted a telephone survey about its proposed 345 kV transmission line here. The survey, which has been completed according to SWEPCO spokesman Peter Main, asked those who answered the phone call about their opinions of the proposed power lines, and the survey included questions about their knowledge of and opinions of “opposition” messages, presumably referring to vocal opposition group Save The Ozarks. STO co-founder Doug Stowe of Eureka Springs hadn’t been contacted for the survey as of Monday, but he was offended by it nonetheless on behalf of his neighbors who had been, he wrote in an email to the Citizen. “The very idea of SWEPCO finally de-
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ciding to conduct a public opinion poll on their ill-conceived Shipe Road to Kings River power-line project is amazing. Where were they in July during the public hearing in Eureka Springs while hundreds of people patiently and respectfully waited their turns to speak? During two full days of testimony residents and business owners unanimously opposed SWEPCO’s plans and pleaded for common sense,” Stowe said. “Just in case they weren’t listening during two days of public hearings, and as they chose to ignore resolutions in opposition (to the power lines) by the Carroll County
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Quorum Court and City Councils in Eureka Springs and other local communities, they hired a company to conduct a telephone survey,” he continued. “I regard this as insult upon injury. ...” The survey included the following questions, according to Stowe, who said he received them from a Facebook friend who was contacted: • Do you think without these lines you will have interruption of service or pay rates that are too high? • Will the lines have an impact on tourism?
• Will the proposed route affect scenic views? • Do you agree or disagree with the opposing group saying the lines will affect your health? • Do you believe it is bad for the environment? • Will it affect your property? • What do you know of this project? • How much education do you have? • Did you learn of the opposition message through flyers, newspapers, social media, or radio? SWEPCO’s spokesman said the survey was conducted so that the utility could gauge awareness and understanding across northern Arkansas and southern Missouri now that the Arkansas Public Service Commission Judge Connie Griffin has issued her ruling recommending that the commission approve Route 109 for the new mega-power line. “With the ruling that the line is needed, a route selected and regulatory review to be obtained in Missouri, SWEPCO is continuing its efforts to complete the project as identified by the Southwest Power Pool to ensure future electric system reliability in the region,” Main told the Citizen this week. Main said he had “no additional details” when asked how many residents were contacted for the survey, what company conducted the survey, and in which areas the survey was conducted. He also declined to answer questions about the longevity of the survey and the exact contents of the survey. Stowe said he and other supporters of Save The Ozarks are holding firm in their opposition to the project, and that SWEPCO’s intrusive tactics are only fueling the fight. “It is my hope that SWEPCO’s telephone survey finally enables them to hear what we’ve been trying to tell them since April,” Stowe said. “We don’t want their monstrous power line, and we will fight with all our strength to keep it from coming through here.” ••• Editor’s note: Were you contacted by SWEPCO for this survey? If so, we want to hear from you. Send us an email at the address above.
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Local woman files complaint against SWEPCO with FERC By Catherine Krummey
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Eureka Springs resident Martha Peine has filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission alleging that American Electric Power subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. improperly charged its customers for thousands of dollars the company spent in lobbying, advertising, charitable contributions and other non-transmission expenditures — totaling $92,511. In her complaint, Peine has asked FERC to grant her formal challenge and order AEP to refund expenses “wrongly passed on to ratepayers.” “I found AEP improperly charged ratepayers for many items, like monitoring the Turk Plant construction,” Peine said. “It’s my understanding that Arkansas ratepayers are not supposed to pay Turk Plant construction costs.” Ratepayers affected by the alleged misspent $92,511 are in portions of Arkansas and the other eight states in the Southwest Power Pool’s nine-state region. “FERC has the power to make SWEPCO repay its ratepayers for any misuse of funds,” Pat Costner, director and co-founder of Save the Ozarks, told the Citizen. According to Peine, if the challenge is granted, a hearing would be scheduled – in Washington, D.C. – where SWEPCO would have the opportunity to justify its expenditures. While SWEPCO has 30 days from Peine’s complaint – filed on Jan. 22 – to produce an answer to the charges, there is no time limit on FERC deciding whether to hold a hearing. “I just have to wait and see what happens,” Peine said. Peine started to review SWEPCO’s finances last August, and she filed a prelim-
inary challenge with AEP in December. “I thought there were unresolved issues,” she said of the preliminary challenge and her reasoning for filing a formal complaint with FERC. The preliminary challenge is included in Peine’s filing with FERC, which is available to read online at http://www. LovelyCitizen.com/files/peine-ferc.pdf. AEP and SWEPCO have already acknowledged more than $16,000 in wrongful charges as a result of Peine’s efforts and have made provisions to credit ratepayers for that amount. The $92,511 is on top of that and includes expenses such as a $3,230 private flight to Little Rock for SWEPCO President Venita McCellon-Allen to attend a luncheon honoring Collette Honorable, chairman of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, and a meeting with Sen. Harrelson. Other corporate expenses incorrectly charged to ratepayers, according to Peine, include the tab for lunch with Larry Smith, mayor of Cave Springs, and others in November 2012 while presenting a large check to the Illinois River Watershed Partnership for the development of a 30acre watershed sanctuary at Cave Springs. Smith later gave testimony before the APSC supporting SWEPCO’s application to construct the 345 kV transmission line from the Shipe Road station to the Kings River station. “Martha’s work shows that investor-owned utilities like AEP/SWEPCO need stronger oversight and Arkansas ratepayers need stronger protection,” Pat Costner, director of Save the Ozarks, said in a statement. “Forty states have an agency designated by state law to represent the interests of utility consumers before state and federal regulators and in the courts. Why not Arkansas?”
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Parent says school partly to blame for bullying incident By Kathryn Lucariello
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EUREKA SPRINGS – In a recent incident that occurred Jan. 15 resulting in the suspension of three Eureka Springs High School basketball players, a parent of one of the students said the school was partly to blame. The parent said he was coming forward to talk to the newspaper because of an editorial in last week’s Citizen that made it sound like the incident was entirely the fault of the students. The parent, whose name is being withheld at his request, is contending that the school violated its own transportation policy and is refusing to acknowledge its responsibility. According to the parent, who spoke with the newspaper on condition his name be withheld, the incident occurred on a bus trip the team took to play against Mountainburg. It involved three male basketball players bullying a fellow student. On Friday of that week, the students participated in Homecoming activities, but on Monday, the three male players were suspended and barred from further athletic activities for the year. Last week, high school principal Kathryn Lavender refused to answer questions about the incident, as did Superintendent David Kellogg. The parent said he is not exactly clear what happened during the incident, which took place on the two-anda-half-hour bus ride. He said there were two buses going to the away-game, and that the first had left two hours earlier than the second, on which the incident occurred. He said there were two coaches on the first bus, but no teachers or coaches on the second bus, and it had both boys and girls on the bus. “I had a meeting with Lavender and she’s telling me about all these charges with this or that, and then I’m thinking, how does this happen?” the parent said. “Is the teacher sleeping? Does the coach have on headphones?” He said Lavender did not answer when asked these questions aloud, and he told her, “Are you kidding me? You allowed these kids to go on a two-hour
bus ride with no supervision?” ride,” the parent said. “It only happened acknowledged this kind of thing canThe parent said he learned this has because the school neglected to follow not happen again. But even though the happened at least three or four times their own rules. Then they try to sweep suspension was reduced from 10 to six this year, according it under the rug. I’m days, not allowing the players back on to students, in violanot trying to cover the team for the rest of the year stands “I don’t condone bullying, tion of the school’s up what these kids because of Arkansas Athletic Associaown rules. did. You don’t get tion rules that dictate any athlete susbut it wouldn’t have hapAccording to the pened if they had had some bullying in the mid- pended is barred from participating in school district’s poldle of the classroom sports or other extracurricular activities icy for bus trans- adult supervision on the bus because there’s a under its purview for the rest of the ride. It only happened portation, Section 5, teacher right there. year. covering the use of The parent said he and other parents You don’t have it in because the school buses on athletic/acthe middle of a bas- are planning to appeal to the school neglected to follow their ademic trips, “There ketball game. The board, but “the damage is done.” own rules. Then they try to must be one or more “The team has lost valuable players. places were bullying sweep it under the rug. ...” teachers on the bus is are where parents We’re going to be hosting the regionfor the entire trip” and teachers aren’t. al tournaments. We could have made it – Parent of suspended student and “classroom