Highlanders’ season over
Must Love Dogs Couple opens pet shop on Spring in honor of pet’s memory
Setback to Hector at regionals ends the year
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Parade of Fun
Eureka at its most colorful for Mardi Gras celebrations n Pages 14-15
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n Great American
returning to Eureka walk is scheduled
Clean Up coming
Catherine Reed says she’s ready to come home
Activists plan to walk downtown ‘in peace’
Push lasts till May 31; April 22 is ESDN’s day
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11:41 a.m. – The sheriff’s office reported a 911 hang-up from Swiss-themed lodge. Officers responded; everything was OK. 11:57 a.m. – Caller from a local hardware store reported an elderly man who may be having an heart attack. The caller also helped the man to his car, but said they did not think he should have been driving. (Then why help him to the car? Here’s the keys, but don’t drive, please!) Officer located the vehicle and found the man was OK. 2:20 p.m. – Carroll County Sheriff’s Office reported a vehicle hit a tree near a local motel going approximately 90 mph. The car reportedly rolled and then continued driving eastbound on U.S. Highway 62. Officers located the vehicle and cited the driver, who refused medical treatment. Both the driver and the officers said the same thing of the damaged tree: “Nailed it!” Seriously, if he was really going 90, hit a tree and rolled his car, seems like the driver would be dead, or at least seriously injured. Is there a SuperSee Dispatch, page 23
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Changing Keys Longtime musician returns to Eureka By Jennifer Jackson
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Catherine Reed had her first hit song at age two. The studio crew were her parents. They recorded her singing “Tom Dooley” on a tape recorder. “I just did the chorus,” she said. “I didn’t know any of the verses.” Reed has now recorded five CDs, played keyboard on the country dance hall circuit, and sung at hundreds of weddings during the 15 years she lived in Eureka Springs. She moved to Colorado three years ago, but has returned, and will make her comeback performance Sunday at “We’ve Got Talent” showcase at the Auditorium. “I missed Eureka so much,” Reed said. “I had to come back.” Reed was born in Houston, where her parents had an educational recording company, taping conversations with anthropologist Ashley Montagu, historian Samuel Eliot Morrison and other leaders in their fields. With recording equipment around, they were always putting a microphone in her face, she said. She was a natural performer. “They put instruments in front of me and I played them,” she said. She also developed her musical talents at Camp Mystic, the summer camp in Kerrville, Texas, which also had a rodeo where she competed in barrel racing. She perfected her horsemanship skills when she went to live on her grandfather’s cattle ranch in West Texas after her parents died. “I learned everything about working cattle from the ground up, including branding and cutting,” she said. Reed left the ranch to go to college in Austin, then moved to San Antonio to study music. A big shift in her career occurred when she went from a solo performer to a keyboard player for a band that played the country dance hall circuit. “We played all the Willie Nelson hangouts,” she said. After playing hundreds of gigs, she burned out of life on the road, and ended up in Joplin, Mo., playing six nights a week at The Paint Stallion. She built her own
house in Rogers, then in 1995, sold the house and moved to a house on five acres near Beaver, north of Eureka Springs. In addition to playing at the Basin Park balcony, she played more than 700 weddings at the Crescent and Basin Park hotels and worked as an EMT for the Eureka Springs Fire Department. In 2005, she bought 10 acres near Berryville and built a house on the property. Reed kept the property when her spouse got a job offer in Colorado. Based in the town of Conifer, Reed continued her music career, playing at charitable events, wineries and festivals. During the three years they were there, they had to evacuate their home twice, Reed said, which entailed packing up five dogs and two goats and well as crates of personal records. “There was eight months of winter and four months of fire season,” Reed said. They moved back to the Berryville property last October. Reed is now in the process of building a garage and getting back into the music scene. She plays jazz, rock and pop as well as country standards, everything from Hank Williams to Keith Urban. Another shift in her career focus --- incorporating more current songs into her repertoire. “I’m skimming the top off the Grammy awards,” Reed said. Reed will be performing three songs at the Auditorium Sunday -- “Brand New Key” by Melanie, followed by Ed Sheeran’s “The A Team,” and Train’s “Calling All Angels.” The second song speaks to pitfalls facing teenagers, the third a rising threat to children. Having a message in the music is something Reed feels a responsibility to include in songs she performs and composes. She also puts a lot of time into preparing songs on her request list, because that’s what makes people happy. “I want to give some relief to people because the world is so fast and tense, “she said. “I want to give them a place to rest.” Reed just returned from playing at the Florence, Oregon, folk festival, where she received the People’s Choice award. She records at Winterwood Studios.