conMy argument is that to state. This was not 100 percent their duct is to be mainthis could have been fault. I asked Mr. Kellogg, and he said tained at all times stopped before it that’s the rules and we have to abide by except for common conversation.” them. I said okay, you’re going to pick started.” The same document states that “EuHe said after the incident, both the and choose which rules you’re going reka Springs School has a zero toler- boys’ and girls’ basketball teams sat to follow? The kids have to follow the ance policy for bullying” and cites state down with coaches, apologized and rules, but you don’t?” code AR 6-18-514 as amended by Act 1437 of 2005. “I’m not condoning what these kids did on the bus, but they’re going to get crazy,” the father said. “You don’t stick 14- to 17-year-old hormone-driven kids on a trip with no teachers or coaches on the bus. It’s not the bus driver’s responsibility to watch 30 teenagers on a Moffitt & Phillips represents landowners across Arkansas two-and-a-half-hour bus ride. I heard facing the threat of Eminent Domain. Let our experience and the girls were getting up and going back proven results work for you to ensure you get every dollar of and sitting with the boys. I don’t even want to think what else might have hapJust Compensation guaranteed by the Constitution. And we pened.” don’t get paid unless we secure more money for you than He added, “This could have been reoffered by SWEPCO. For more information and to see how ally bad. What if one these kids had a medical emergency, and the bus driver we have helped other landowners just like you, please visit is trying to take an exit and get to a hosour website below or call toll free (888) 443-2056. pital? He can’t take care of the kid.” The parent said his request to view the recorded tape of the bus trip was denied by Lavender, even though the transportation policy states, “Parents or guardians with a principal will be allowed to view the segment of tape pertaining to a problem concerning their child.” “I don’t condone bullying, but it wouldn’t have happened if they had had some adult supervision on the bus
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Eureka native thought to be one of two killed in Berryville house fire By Lovely County Citizen Staff BERRYVILLE — Authorities have confirmed that a house fire on Monday, Jan. 27 at the intersection of U.S. Highway 62 and Arkansas Highway 143 is to blame for two deaths, and one of the victims may have been a Eureka Springs native. Daniel Cody Middleton, in his early 30s, was known to reside at the home that burned. Family members told Citizen staff that they had been notified by authorities that he had perished in the blaze, but Sheriff Bob Grudek has thus far declined to release the names of the deceased. “We have an arson specialist out there trying to determine the cause of the fire,” Grudek said. “And just to be cautious, we have sent the two bodies to the State Crime Lab to determine how they died.” The fire completely destroyed the home, owned by Dale Woods, who had rented it. The Berryville Fire Department was called to the scene around 11:30 Monday night, and emergency crews were still on the scene into the late morning hours, investigating what happened. The fire department turned the scene over to the Sheriff’s Office for investigation at approximately 4 a.m., said Scott Jackson of the BFD. As it is an open investigation, authorities have had no comment on the fire.
PHOTO BY DAVID BELL Investigators and family members sift through the charred remains of the house at U.S. Highway 62 and Arkansas Highway 143, which burned last week. Two bodies were recovered after the blaze, and although authorities haven’t yet released the names of the deceased, it is believed that one of the victims was Daniel Cody Middleton of Eureka Springs.
“It did a number on the house,” Jacckson said. “It was pretty involved by the time the fire department arrived. The house has a brick outside and brick interior so there is a portion of the structure still there.” The sheriff has since said that the CCSO will not release any additional informa-
tion until they are notified by the State Police or the arson investigator with any new information. The CCSO is conducting a routine crime scene investigation that they would do for any incident with fatalities and no witnesses, said Grudek. State Police officials are still working to determine the causes of death and the
cause of the fire. “We did send an investigator out there to assist local authorities,” said Fire Marshal Captain Lindsey Williams of the Arkansas State Police. “We were strictly an assisting agency, so anything we do would be reported to the local law enforcement agency.”
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EAST student project one of three state finalists for upcoming solar energy competition By Kathryn Lucariello
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EUREKA SPRINGS – The Eureka Springs High School EAST lab is one of three in the state whose solar project was selected as a finalist in the 2014 ASSET Initiative Solar Design Competition, which will be held at the EAST Initiative Conference in Hot Springs March Matthew Sharp 19-21. During the fall 2013 semester, students from EAST classrooms across Arkansas submitted proposals to create a functional, model project and explain how the design can benefit their community. The device(s) had to be solar-powered, and students were encouraged to use whatever form of technology was necessary to complete their designs, including 3D design software. It was senior high school student Matthew Sharp’s proposal that was selected. At the suggestion of former EAST lab teacher Warren Utsler, Sharp designed a solar oven and submitted it to the contest. Proposals were judged and ranked by a panel of engineers, designers and educators. “This is a truly important opportunity for Matthew, who wants to go into the engineering software design field and will hopefully get him recognition and a scholarship,” said Utsler. “He will get to work with an engineering technology company in Little Rock.” “I’m pretty happy about it,” Sharp said. He said another student will accompany and work with him at the competition, but up until this point, the design has been his alone. He has built other things on computer for people, he said. Sharp has been in the EAST program all four years of high school. The finalists will be awarded a stipend to travel to the EAST conference in March to
build their design prototype onsite through a new partnership with QU-BD, a 3D printer company headquartered in Little Rock. The two-person student teams will have one day to build their designs with the help of designers and engineers, using the 3D printing technologies and other applicable tools. “We are very excited to be able to provide this opportunity to our students to gain experience with 21st-century skills that are transferable into today’s job market,” said Marta Collier, Education Outreach Director for the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority’s ASSET Initiative. “This is our third year of offering this competition as one of the outreach projects of our National Science Foundation EPSCoR project aimed at recruiting more students into the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pipeline.”
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Editorial Winter: When Nature says ‘Up yours’
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xhausted as we all are by the punishment we’ve been getting from Old Man Winter, we decided to tool around online on a few reference sites and see what the influential voices of the present and past have had to say about the coldest season of the year. What we found was commiserating, inspiring, refreshing, and at times hilarious. Our list begins with a poem that a local resident wrote in January 1977 while living on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Benton Harbor, Mich. Julie Euler says this is the first winter she’s experienced in 14 years that’s reminded her of the bitter Michigan winter of 1977. Go figure! P.s.: Whomever has been praying for snow, PLEASE STOP! Thanks from the Citizen staff :) “This Winter brazen face slapping laughing at our indignation It stays Its will wanton hurling down the snow then picking it up to dance Its face mocking inciting silent crystal sculpture to riot in scorn
This Winter gigantic ice aging casting down our frozen lots It wins.” — Julie Euler ••• “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” — Edith Sitwell ••• “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” — Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America ••• “Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.” — Yoko Ono ••• “A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn’t mean in winter.” — Patricia Briggs, Dragon Blood ••• “Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.” — Gustave Flaubert ••• “She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.” – A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young “A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” – Carl Reiner ••• See Editorial, page 20
Citizen of the Week The Citizen’s distribution guru Dewayne Richards is our Citizen of the Week this week. (Though, we must point out, we received several worthy nominations, but this one came in first. The other nominations appear in our Citizen Forum on the facing page.) Richards is one of the most positive and pleasant people we know, and although we don’t see much of him because his moving business and his distribution work for us keep him busy outside the office, we do love to see his smilin’ mug. We were not surprised when Marsha Havens of Eureka Thyme sent us the following email message, indicating that Richards had gone above and beyond the neighborly call of duty to rescue her: “When the snow started Sunday, I took it for granted I’d have a few minutes to get out of the downtown area before it became slick and impassable,” Havens wrote. “I was wrong. Not being able to get out from Spring Street or Planer Hill, I parked in the bank parking lot and called my neighbor, Dewayne
Richards. He came down and rescued me, picking up another neighbor on the way. After bringing me home, he went back downtown to help others in need. “D-Wayne” is always willing to help friends and strangers alike. I’ve known him almost 20 years and can’t count the times he’s volunteered his time and expertise. What a wonderful example he sets for us all!”
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What do
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Citizen Opinion by Margo Elliott
How would you react if you got a survey call from SWEPCO regarding its power-line proposal?