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Catherine Reed has recorded five albums, played keyboard on the country dance hall ciircuit and sung at hundreds of weddings when she lived in Eureka previously.
“We’ve Got Talent” is a benefit showcasing professional and talented young musicians. Preshow starts at 2:10 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, at the Eureka Springs Auditorium. Concert at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students at the
door, which opens at 1 p.m. Sponsored by the Carroll County Music Group as a fundraiser for summer music camp scholarships for Carroll County youth. For information: contact Mary Dolce (marydol5@aol.com).
From Beethoven to Barbershop They’ve got talent, and we get to see it By Jennifer Jackson
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“We’ve Got Talent” is not a talent show, but a showcase of professional musicians and talented music students who donate their time to this annual fundraiser. The show, on Sunday, March 9, at the Auditorium, kicks off at 2:10 p.m. with a jazz pre-show by the Jeff Gray Trio -- Gray on trumpet, Ron Summer on bass and James Greeson, head of the University of Arkansas School of Music, on guitar. Greeson won the “Best Score” Indie at the Eureka Springs Independent Film Festival. The concert at 2:30 p.m. features The Ozarks Chorale, Russian pianist Tatyana Hetzer playing Beethoven, Mozart and
Andrew Lloyd Webber; singer/songwriters Catherine Reed and Nick Rorick, and the Barbershop Guys. Pianist/composer Ellen Stephenson will play a one-piano, four-handed duet with Diana Brown. The showcase, a fundraiser for music scholarships, presents 20 different styles of music in a fast-paced rotation, organizers say. John Two-Hawks will close the show, which is being coordinated by Jim Swiggart, former Opera in the Ozarks director. “We’ve Got Talent” is organized by the Carroll County Music Group to raise money for music camp scholarships for Carroll County youth. Tickets at the door are $10 for adults, $5 for youth. Contact Mary Dolce at (479) 253-4939 for more information.
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‘Open carry gun walk’ scheduled here Act 746 advocates plan to gather in Eureka Springs on March 29
there are no laws prohibiting it, but a hand- main group,” Gary Epperson, creator of Pagun is a different classification of weapon. triots of Act 746, stated in correspondence. A group of advocates for the open carry Northwest 746 is affiliated with the Pa- “We are not a protest group, however with gun laws have planned to equip themselves triots of Act 746, said group member Ja- Attorney General McDaniel completely with a sidearm enjoy and a normal day of nis-Marie Horsley. The group believes that avoiding the entire changes in the law, we dining and shopping in the city on Saturday, the 2013 ArkansasAct 746 allows citizens were not going to allow the state to use bully March 29. who legally own a firearm to openly carry tactics to suppress the legislator’s intent.” “It is not a march, it is not a demonstra- it as well. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin Mction,” said Marti Suchsland, event organizHorsley classified Daniel wrote a legal er. “We are there for an open carry walk three different terms opinion stating his inand to educate people. We will be eating for carrying firearms. terpretation of the re“People carry their lunch in Eureka Springs and then do some The first is constituweapons in secure holsters, cent act did not permit shopping and just carrying on like normal tional carry, meaning open carry. and they are never taken out people.” that anyone who can “I do not interpret of their holsters, unless of The group, Northwest 746, plans to meet own a gun can carry it Act 746 as authorizing near Basin Park and walk around the city, openly or concealed. so-called