Send your opinions to Citizen, P.O., Box 679, Eureka Springs, AR 72632, fax to (479) 253-0080 or e-mail to: citizen.editor@yahoo.com
Editorial Policy The opinions on the Editorial page are our opinions. The opinions on the Forum pages are your opinions. All forum entries must be signed and verifiable. We reserve the right to edit submissions.
Another hero in the snow
Lisa Dawn
Larry Foster “EagleD”
“Eureka Psychic” I feel I don’t have The people and the Spirits of the land tell me that the power-line proposal is not a good idea. We need to keep our environment as natural and safe as possible.
Kristina Keck “Grandma’s Helper”
I don’t live here, so I’d tell my 90-year old-grandmother to say No Way! No Way!
enough information about the whole thing to answer a survey, because I try to be thorough and would want to know all sides.
Carol White
“Cowgirl Judy”
Caller ID is wonderful!
Hillary Fogerty
“Professor Girl”
“SWEPCO has failed to consider environmental and social impact of their plans, demonstrating a cavalier Char Cato attitude toward the “ObamaCare very communities Contact” they profess to They need to face serve. I cannot in up to the reality trust any proposal that the powerline they make, nor project is bad and will impact this area support any expansion of power lines in ways that they through Ozarkan will never realize communities.” until it’s too late.
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There are good Samaritans in Eureka Springs! On Sunday, Feb. 2, when the storm closed in rather quickly, I was having great difficulty driving down Planer Hill. A young man came to assist my distressful situation. He drove my car to a safe area, down the hill, and then dropped me off, as requested, at the nearest motel. He went back to the car to secure it and retrieve my forgotten cell phone. Monday morning, he returned and moved the car to a safer location. Imagine my surprise when he called me that afternoon to make sure I had arrived home safely! A huge thank you to Jonathan Zovak, a fine young man, who has shown us what Eurekans are like. — Janet Rose Holiday Island
Second Citizen of the Week named I would like to nominate Bobby Thurman Sr. as Citizen of the Week! On Sunday, my wife, Bethany, our 1-year-old son, Chandler and I drove to Eureka Springs to work at our church, and midway through service it started to snow very hard but we thought we’d be fine to drive home. We took Highway 62, which is just a lot of windy, hilly road, and made it past the turn off for Lake Leatherwood before we were forced to turn around because we could not make it up the hill. We then decided to try Highway 23 because it’s a little straighter. However, past our church
we made a sharp turn in front of the First Assembly of God church and there were two cars stopped on the road talking to each other; we slowed down but it was steep and our car slid off the road and landed almost entirely on its passenger side. Miraculously we hit some brush that kept us from rolling down the hill. To my surprise, I got out calmly and helped Beth out and got Chandler out. Then — and this is where I’m stunned — someone from our church was there to help us get inside the AG church to stay warm. Once inside, I met a man who went to church there named Bobby Thurman, and he told me that he had a hotel that was not being used and he wanted me and my family to stay there for free for the night and he’d take me to my car in the morning. This man and his wife, Carol, bought us lunch, put us in a suite for the night, brought us snacks and breakfast and offered to pay for the wrecker (but I beat him to it, or else he would have I’m sure). He even offered to drive us back to Rogers if need be. All this said, this man encompassed the Good Samaritan. He’s a Eureka native and he is everything that is right with Eureka Springs. If he doesn’t deserve the title of Citizen of the Week, I don’t know who does. He owns the Candlewick Inn and helps operate Nelson’s Funeral Home (also known as the Chapel of the Ozarks). Although this incredibly humble man would tell you he was just doing what God would want, my family is grateful for his help and to God for putting him in our way! — Douglas Nall Rogers
Citizen Survey
LAST WEEK’S QUESTION
How would you react if you got a survey call from SWEPCO regarding its power-line proposal? m I would tell them to jump in the lake. m I would listen to their questions and then tell them I am wholly opposed to their project here. m I wouldn answer their questions fairly and honestly as much as I could.
m Live, at concerts in large venues with huge light shows.: 2.6% (1 vote) m Live, at shows in smaller, intimate venues.: 50.0% (19 votes) m Blaring my favorite albums from my stereo speakers.: 31.6% (12 votes) m I’m not really into music that much, I just don’t get it.: 15.8% (6 votes)
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What is your favorite way to listen to music?
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Mid-Winter Hometown Jam set for Feb. 15 The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce will host the Third Annual Mid-Winter Hometown Jam at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 in The Auditorium in downtown Eureka. The event will feature seven of the area’s top local bands on the “big stage”: The Ariels, The Sarah Hughes Band, Josh Jennings Band, The Medicine Man Show, SX Rex, Kevin Riddle and Springbilly. These groups perform in various local venues, at festivals and at special events throughout the year and collectively will offer a full evening of rock ‘n’ roll, country and rhythm-and-blues music. Each band will perform a 20-minute set before they all join together for a jam session finale, which was a popular highlight of last year’s show.
“Eureka Springs is one of the best live music cities in the state,” said Mike Bishop, President/CEO of the Chamber and an entertainer himself. “We have such a variety of entertainment venues, clubs, theaters, festivals, and of course The City Auditorium that feature live music. To compliment that, we are home to an abundance of gifted singers, musicians, entertainers and groups. The Jam is a way to increase awareness and promote the continuation of live music, as well as recognize some of the area’s best.” Tickets are $12 at the door with children under 12 admitted free. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center in the Village at Pine Mountain for only $10. For more information call 479-253-8737.
Rotary names Student of Month The Eureka Springs Rotary Club Student of the Month for December 2013 is Sara Baker. Sara’s parents are Jack and Tammy Baker. Sara, a senior at Eureka Springs High School, maintains a 3.43 GPA, while working and volunteering in addition to going to school. Sara has received the Renaissance Award and has been a member of Future Business Leaders of America for four years. She is president of the Health Occupation Students of America and is also a member of Skills USA and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Sara plays basketball and soccer, runs track and is a member of the Eureka Springs High School Band. She also is wellschooled in first aid and CPR. Sara’s hobbies are sports, cooking and making things out of wood, clay and glass. She enjoys art, swimming, volunteering and hiking, and she helps out at the Grassy Knob Fire Station on occasion. In addition to her hobbies and school, Sara has been employed at Brighton Ridge Nursing Home for three years as a Dietary Aide. She enjoys being able to help and take care of people. Sara says she enjoys talking to people who just need someone to talk to. After graduation, she plans to go to college to study to be a radiologist or a respiratory therapist.
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Photos by Chip Ford
Eureka Springs Senior Boys vs. Mountainburg
Above left: Dalton Kesner as he tosses up a jumpshot. Above center: Ryan Sanchez knocks a Dragon out of his way for 2 points. Above right: Reggie Sanchez, taking lessons from his brother Ryan, plows through a Dragon defender in the post. Below left: Jake McClung rises from the court floor with possesion of a loose ball. Below center: Mathew McClung takes flight during a breakaway. Below right: Dylan Lawrence holds on tight as a Dragon defender blocks his attempts at scoring. The heated game concluded with a wrenching loss for the Highlanders, 75-72.
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It makes for pretty pictures... Rylee Kay Ford welcomes the snowfall on Sunday afternoon.
Robin Barner clears the parking area at Booze Brothers on Monday.
An AHTD worker plows through a section of Hwy. 62 midday Monday.
A Westie named Baby enjoys her morning walk Tuesday amid the snow and ice.
Downtown Eureka Springs looks picturesque early Tuesday morning.
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... but is it ever going to end? Leonard Clark with JJ Wrecker hooks up Chou Chou’s Subaru from its stuck position at the botton of Fuller Street.
Gene Pike treks his way down Highway 62 early Tuesday.
Benton Street was closed Sunday for all but the bravest of sledders.
A Durango got stuck on Hwy. 23N just outside Holiday Island on Monday, leaving its backside sticking out in the road.
Lamont Richie does some downtown sightseeing in the snow on Monday.
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Eureka Springs Senior Girls vs. Mountainburg
Above left: Taylor Little goes up for 2. Above: Haley Comstock fights for the tipoff. Above right: Corinna Green muscles through a Dragon defender. At left: Thalia Ortega struggles for control of a rebound. At right: Hayden Mayfield moves the ball down court during the game on Friday night.
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The Wisdom of the Hands
Teacher crafts lessons in wood By Jennifer Jackson
JJackson.Citizen@gmail.com
The jawbone’s connected to the headbone. The headbone’s connected to the body block. The body block’s connected to the tail bone, the arm bones and the leg bones. Making a model T-Rex is the current project that Clear Spring School elementary students are doing in wood shop. But for teacher Doug Stowe, it’s about making the connection between knowing how to do something and doing it. Stowe is a nationally-known woodworker and author who lives in Eureka Springs. In November, he received the 2013 Fiske Award from the Northeast Woodworking Association, delivering the Fiske Memorial Lecture at the ceremony in Saratoga, New York. His subject: why hands-on learning is important. “It gives you a different common sense about reality that allows you to interpret things in a more real manner,” he said. “In early education, everything should come from the hands.” The Fiske Lecture is presented each year in honor of Milan Fiske, a founder of the Northeast Woodworking Association, one of the largest woodworking clubs in the United States. Stowe’s connection: several years ago, he was asked to be a judge at the club’s Showcase, where he met member Herman Finkbeiner. Finkbeiner invited Stowe to lunch, and began talking about fingerspitzengefuhl, the German term for knowledge that’s at the tips of your fingers. Stowe told Finkbeiner about Wisdom of the Hands, the wood shop program he started at Clear Spring School. The theory behind the program: education should be a combination of knowledge you learn with your own hands and knowledge imparted by others, Stowe said. And what you learn with your hands is the ultimate reality. “If you build a steam engine and it doesn’t blow up, then there’s some truth to it,” Stowe said. “Reality has a way of
proving or disproving human conjecture.” In Finland, tactile learning is extended from kindergarten through elementary school through woodworking classes in a program called Educational Sloyde, Stowe said, sloyde meaning skilled or handy. He also likes the series of toys that Friedrich Froebel, the originator of kindergarten, designed for free play, and is thinking of writing a book on the subject. Consisting of wooden blocks and balls, the toys, which can be used by children as young as three months, promote math skills (adding and subtracting), building and the pattern creation, which develops aesthetic sense. “Frank Lloyd Wright got his start building with Froebel blocks,” Stowe said. Artist Paul Klee and designer Charles Eames also played with Frobel’s Gifts, said to be Albert Einstein’s favorite toy. And Buckminster Fuller’s interest in domes started with building with peas and sticks, a proto-version of Tinker Toys, Stowe said. Stowe started the Wisdom of the Hands classes for Clear Spring high school students in 2001, and has developed a threeyear cycle of wood-working projects for first, second and third graders. Once a week, they travel from the school campus in Dairy Hollow to the wood shop, located in the school’s former location, a building on the west side of town. There, Stowe and shop assistant Greg Goodman have helped students make models of covered wagons while learning about westward expansion, lizards during a study of Australia, etc. “It reinforces what they are studying in class,” Stowe said. The students also make pencil boxes and other storage boxes for their classrooms, handmade wooden boxes being Stowe’s signature. They also do creative projects of their own design, and every Christmas, make wooden toys that are distributed to children through the food bank. “This year, they made about 100 cars and trucks,” Stowe said.
Photo by Jennifer Jackson
Hadley, a Clear Spring third-grader, drills holes in her dinosaur’s jaw where the teeth will go.
Being engaged in creating something useful and beautiful develops integrity and character in children, according to Educational Sloyd, Stowe said. It’s also a bridge that connects home and school. “Back in the 19th century, woodworking was a part of every kid’s education,” Stowe said. Woodworking also teaches math, spatial visualization and economy – for the dinosaur project, which Stowe designed, the parts are cut from one piece of wood. The students must also learn to identify 42 types of tools, including four kinds of hammers, four types of drills and five saws. “They have to tell me what they need or I can’t help them with their creative project,” Stowe said. “Understanding the
nomenclature is important in everything you do.” Stowe said that learning is the most natural of human functions, and that a child’s natural inclination is to be engaged in learning and building. Making things with your hands also covers a range of learning styles. “Give kids the creative opportunity and the tools, and they will learn,” he said. Stowe is the author of seven books on woodworking and offers box-making classes through Eureka Springs School of the Arts. For more information, go to www.ESSA-ART.org. For more information about Wisdom of the Hands, go to http://wisdomofhands. blogspot.com. Stowe’s website is dougstowe.com.
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Village View
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Alison By Sandra TaylorSynar Brown
Take a Beat
ccording to my friend with the PhD in drama, in the theatre, a beat is a change in focus or direction. My actor friend says it is, “a convenient chunk for rehearsal, usually quite small. One exchange, or a stage movement, even a breath. A beat is an action, is an objective, is an obstacle.” In a written story, a beat serves these same purposes. It is used during scenes with dialogue to take a quick pause from the talking. Beats are a great vehicle to convey to the reader which character is speaking. When you insert a beat, you don’t have to say, “he said.” For example: Tom swept his hair back with both hands. “I don’t know what to do.” The beat is Tom swept his hair back with both hands. Because we see Tom, we know that he is the one who then speaks. But beats have a far greater purpose than just to show who’s speaking. Despite its micro size, a beat is a very important element, and it should be as carefully written as any other section of narration. Added together, across the wide canvas of a book-length work, beats can convey a lot of information to the reader about your characters, plot, setting, mood and even symbolism. In preparation for the Village Writing School’s workshop on Dialogue and Setting, which was held last Saturday and will be offered again on February 15, I put together a list of some of the many ways that beats can be used. I’ve never seen such a list anywhere else, and if you have a story written, how about reviewing your sections of dialogue to see if you can insert some beats, perhaps in a new and different way, to enrich your scenes and to deepen the reader’s understanding? ACTION: This is probably the most
common use of a beat. We see the character use some body language or take some action. These should not be random but should show something about the character’s nature or state of mind or emphasize the dialogue (unless your character is lying, and then his body could contradict what he says). Michael tapped the ledgers. “We’ll use the tithes collected for Rome.” SETTING: Long passages of discription are no longer in fashion. Modern readers want to get on to the action. So how can we make our settings rich and vivid? By using beats. Michael looked across the cloister garden where the peasants lay sleeping in shapeless lumps. “I find no justice in anarchy.” NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION: Again, we don’t have the luxury of writing a long description of a character’s every characteristic. But we can drop these in and the reader accumulates a body of knowledge about the character without realizing it. “Yes, Prior. The pamphlets are everywhere.” Brother Caedmon did not know German and spoke classical Latin with an English accent. “The peasants cannot read them, but they wave them like little flags.” ADVANCE PLOT: We teach that every word of dialogue should show character or advance the plot. A beat can also be used to clue the reader to the developing situation. Michael listened to the approaching drum. “Take the reliquaries to the crypt.” EMOTION: While being careful to include some sensory detail, you can drop emotion into a beat. Anger flashed in Michael’s head and it began to ache. “You make bold to judge me, Müller.” INTERIOR MONOLOGUE: I find in-
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Alison Taylor-Brown has an MFA in Fiction and a lifetime of teaching experience from preschool to university levels. She directs The Village Writing School, whose mission is to foster the development of area writers through workshops, writers’ circles, and coaching. Her column, Village View, appears weekly. To talk to Alison about your writing goals and dreams, contact her at alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479 292-3665.
terior monologue to be rarely used by beginning writers, and it’s a wonderful vehicle for making your readers care about the character. “How can we feed them?” Dear God, would this night never end? “We must send the wagons to Freiburg.” METAPHOR or SYMBOL: Even symbols and allusions can be conveyed in a beat. In this example, Michael’s monastic vows have begun to suffocate him. The gesture portrayed in this beat symbolizes his need to let a breath of fresh air in to his stultified life. Michael slid his fingers under the fold of the cowl where it grated on his sweaty neck. “Open the gate.” Beats are just one aspect of writing dialogue that rocks. Our workshop on February 15 will teach you many others. Register online at VillageWritingSchool. com or contact me at alisontaylorbrown@ me.com or 479 292-3665.
The elegant use of beats is the mark of an accomplished writer. You should use this powerful tool to deepen the reader’s engagment in your scenes and to move your story forward.