open carry,” course there is an incident but they will not enter any building or place The second is open carMcDaniel wrote. “It and that has not happened that prohibits carrying firearms, such as ry, meaning – with a liis my opinion that Act yet, and we don’t want that government buildings or private businesses cense – anyone can car746 does not itself perwith warning signs, Suchsland said. to happen.” ry a handgun openly or mit a person to possess “People carry their weapons in secure concealed. The third is a handgun outside of – Marti Suchsland holsters, and they are never taken out of concealed carry, meanhis or her vehicle or their holsters, unless of course there is an ing only licensed carother mode of transporincident and that has not happened yet, and riers can legally carry tation while on a jourwe don’t want that to happen,” she said. their weapons secreted on their person. She ney outside his or her county of residence.” She also said she has gotten permission also said she would prefer a constitutional He continued to write that the act allows from Eureka Springs police and that law carry law, though her group advocates for people to carry weapons in their vehicles enforcement officers often accompany the an open carry. when on the legal definition of a journey, group on their walks. Suchsland has been on three of the orga- which is a trip outside of a person’s county Police Chief Earl Hyatt said he has heard nization’s 30 open carry or constitutional of residence. It also changes the mental state of the group and their intentions, but did carry walks, and they have had no incidents, required to support a conviction for carrying not know any hard details on their plans. she said. Their first walk was in Fort Smith a weapon. The weapon carrier must have the He added that he does not believe carrying and their next one is scheduled for Saturday, intent to use the weapon illegally if they are a handgun is a punishable offense, unless March 1 in Fayetteville. to be convicted of any crime for carrying it. someone commits a crime with it, or has “As people were added across the state, However, others have different interprethe intent to do so. 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ArtRageous Parade moves Earth Day schedule announced to an evening start time By Jennifer Jackson
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The annual ArtRageous Parade, which kicks off May Festival of the Arts, will be evening parade this year, starting at 6 p.m. on May 3. May Festival of the Arts is a month-long celebration of Eureka Springs’ arts community. This year’s theme is ArtRageous Eureka. Artist Barbara Kennedy of Sweet Spring Studio has been chosen to create the 2014 May Festival of the Arts poster. Highlights of the 2014 schedule include the White Street Art Walk on May 16 and Books in Bloom, a literary garden party at the Crescent Hotel, on May 18. Master Potters of Northwest Arkansas are holding a show the first weekend in May at the Space. Gallery Strolls will be held every Saturday. Concerts include the Ozarks Chorale Spring Concert on May 10 and John Two-
Hawks’ Mother’s Day Concert on May 11. The North Main Art & Music Fest, May 24 and 25, features music at the North Main park. ArtRageous Parade entries – floats, decorated vehicles, walkers (human and animal) and groups – are encouraged to sign up for the May 3 parade, which is free to enter. Applications are available at http://www. lovelycitizen.com/files/artrageous-paradeapp-2014.jpg. Participants are ask to fill out an entry form, available online or at the City Advertising and Promotion Commission office, as early as possible to help organizers plan the parade line-up. To add an event to the festival calendar, call 479-244-6636. The May Festival of the Arts is a project of the Arts Council of the City of Eureka Springs.