All Creative Writing Workshops at the Village Writing School will be
FREE
to High School Students in 2014.
Fantasy Stories Welcome!!
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The Village Writing School Do you know what a morphic field is? Can it be making you tired? Afraid? Shiva Shanti draws upon his fascination with the power of sound, which is really only vibrating energy, to explore a deeper power. He encourages us to plug into more positive energy fields.
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Thought!
hile checking out my items at Wal-Mart the other day, the checker said she was exhausted and nothing could help her situation. “It must be my genes,” she said. The customer in front of me suggested the five-hour energy drink. “That stuff doesn’t even faze me.” I noted that the checker had just given her subconscious four commands to keep her uncomfortable situation in place: 1. I’m Exhausted 2. Nothing Helps 3. Must be my genes 4. Five-hour energy drink doesn’t even faze me. How many times a day does this woman repeats these instructions? Probably hundreds? The cause of her suffering is not obvious to her but it is hidden in the seemingly innocent small talk that everyone accepts as normal human behavior. The simplest thought has the same potential—or even more—creative power than a complex thought, because we think they are innocent and harmless. The subconscious mind never sleeps. It is always recording all sensory input and every thought word and action. The job of the subconscious mind is to create from the stored records in its memory. It runs the body and follows your instructions explicitly over time. A human’s dominant thoughts are of separation, that we are all separate individuals competing for survival. The assumption is that we are bodies experiencing physical life here on planet earth with some connection to a more subtle energy. But the physical is manifested from thought, not the other way round. Bodies without consciousness are just dead meat. All things vibrate at their resonant frequency; in fact every cell in our body vibrates according to its specific function. Everything in nature vibrates at a different frequency. A rock has a different frequency than a tree. An eye cell has a higher frequency than a liver cell. Like notes on a piano, everything has a part to play in the symphony of life. Our consciousness is determined by what dimen-
sion of awareness we are vibrating in. Our vibrating frequency is determined first by our thoughts, then our words and actions. When two or more humans have the same or similar thought, there is the possibility that a separate entity is created known as a thought form, sometimes called a morphic field. These thought forms are created by groups of individuals plugging into a thought with similar emotional energy. Fear is the predominate emotion that creates these forms. Of course other emotions can create thought forms as well. Thought forms actually take on an identity and energy of their own. They can be positive or negative in nature. The larger the group of participants, the more powerful the morphic field can be. All it takes to plug into a morphic field is to entertain a similar emotional thought. A lady in northern California had to drive to work across the long Bay Bridge each day. She had made this trip every day for years without any problem. On this particular day, as she approached the entrance to the bridge, she became frightened and overwhelmed with fear. She was so afraid that she could not enter the bridge and pulled over and stopped. She was petrified and totally dysfunctional. She did not go to work that day but sought the help of a therapist. Lucky for her, this therapist knew about thought forms. In their session, she was asked what had happened during the days leading up to the fear of bridges. The only thing that the lady could remember was a break-in in her neighborhood. She had attended a meeting with the neighbors to discuss how to keep the neighborhood safe from burglars. The therapist identified this as the trigger because the meeting was based on fear. This collective fear was strong enough to plug into an existing larger thought form, and the woman participated in the collective massive fear that was generated. When she approached the familiar bridge the next day, fear took over and paralyzed her. That’s the
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To support our local writers, the Lovely County Citizen is providing space each week to showcase a student of The Village Writing School. For more information, email alisontaylorbrown@me.com or call (479) 292-3665
This Week’s Writer Shiva Shanti After a career in the music industry, Shiva Shanti moved to a house on Beaver Lake. His memoir explores the impact that sound has had on his spiritual journey.
power and potential of a thought form or morphic field. Thinking is what human beings have in common; we all participate in thought. The act of thinking ties us all together on levels we seldom entertain. Thinking brings us together and also causes conflict pain and separation. We are but a thought! Without thought we do not exist! Realize this, and fear of the
future will disappear. So it’s all up to you, the reader. Practice presence, being fully present in each moment. Refine your thinking process, or better yet learn to stop thinking. Be brave, and step off the endless cycle of ups and downs created by thought. Practice the art of being; it’s an excellent choice. It’s actually quite simple: Change your thoughts, change your life.
Everything You Need to Write a Beautiful Book 2014 Writing Craft Core Curriculum
February 6 - Feature Writing Rebecca Mahoney (RebeccaMahoney.com) 3-5 p.m. $20 February 15 – Dialogue and Setting What to Say How to Say it Setting - More than a Place Setting - Friend or Foe? The Four Elements to Research How to Research February 22 or March 15 – The Word & the Sentence Diction Sound Devices The Sentence Figurative Language Types of Phrases Style
March 1 or April 19 – Subtext, High Events, Closing Below the Surface of Story, Plot, Context Implicit Narrative Weaving the Dramatic & the Subtle Two Mistakes with High Events Endings can Culminate or Imply Continuation Ending Literal or From Afar? March 22, 2014 & May or June TBA – Self-Editing From First Draft to Finished Manuscript in 15 Steps Reviewing and Applying all the Writer’s Tools May 3 Short Stories with Pat Carr (patcarrbooks.com)
Unless otherwise noted, all workshops are 9-4 and are $45. Register online at VillageWritingSchool.com For more information, contact alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479 292-3665. Follow Village Writing School on FB.
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Calendar of Events Feb. 7-9: First Responder Conference
Eureka Springs Fire and EMS is proud to once again host the annual Midwest First Responder Conference. This conference is a special three-day event designed for those who serve in any fire and EMS response capacity. The event runs Feb. 7 through 9 at the Eureka Springs Conference Center at 207 W. Van Buren. Don’t forget to ask about the Midwest First Responder Conference to get the conference rate at the conference hotel, the Best Western In of the Ozarks. Conference registration fee is $25 and T-shirts are $10. Anyone can print the registration form and mail it the Eureka Springs Fire Department. Please keep in mind that the cost increases to $35 after Feb. 15. The cost of the shirt is $15 on conference day. For more information, please see our website: http:// www.eurekaspringsfire.org/2014-midwest-first-responder-conference.html.
Feb. 7: Drumming classes at Senior Center
HealthRYTHMS drumming classes are starting at the Carroll County Senior Activity Center. Come join for this exciting new wellness program that has been proven to reduce stress, improve mood and enhance the immune system. No musical experience or talent is required. Classes will be held every Friday at 1 p.m., beginning Feb. 7
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at the Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center: 202 West Madison Avenue, Berryville, AR 72616. The class, for residents 60 and older, is offered free of charge. Call 870-4233265 for more information.
Feb. 10: Blood Drive in Holiday Island
Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will host a blood drive on Monday, Feb. 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Island Elks Lodge at 4 Parkcliff Drive in the Park on Hwy. 23 North. Bring photo identification, and eat well and drink plenty of fluids prior to coming. Free cholesterol screening for all donors.
Feb. 13: Ham Radio Club
The Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, Feb. 13 at noon at the Eureka Springs Pizza Hut, 2048 E. Van Buren, Eureka Springs, for our monthly lunch and meeting. Anyone with an interest in Amateur Radio is welcome. For additional information Contact gmj@ bscsystems.com.
Feb. 15: Chili Cook-Off
On Saturday, Feb. 15, the United Methodist Church of Blue Eye will hold a community-wide chili cookoff with prizes awarded for best chili, Judge’s Choice and People’s Choice. Entrants, who do not have to pay a fee to enter but do have to register in advance, should bring a crockpot full of their favorite chili to the rear entrance of the church at 6328 E State Highway 86 (5.6 miles west of U.S. 65). Entrants should arrive between 11:30 and 11:45. Judging begins at 11:45, and at noon, lunch will be served to the public. Fritos, crackers, cheese, onions, desserts and beverages will be provided; tickets for the chili luncheon are just $3 at the door. To register your chili entry, call 417-779-5677 by Feb. 8 and leave a detailed message with your information.
Feb. 15: Chocolate Lovers’ Festival
The 10th Annual Chocolate Lovers’ Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center in Eureka Springs. This festival is a chocolate lovers dream. Admission is $12 for ages seven and older and $6 for younger children.The proceeds from the festival will be shared with area school students and non-profits. For information on advertising, participating or attending, contact Suzanne Kline or Toni Rose at the Chamber of Commerce at 479-253-8737. Local businesses are encouraged to purchase a booth and use the space to promote their business and merchandise.
Feb. 15 & 22: Organic Gardening Class
Local master gardener Mariellen Griffith will be teaching an Organic Gardening Class at the North Arkansas College in Berryville on Feb. 15 and 22 from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $39. Organic gardening represents a commitment to a sustainable system of living in harmony with nature by following the essential principles in soil building and conservation, pest management and heirloom preservation. Call 870-3913100 for more information.
Feb. 20: Ham Radio Club
The Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will hold its evening meeting on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the physicians building at the Mercy Hospital, Berryville. Anyone with an interest in Amateur Radio is welcome. Refreshments will be available. For more information contact gmj@bscsystems.com.
March 7: Military Ball
Holiday Island’s Pendergrass Rose American Legion Post 36 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 77 are sponsoring their 5th Annual Military Ball, “Honor-
ing Our Military Heritage” at the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa on March 7. Cocktail hour will be from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Conservatory, with dinner seating beginning at 6 in the Crystal Ballroom Dining Room. Dinner will be a double entrée of beef and salmon. A cash bar will be available during the cocktail hour and dinner/dance. The University of Arkansas Air Force ROTC will post the Colors and provide a POW/MIA ceremony honoring our Prisoners of War and Missing in Action. Dancing will follow the program and dinner, with music provided by Don Naas. Everyone is invited to attend, regardless of Veteran status. Attire is Mess Dress, Formal or Business. Special Room Rates are available at the Crescent Hotel for Military Ball attendees. Tickets, at a cost of $37.50 each, may be obtained by calling Dean Lahm at 479-253-5912 or Don Naas at 479-253-7473. Reservations are required by Feb. 15.
March 15: Honorary Survivor Walk
David Stidham, also known as Mile Walker, is planning a “walk” dedicated to cancer survivors beginning at 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, with an alternate date of March 22. The walk will begin at Grandview Baptist Church on to Highway 62 toward Eureka Springs, with a return walk back to the church. David is seeking supporters for his walk. If you would like to sponsor David financially, you can contact him at 870-423-4548 or 870-480-2496. All funds collected go to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
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Al-Anon Family Group meetings (coffee served) are held behind the Land ‘O Nod Inn on Sundays at 11:30 a.m., and Mondays and Tuesdays at 7 p.m., and Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 479-363-9495. Anyone dealing with or recovering from alcoholism – themselves or family members – is invited to attend.
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The Natural Way Learning to think, and eat, green
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he first time I tried wheat grass juice I thought I was drinking lawn clippings. Jim Fain The scent rapidly reduced me to an awkward teenager struggling to push the Sarlo mower through grass that was growing at least an inch an hour. Or so it seemed as the sweet smell of chlorophyll permeated my nose. I hated cutting the lawn back then. I also hated vegetables, especially the green ones in those days. How time changes. It turns out that wheat grass was pretty good for health. Plants are like that especially the green ones. There are many to be found in a vitamin store in the absence of fresh produce. Green Barley grass, Spirolina, Chlorella and Blue-Green algae are common monikers of healthful yet a little strange sounding supplements. These can be found in any form, from tablets to powder. I think the most interesting is the powdered formula products that often have dozens of ingredients including the ones I’ve listed as well as herb blends, enzymes, vegetable blends, fruit blends, mushroom blends and probiotics. This is like a one stop supplement, that is so easy, it’ll remind you of a drive through restaurant. People, most often add this powder to a drink base like juice, water or drink mixed into a smoothie. A big benefit of doing it this way is that you don’t have to swallow even a single pill and you can flavor it with anything you like. A greens powder is a for sure way to get the benefit of those pesky green vegetables without gagging on a lima bean for instance. All are very high in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, many, from whole food sources. Some will contain wheat and soy. Some products are strictly vegetarian while others may not be, so keep an eye on the label. These are green or blue-green foods that can easily ensure you and your family get the daily benefit of a wide range of nature’s healers. When I add the greens powder to yogurt I don’t even remember cutting the lawn as a kid. I’m glad for that little bit of grace.
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Wisecrack Zodiac Aries: Forget cherries; life is like a big bowl of peanuts and shellfish, and both make you swell up like a party balloon. If you insist on grabbing the gusto, grab a few epi pens along with it. Taurus: It’s a long, hard road ahead, but you’ll need more than stamina or determination. Check eBay for lightly used inflatable donuts, because this trip will be tough on the tushie. Gemini: If someone gives you the stinkeye, a blast of Febreeze in the face usually clears it right up. Of course, there will be lawsuits, medical bills and paperwork, but that one moment will be worth it. Cancer: In every life some rain must fall, but no one said anything about snow. Don’t even try to use a smile for an umbrella, just whip out a scowl for a snow shovel and get your grump on. Leo: You’re facing some hurdles that you just can’t jump. Do more than just think outside the box; stack those boxes up and you’ll skip merrily across any obstacles. Take a bow afterwards, because some jaws will drop. Virgo: Just because someone tries to pee in your Post Toasties doesn’t mean you should stand there and hold the bowl. Cover your breakfast and sic your leg-humping dog on them; that will definitely interrupt their stream of thought. Libra: Hold on to your dreams this Saturday. They could get away from you, and you’ll need to compare fingerprints to claim them again. Maybe next time you should have your dreams chipped so they are easier to follow. Scorpio: If you do see a bright spot this week, don’t panic. You’re not having a stroke, it’s just that things are finally looking up for you. Take it easy, because the shock of a better life could be too much to bear. Sagittarius: Every journey begins with a single step, unless you stay in and Skype. You can follow
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your path without going outside, and stay within easy reach of nachos and beer. Capricorn: An unexamined life collects plenty of dirt and grime, and you haven’t given yours a second look in quite a while. Grab a scrub brush and do some navel-gazing; it’s time to go after those lint monsters. Aquarius: The universe puts on a great show, you just need to find the right theater. Pay attention, because the cosmic jokes alone are worth the
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price of admission and you’ll have some zingers for the next cocktail party. Pisces: When karma gives you a cookie, you always check the underside for extras. Don’t worry, this time there are no strings attached. Enjoy the rare taste of success, even if it’s oatmeal raisin instead of chocolate chip. Answers on page 26
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Lively Entertainment By Kristal Kuykendall
Chelsea’s hosts first-ever Beach Party, complete with live Surf-Rock, contests
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n Friday night, Chelsea’s Corner Cafe & Bar and its patrons will step back in time for a Beach Party-themed Surf Rock bash, with live surf-rock – originals and covers – provided by a new group of local musicians. Calling themselves Billabong Waters, the group consists of Skinny Gypsies bassist Alan Vennes, Centerfuze lead guitarist Kevin White, Centerfuze drummer Jake Seymour, and electric guitarist Jimmy Smith. “We talked about learning some surfrock songs last year for Centerfuze, then it just grew into having a whole surf show,” Seymour told the Citizen this week. “No one has ever done anything like this at Chelsea’s.”
The foursome has been performing at Chelsea’s annual “Prom Party” every February for awhile, but this year they’re doing this instead. “We’ve decided to change it up a little bit,” Seymour said.” I’d say so. The group will play all instrumental surf-rock dance tunes, including mostly covers and a few originals written by band members. They’ll be covering well-known surf-rock greats like The Ventures, Link Wray, and Dick Dale, among others. The Beach Party show wouldn’t be complete without a beehive (hairdo) contest, a Limbo contest and a Twist (dancing) contest, all of which will be held throughout the evening. Prizes will be awarded and there will be no entry
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Beaver council considers what to do with RV park By Kathryn Lucariello
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BEAVER – At a special meeting Jan. 28, the Beaver town council delayed approval of its RV Park budget for 2014, pending a discussion of what to do with the park this year. “My preference is not to deal with the park tonight,” said Mayor Ann Shoffit, following a recommendation by Attorney Bill Hill that the park have its own budget because it was included in the last audit. Shoffit said she did not want to do a line-by-line budget until a decision about the park has been made. Financial statements for 2013 show the park lost $9,600. Utilities alone cost $4,600, some of which accrued even while the park was closed to camping, starting in August, for the rest of the season because of flooding. Hill said the town has subsidized the park with $10,000 cash in the past, which it can legally do. Clarifying by phone later her request that council delay the park budget, Shoffit said, “It will be open, we just don’t know in what capacity. We’ve had to deal with flooding three times. We’ve lost money on it over the last five years.” Terrible floods that inundated the park, causing damage to campsites, electrical hookups, structures and landscaping, began in 2008, causing the town to close the park to camping before season’s end or not open it all. Doing so has hurt business, Shoffit said. “In the years prior to the 2008 flood, the park supported itself. In the years since the ‘08 flood, we’ve had so little business it has lost money. The town does subsidize it, but we need to look at it.” She said she and her husband, Roger, have lived in their house at the edge of the park since 1989. “When the park is full and going, it’s fun. There were regular people who came every year that we enjoyed seeing, but we lost all that due to the floods.”