Artrageous May Festival Schedule
April 26 May 1
May 1-2 May 2-4 May 3 May 8 May 9
May 10 May 11
May 16 May 17 May 18 May 22 May 24 May 25
Barbara Kennedy, May Festival of the Arts Poster signing 1 to 4 p.m., 6 to 9 p.m. Taste of Art - DeVito’s. Edward Robison Reception 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Form and Space: Master potters of NW Ark. Show and Sale, The Space, Spring St. Opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. Show and Sale: Friday, 2 to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. War Eagle Craft Show
ArtRageous Parade, 6 p.m. After parade to 9 p.m.: Gallery Stroll Bank on Art reception
Diana Harvey Art Show at Gallery 83
Gallery Stroll 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ozark Choral Spring concert 7:30 p.m. Auditorium Spring Arts and Crafts Show, Pine Mountain Village 8 a.m. -5 p.m. John Two-Hawks Mother’s Day Concert, 2 p.m., Auditorium White Street Art Walk, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Gallery Stroll, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Books in Bloom, Crescent Hotel Bank on Art Reception
Gallery Stroll, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. North Main Art & Music Fest
North Main Music Park: Music in the park
May 29-30 Berryville High School Choir, The Auditorium May 31
Gallery Stroll, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Rhythm House Dance, The Auditorium
Plans for an all-city, all day celebration for Earth Day on April are starting to firm up, with the following tentative schedule released by Main Street/ Eureka Springs Downtown Network. ESDN is coordinating the celebration with the participation of the Mayor’s Office, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Trails and Springs committees, the Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce, Preservation Society, and Farmers Market, local schools and businesses. The focus of the annual City-wide Clean-Up this year are First Street, Main Street, East Highway 62 and Basin Spring Park Trail. Registration for volunteers, trash bags and Keep Arkansas Beautiful T-shirts will be available at Pine Mountain Village from 8 a.m. to noon, and at Basin Park from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The preliminary schedule (subject to change): 8 a.m. to noon: Eureka Springs
Farmers Market and tours of Recycling Bus, Pine Mountain Village 9 a.m.: Celebrate the Springs Procession, starting at Crescent Spring gazebo 10 a.m.: Tree planting and seed sowing, Eureka Springs Elementary School 10:30 a.m.: Photo at Stair Step Gardens to commemorate the clean-up of the gardens by the Art Wall, above the courthouse and Tibbs Alley. 11 a.m.: Celebrate the Springs Walk sponsored by the Eureka Springs Springs Committee 11 a.m. to noon: Basin Spring Park Trail Clean-up, sponsored by the Eureka Springs Trail Committee Noon to 2 p.m.: Clean-up celebration lunch provided by local banks, the Eureka Springs Farmers Market, volunteers and vendors, with live music courtesy of the Downtown Network. Noon to 3 p.m.: Earth Day informaSee Earth Day, page 16
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Long-time fishing volunteer shoots the starting gun on Roaring River’s season
Photo by Chip Ford
Leo Steinbrecher has been fishing at Roaring River State Park for 40 years; this year he had the honor of shooting the starting gun to open the season.
Born March 5, 1921, Steinbrecher was drafted into the Army in 1941 and spent “I’ll be almost 93 on opening day,” said four years, serving in North Africa and ItaLeo Steinbrecher of Roaring River State ly during World War II. He was part of the Park’s fishing season, D-Day invasion. In which opened last a 2011 interview, he Saturday. “I’ve been said he was “the first “I’m originally from St. fishing all my life.” one to hit the beach in Steinbrecher had Italy,” where he said Louis, but I wore out many the honor of shooting he was “shot pointa car coming down here. I the starting gun to blank, but somehow started fishing [at Roaring open the season at the the shooter missed.” River] over 40 years ago.” park, located in Eagle After his discharge Rock, Mo. in 1945, Steinbrech– Leo Steinbrecher “I’m originally er had a career with from St. Louis, but I the government as an wore out many a car operations engineer coming down here,” he said. “I started at the Army records office in St. Louis, fishing [at Roaring River] over 40 years where he stayed until retirement at age 62. ago.” The Steinbrechers had been coming to Steinbrecher was also a volunteer for lakes in this area to fish for years and ofKids’ Fishing Day at Roaring River for 25 ten stayed at the Beaver RV Park campyears. ground. They have owned property in “I used to take my wife’s scissors out of Holiday Island since 1971, a year after the her sewing box every year to cut the line community was established, and moved to get their fishing poles ready,” he said. here permanently in 1983. By Kathryn Lucariello
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cycle, said Carroll Electric spokeswoman Nancy Plagge, and not everyone’s properCARROLL COUNTY – Those who ty is up for management every year. wish to have Carroll Electric control veg“If they’re not in the spray cycle for this etation by hand on electric line rights-of- year, we wouldn’t do anything,” she said, way on their property have until March 15 “but we would keep the application on to file an application requesting that option. file.” In response to public opposition to herCurrent forms on file, whether they bicide spraying on private land several were submitted in 2010 or thereafter, years ago, Carroll Electric instituted a pro- including this year, will expire Jan. 1, cess in 2010 whereby landowners could 2016, she said, “so any new ones will request that vegeonly be good for two tation growing unyears.” der power lines be “We will notify ev“We will notify everyone removed manually. eryone who has forms who has forms on file, The process, on file, around six around six months before which is outlined months before the exevery year in the the expiration date, that they piration date, that they December issue of need to reapply.” need to reapply.” the cooperative’s Requiring new magazine, “ArNancy Plagge, forms in 2016 “will kansas Living,” Carroll Electric spokeswoman make it easier for us to involves obtaining make sure no one falls a form from Carthrough the cracks,” roll Electric, called Plagge said. “Appendix C Request to Avoid Herbicidal She said those customers who wish Vegetation Management.” The form must to see their easement agreement with be filled out and notarized. Required with Carroll Electric can either contact the it is a certified copy of the landowner’s coop or go to the county courthouse, deed and a copy of their driver’s license, but added the county may not have all passport or some form of government-is- of them on file from when the coop was sued ID. established, in 1937, as a lot was done by Carroll Electric personnel will come out “gentlemen’s handshake” and not filed at and mark the boundaries of the property to the courthouse. indicate it is not to be sprayed with herbiThe cooperative should have the easecides. ment documents on file for those who wish Maintenance of private property is on a to have a copy, she said. By Kathryn Lucariello
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When Czech Eyes are Smiling
Father Shaun named parade Grand Marshal By Jennifer Jackson
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It was an immigration official who changed the name of his Czech ancestor, Vsaly, to its phonetic spelling, Wesley. But on March 15, Father Shaun Wesley will officially be a son of the Auld Sod. Father Shaun has been chosen grand marshal of St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which rolls Father Shaun Wesley down Spring Street on Saturday, March 15, at 2 p.m. Organized by Dan Ellis and the Krewe of Blarney, the parade is now in its 21st year and looking for participants who, like the grand marshal, will be Irish for a day. “Floats, bands, car units, walkers and all wearin’ green are permitted in the parade,” Ellis said.
Father Shaun has the spiritual background to be Irish, along with a singing voice that would make the angels weep. He grew up in Morrilton, Ark., graduated from Sacred Heart School in 1997, and attended Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas and Saint Meinrad Seminary in Indiana. He was ordained at Little Rock’s Cathedral of Saint Andrew by Bishop Peter Sartain. Father Shaun served St. Elizabeth’s and St. Anne’s in Carroll County for four and half years, during which he started the Mardi Gras King Cake Ball and a Madrigal Dinner, creating the recipes and leading the kitchen crew. He is now pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fayetteville. Following the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Krewe of Blarney Halfast Walkin’ Klub will hold its annual corn beef and cabbage Irish Bash at the Rowdy Beaver Tavern. Parade application forms are posted at www.Parade.Ureeka.Org and info at www.StPaddy.Ureeka.Org. Contact info to Nancy Paddock at NLPaddock@gmail.com – 479-2440123.
Krewe of Blarney Chooses Colleen By Jennifer Jackson
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Mary Bartell, 17, has been named the Colleen of the 2014 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Bartell was chosen by the Krewe of Blarney Halfast Walkin’ Klub, which organizes the parade. The daughter of Fred and Margaret Bartell, Mary has been a Eureka Springs resident for 10 years. Mary is Mary Bartell home-schooled, plays the viola and violin in a string ensemble, has a yel-
low belt in karate and likes to swim, scuba dive and golf. She is an intern with The Ozarks Chorale and works as an assistant to historian June Westphal. She also volunteers with the Youth Advisory Council, Teen Court and St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store. She plans to attend college and study biology. Mary said her grandmother, whose name was McFadden, was of Irish descent. Mary is a member of the St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church. As the Colleen (derived from the Irish term for woman or girl) Mary will ride in the St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 15, starting at 2 p.m on Spring Street. Floats, walking groups and other parade entries welcome. Contact Nancy Paddock at NLPaddock@gmail.com or call 479-244-0123.