In recent years, in order to reduce costs, the park banned sewage hookups at campsites, only allowing use of the dump station, and took out the flush toilets in the shower building. There is no septic field in the park because it is too close to the lake, so sewage has to be pumped regularly and is costly. Shoffit said she will ask for a meeting of town members involved with park operations to discuss options. That will include the last park board members Chris Lester, Roger Shoffit and Eric Torgerson and others who have been closely involved with its operation, including alderman Debbie Lester. “At the very least, we’d keep it open for day use and boat launching,” Shoffit said. “We just don’t know about camping.” The council will hold a special meeting to approve the park budget, Shoffit said. The council approved the 2014 town budget, with some changes and clarification. Last year’s figures showed around $20,000 in income, mostly from tax distributions from the county, municipal distributions, street turnback funds and post office rent. Expenses ran around $8,000, leaving a net profit of $12,000. Total assets and liability as of the end of 2013 stood at around $160,000. In other business, the council: • Tabled a request by Chris Lester to purchase an old golf cart, which he said needed the engine replaced. He said even if he owns it he will continue to use it for his park landscaping and cleanup duties. Hill recommended the town research its value and cost of repair. “If you discover it has no value, you can abandon it. You need to document your choice for later on [for the auditor].” • Confirmed that the historic wooden railroad trestle at the end of the Beaver Walking Trail had been completely swept away in the flood coming from Butler Creek in August 2013, with only two pieces of timber found by a local resident.
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Main Street Arkansas honors Eureka Springs LITTLE ROCK — People and projects in 10 Arkansas communities, including Eureka Springs, were honored Jan. 29 with Main Street Arkansas Awards, Main Street Arkansas Director Greg Phillips announced today. Main Street Arkansas is a program of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. The Eureka Springs Downtown Network (ESDN) won the Best Creative Fundraising Event Award for its Cocktails for a Cause, in which ESDN holds a fundraiser on the third Thursday of each month at a local pub, and an entry fee and a portion of drink sales goes to a local nonprofit organi-
zation. The pub and nonprofit each change every month. ESDN also won the Best New Event Award for its Party in the Park, in which shopping vouchers are distributed at the many parades held in Eureka Springs every year to encourage visitors to stay downtown and shop after the parades end. The Main Street Arkansas awards are presented biannually to recognize outstanding achievements by individuals, organizations and communities in helping to revitalize their downtown areas. The Main Street Arkansas Advisory Board selects the winners. The awards were presented at the annual conference of the Arkansas Municipal League in Rogers.
‘What is karst and why does it matter?’
Save The Ozarks presents expert speaker
The public is invited to “The Hole Story: Caves, Springs, and Protecting Groundwater,” hosted by SWEPCO opposition group Save The Ozarks on Thursday, Feb. 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. What is karst and why does it matter? If you live in the Ozarks, karst is the limestone rock that your house is probably built upon, that your well was drilled through, and that is intimately connected to the environmental quality of this area. Tom Aley, a hydrologist and geologist who has extensive experience in the Ozarks region, will present a free program at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center about the fragile nature of karst geology that underlies much of the Ozarks. Aley was one of STO’s expert witnesses during the August SWEPCO power-line hearings before the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Aley is the founder and president of the Ozark Underground Laboratory. He has
spent over 50 years in the professional study of holes in the earth and their interactions with human activities on the surface of the land. While he has worked all over the United States with some work in exotic foreign places, many of his investigations have been in the Ozarks. He holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and has professional credentials in groundwater hydrology, geology, and forestry. He has pioneered groundwater tracing with fluorescent dyes. Groundwater is a valuable, but easily contaminated, resource in the Ozarks. Aley will explain why this is the case and how we can better protect our caves, springs, and groundwater. Anyone who has an interest in watershed issues or how our groundwater systems may be impacted by SWEPCO’s proposed 345 kV transmission lines is especially invited to attend this can’t-miss program.
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Pet of the Week
Editorial
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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” – Anne Bradstreet, The Works of Anne Bradstreet ••• “Winter is nature’s way of saying, ‘Up yours.’” — Robert Byrne ••• “That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away,
Georgia came to us as a kitten along with her mother and other siblings. She is very playful and cuddly. Georgia loves to bat at balls and toy mice and also enjoys catnip every now and then. She has been spayed and is current on her vaccinations. Gigi, her mother, was adopted last week. Georgia and her brother Gordy are still waiting for that forever home. For more information, call the Good Shepherd Humane Society Animal Shelter at 479-253-9188 or stop by the shelter on Highway 62 East in Eureka Springs. Shelter hours are noon to 5 p.m. daily except Wednesdays.
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Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire Consumed with that which it was nourish’d by. This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long.” — William Shakespeare
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down the key, but the money is a civil issue. 7:09 p.m. — ADT reported an alarm at local business. Officer responded and checked area; all secure. Jan. 30 6:41 p.m. — Officers were told to be on the lookout for an intoxicated driver headed south on Arkansas Highway 23. 11:54 p.m. — Routine traffic stop at Harmon Park resulted in DWI arrest. Jan. 31 3:43 a.m. — Caller from Cliff Street reported water leak on German Alley. Officer notified public works who resolved the issue. 10:04 a.m. — Caller from Spring Street reported a breaking or entering. 9:05 p.m. — CCSO advised police of an unruly patient at local nursing home. Officer responded and assisted emergency medical services. 11:02 p.m. — Routine traffic stop at Eureka Plumbing resulted in arrest for driving on a suspended license. 1:19 a.m. — Caller from Pivot Rock Road made noise compliant. Officer responded and advised party to keep it down. Feb. 1 2:14 p.m. — Local hotel guest reported that their wallet was missing or stolen. Officer responded and took report. 8:27 p.m. — Caller from Spring Street reported stolen vehicle, but later found it. Don’t you hate it when you forget where you parked?
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9:12 p.m. — Officer transported prisoner from Rogers to Eureka Springs. 11:29 p.m. — Caller from Main Street reported his vehicle stolen and said he has been all through downtown looking for it. Officer responded, found the car at Eureka Live, notified caller and advised him not to drive. I guess being forgetful about parking is more common than we thought. Feb. 2 12:40 a.m. — Police were dispatched to look for subject involved with a domestic abuse complaint. Officer found subject, returned subject’s girlfriend’s car keys and took a report. 11:25 a.m. — Officer filed report on two vehicle accident outside of Legends Saloon. 12:26 p.m. — Caller reported vehicle accident on Spring Street with no injuries. Officer took report. There was a lot of slipping and sliding going on with Sunday’s snow. 12:51 p.m. — Caller reported a three-vehicle accident by Gavioli Chapel. Officer responded, discovered it was one car and took report. Someone’s vision was blurred. 1:35 p.m. — CCSO reported a accident in the city park. Officer responded and advised CCSO it happened in the county. 6:02 p.m. — Police were notified of an alarm at Dollar General. Officer responded and checked area; all secure. Feb. 3 3:30 a.m. — Caller from Main Street reported a friend cutting their wrist. Officer responded and determined friend was fine and took a report.
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may eventually be successful, the APSC will be forced to reconsider the remaining five routes – and ultimately choose one of them, with Route 109 approval in Missouri a virtual impossibility. This affects every one of the hundreds of western Carroll County residents who live on or near one of the five routes, because it means everyone, once again, is at risk equally. Save The Ozarks leaders and members already on Monday night were pleading with SWEPCO opponents and local residents to remember that SWEPCO’s tactics have been to try to “divide and conquer,” and that the opposition argument should remain focused on the fact that the power-line project is not needed at all, anywhere, and that the entire project should be rejected. At an STO informational meeting last Thursday, the opposition group’s co-founder, Pat Costner, urged residents to remain vigilant in their fight against the project and to keep sticking together as a united front against all the routes. She also thanked the two dozen or so Missouri residents who attended the meeting held at The Auditorium. Several of the Missourians said they were shocked at Griffin’s ruling, considering that Missouri landowners along Route 109 have still never been notified by SWEPCO, that Route 109 has all along been SWEPCO’s least-preferred route, and that it is unprecedented for a non-public utility to construct a power line through Missouri — especially when it serves no customers in that state. One of the McDonald County Commissioners that signed the letter of protest, John Bunch, told the Joplin Globe last week that Griffin’s decision is “totally unacceptable.” “We were told that Route 109 was completely off the board, and we took their word for it,” Bunch said in the Globe article dated Jan. 25. “Missouri receives absolutely not one single kilowatt from this. No one in the state of Missouri was informed of this. There were no public hearings here.” Additionally, Missouri opponents pointed to other issues with the route: namely, Route 109 is within the known breeding range of the federally endangered Indiana bat, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation.
During the APSC hearings in August, AEP’s Brian Johnson, testifying on behalf of SWEPCO, said Route 109 presents special challenges and an unprecedented regulatory process because it crosses a state line. “The likely regulatory delays and complications that arise from the line route in Missouri are of substantial concern,” Johnson said. WHAT’S NEXT Any entity seeking approval to build power facilities in Missouri must obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity from the MPSC; SWEPCO had not yet applied for that nor had it filed a notice of intent to file or anything else for that matter, a MPSC spokesman said Monday. Main at SWEPCO said the utility is making plans to start the regulatory application process in Missouri. Once the notice of intent has been filed, SWEPCO then has 60 days to file its application with the MPSC; then the commission would set a deadline for intervening parties to participate and potentially set dates for public hearings. Missouri law does not specify how long the commission has to issue a ruling on SWEPCO’s application, but once it it does rule, the commission’s decision can be appealed in court, much like in Arkansas. Meanwhile, in Arkansas, the APSC commissioners, under statute, must issue their final ruling by Feb. 17. They may accept Griffin’s ruling, alter it or decline it altogether and choose a completely separate route, or they may choose some combination of the different routes, officials have said. Feb. 17 also is the deadline for intervenors such as Save The Ozarks to apply for a re-hearing with the APSC. STO is planning to do so and its leaders say they believe that because of inconsistencies and omissions in written and oral testimony – particularly regarding the Environmental Impact Study – approval for a re-hearing is a strong possibility. Once the commission issues its final ruling, opponents have 30 days to petition the Arkansas Court of Appeals to review the ruling. The likely deadline for that petition is March 17, said Costner with STO. A decision from the Court of Appeals would likely come by this fall. If opponents still are unhappy with the ruling, it can then be appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court, the final decision-makers in cases such as these.
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Repairing a water main break
At AT&T, nothing is more important than taking care of our customers. A message from External Affairs Manager Cathy Foraker In response to consumer requests for better wireless coverage, connectivity and data capacity in northwest Carroll County, AT&T has proposed building a cell tower in the Busch community. The new tower will improve reliability, performance and coverage in the area for residents, businesses and tourists.
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Just before 4 a.m. on Friday a large water main line ruptured beneath Cliff Street. Public Works was on scene within the hour, but not before the water found its way down the hillside and flooded (curb-to-curb) North Main Street and several houses along the way. Five Public Works employees located the break, dug a massive pit around it, cut out the bad section, chiseled away limestone to make room for two couplings and installed them — all before the end of the day.
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Cedar home w/ guest house on 8.29 (+/-) acres, pond, beautiful mtn. views & land. The home features large open rooms, geothermalheat,gen- REDUCED erator, large windows, 2-car garage, 1-car carport, detached 3-car carport w/storage, guest house w/kitchenette, bath. POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING. $395,000.
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Lovingly m a i n tained lake house offers the best for full time or vacation living. Spacious open floor plan in the living/dining area opens onto the back deck w/hot tub. Bedrooms on either side of living space provides privacy for owners & guests. Tons of storage space including 2 ~ 2 car garages. MOVE IN READY! Call today for your private showing. $247,500.
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This updated and well maintained condo offers a care free lifestyle to the discerning purchaser. FAB lake views from your private deck compliments that outdoor lifestyle. Great area offering all the amenities of Holiday Island. Close to marina, swimming, golf courses, hiking trails, shopping, and just minutes to historic downtown Eureka. A chance to enjoy home ownership without the hassles. $59,900.
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The perfect marriage of home & lake. This geo Dome Home & fab guest house are nestled on pristinely landscaped grounds & gardens with million dollar views. Multi leveled decks surround this home, and invite the Ozarks into your living areas. The home has been immaculately maintained with attention to detail and quality. Amenities too numerous to list. $299,000.
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Lovingly maintained 3 Bed / 2 bath Victorian home boasts natural sunlight glistens off the original 1 1/2” oak flooring of the main level, high ceilings, stained glass accents, beautiful woodwork, large windows, off street parking. $210,000.
8 Main Street Lots !!! Beautiful commercial lots located between Planner Hill and downtown Eureka shopping. The heavy foot & road traffic make this an ideal location for a commercial business. $349,000.
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1,240 sq ft 1800’s shotgun-style farmhouse on 1 acre offers end of road privacy. Double parlor, covered porches and old barn. Open garden area. Minutes to downtown. $124,000.
Fantastic open floor plan accented with attention to quality & detail compliments this home with entertainment areas on the main & lower levels. The double decks offer you private views for your outdoor living pleasure. Custom kitchen, formal dining room, 4 bedrooms & much much more are but a few or the amenities offered to you. This MUST SEE home offers not just an address but a true Ozark lifestyle. $219,900. For a private showing call Al Hooks.
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Beautiful cedar sided home nestled on 1 acre in Beaverview estates. Sip into sunset admiring fantastic views from your deck. This well maintained home host 4 bedrooms, upper and lower entertainment areas, a charming sun room, refurbished kitchen, and many more amenities. The home comes with a private boat slip in a community dock for your boating pleasure. $255,000. For a private showing call Al Hooks.
Single family 2,250 sq ft home with finished downstairs boasts 4 Bedroom , 2 & 1/2 baths, 2 kitchens, 2 covered decks, 2 living areas - one with gas log fireplace and Jacuzzi tub. $139,900.
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27 Ridgeway 2-13-14 • 1 - 3 PM Beautiful 3/2 Federal style home offers charm & appeal with its landscaped yard, ample living space, basement and off street parking right off of the Historic Loop. Call me for a Showing TODAY! $242,000.
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you! This building boasts a prime retail location PLUS a nightly unit (with separate entrance) on 2nd floor. Off-street parking, balcony in front & back with views. A great opportunity to have a home & business. $490,500.
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Fabulous 3 story 5,000 sq ft home on mountain top ridge near Blue Springs Resort. Stunning river & mountain views abound. Great privacy factor on 1.72 (+,-) acres. Minutes to historic downtown Eureka Springs. This 3+bed/ 4 bath, 3 car garage home has too many amenities to list. $439,000.
This cleared 3.96 acre property comes with a beautifully maintained 3 bed / 2 bath home, separate garage w/ electric, gas, water, a well house & bonus building. 4th room in home used as office but can be bedroom. Nearby school bus stop, stores, amenities. Minutes to downtown Eureka. Don’t miss this one! $121,000.
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Fabulously restored 8,528 sq ft historic 2 story landmark building w/basement. Presently home of unique shop on main floor and balconied living quarters upstairs both hosting approximately 3000 sq. feet each. Located in historic downtown on Main St. flanked by parking on 3 sides. This rare totally restored piece of history has amenities galore $859,000.
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AWE INSPIRING LAKE VIEWS from every room of this 4 bedroom 3.5 bath custom built home, open floor plan, 2 living areas, workshop & more. Boat slip included. $469,900.
CHERYL COLBERT 479.981.6249 eurekaspringsrealtor.com – cjceureka@yahoo.com
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