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Great American Clean Up heads to Eureka By Landon Reeves
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The Great American Clean Up has begun, and locals are coordinating efforts to gather groups and individuals to help keep the state, county and their respected cities beautiful. The 2014 spring Great American Clean up began March 1 and will continue to May 31. It is one of two major cleanups through Keep Arkansas Beautiful; the other is the Great Arkansas Clean Up in the fall. The commissioners from KAB are looking to the community leaders, or anyone really, to schedule cleaning events across the state to help their goal to keep Arkansas clean and green, said Georgette Garner, KAB commissioner. “Hopefully communities will do it,” she said about participating in and organizing cleaning events. “They can do a block, they could do a school, they could go anywhere they want if they sign up. They get to choose any day that they want to do it on and they can even have more than one day. “ In 2013, more than 50,000 people were involved in nearly 280 clean-up events across the state, the results of which included more than 750,000 pounds of liter picked up, 1,920 miles of roadways cleaned, 5,791 parks cleaned and more than 4,000 trees, shrubs and flowers planted, according to research provided by KAB. After filling out the application to register a clean up, KAB provides gloves, trash bags and T-shirts for participants. KAB commissioners are encouraging anyone to register events or volunteer time to help at one of the events. “We are a commission that tries to educate the public about littering, recycling, reusing and the beautification of the state.” Garner said. “We try to encourage other others to organize it, but that does not mean we don’t get out there and participate in the clean ups too. . . anytime somebody is doing something and wants me there I would be happy to help.” Eureka Springs Downtown Network has scheduled their event, Earth Day Celebration & Clean Up, for April 22. Previous events have been on different dates and last
year’s inclement weather caused planners to reschedule, which resulted in low participation, said Jacqueline Wolven, ESDN executive director and event coordinator. “We do an annual clean-up, and we have done it for four years I think, but this year it is different because we moved it to Earth Day,” Wolven explained. “In the past couple years, we had it during Celebrate the Springs weekend, and now it is included in the Earth Day celebrations. We include multiple groups to get some enthusiasm for taking care of the city, because having a clean up with 20 people is not the most exciting thing, but a clean up with 100 people is pretty exciting.” The “dirty butts” contest will still be a part of this year’s clean up. This contest is won by the person who picks up the most cigarette butts and it comes with a prize, said Wolven. The day is filled with other events such as tree planting, a celebration lunch, a mayoral proclamation and a celebration to honor the Preservation of Basin Spring Park. The participating groups include the Chamber of Commerce, Public Works Department, Parks and Recreation Commission, the Preservation Society, Trails Committee, Springs Committee, Clear Springs School, Beaver Water District, local Farmers Markets as well as public schools, banks, hotels and many others. “I think the idea is to bring the entire city together to take care and recommit to the natural beauty of Eureka Springs,” she continued. “That is why we all moved here. It is one of the most beautiful places to live in the country and I think taking one day to take care of it is a small price to pay.” If anyone is interested in organizing an clean up they can find more information at keeparkansasbeautiful.com or KAB.org. They could also call Garner at 479-253-2227 for any help with acquiring or completing the application. If anyone would like to participate in the Earth Day event just meet up with the several groups at either the Basin Spring Park or the Farmers Market in Pine Mountain Village on the morning of the event. “The more volunteers, the better,” Garner said.
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Corps issues Table Rock Lake Master Plan final draft By Kathryn Lucariello
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After a four-month hiatus because of the federal government’s shutdown last October, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the final draft of its Table Rock Lake Master Plan update. The Corps will present the final draft this weekend in Branson and will answer questions but will not take any more comments on it. Out of several alternatives for management of the lake and its shoreline, the Corps has selected a combination of Alternative 2, Balanced Use, and 2d, which eliminates a proposed vegetative management plan that creates a 50-foot buffer along the shoreline. This buffer was eliminated for all land classifications after strong public outcry against it.
The master update plan update draft was first presented last July 2013, with public information sessions held in Branson in August. In addition, the Corps determined that its selected alternative results in a Finding of No Significant Impact, which negates the need for an Environmental Impact Statement. The FONSI determines there are no significant negative impacts to public health and safety; historical and cultural resources; park lands, farmlands, wetlands, wild and scenic rivers or ecologically critical areas; recreation; threatened or endangered species, or other environmental protections. “The Corps determined that if all current policies were enforced approximately 66 percent of Table See Corps, page 26
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Guest Commentary
Decline in tourism is happening
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irst, I would like to thank the Citizen for the straightforward article addressing the decline in tourism, or more accurately, the decline in revenue due to a decline in tourist spending. Hopefully, the CAPC has gotten the message: Packing the town with day-trippers and noisy bikers is bad for business. Missing from the article was any mention of the fact that for the 10th year in a row, weddings are down. Weddings play an important role in Eureka’s economy because weddings provide much-needed revenue for every segment of the business community. Those who choose Eureka for their “destination wedding” bring guests to town, many of whom have never been to Eureka. Most brides and grooms honeymoon in Eureka, thus providing business for lodging. They also create business for Eureka’s ministers, salons, spas, florists, cake makers, caterers, taxis, limos, masseurs, etc. Wedding guests spend money on lodging, dining and shopping. And best of all, those who get married in Eureka return for their anniversaries. Why are weddings down in Eureka? First and foremost, until recently the CAPC has failed to promote weddings, as evidenced by its website for weddings. Second, competition from other tourist destinations that recognize that advertising for weddings pays off (i.e., Branson, Rogers, Mount Magazine, Hot Springs, etc.). Add to that the fact that the competition continues to grow. Witness, for example the article that appeared in last Sunday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about the growing number of new wineries in Arkansas. The article states that the owners of the new winery in Ozark are building a 2,500-square-foot wedding chapel overlooking the Arkansas River. Still, there are those who don’t seem to get the message. Some argue that weddings are down because the number of people getting married is on the decline, while others attribute the decline to the downturn in the economy. James DeVito, who sits on the CAPC, remarked that the weddings are down in Eureka because, as was pointed out
in a Huffington Post article, “the percentage of single people has risen over the years.” I don’t dispute that fact. However, missing from the article was the fact that many of the single people referred to in the article have been married – some having been married several times, i.e., Elizabeth Taylor (married 8 times). And don’t forget the Kardashians! The fact remains that with the exception of one year, the number of people getting married over the past 10 years has gone up every year in Arkansas as well as for the country as a whole. In fact, during the depths of the Great Recession, the number of people getting married in New York and Hawaii went up in the year that everyone else’s weddings went down. The reason being, New York and Hawaii are popular choices for “Destination Weddings,” which account for 20 percent of all weddings. Add to that the fact that “Destination Weddings” are on the rise. So it comes as no surprise to me that notwithstanding the noticeable increase in the number of day-tripping tourists and bikers, the overall revenue from tourism is beginning to suffer. And don’t call it BS, or blame the weather. Go back three and four years and check the collection figures for the months when Eureka had day after day of subzero temperatures. I recall the Angel (my bed and breakfast) being full during the weekend of the last ice storm. And as for the 2009 ice storm – remember all the tourists who sought refuge in the motels on Highway 23 after the town lost power? Well, times have changed. For example, this past weekend Eureka’s only 4-Diamond lodging facility had just one room booked, and that was for a single night. In fact, it was so bad that we decided to invite two of our previous guests to spend a free weekend with us just so our housekeeper would have something to do. There are two other facts worth mentioning. First and foremost, the WoodSongs Old Times Radio Hour performance at The Auditorium. The CAPC spent $42,380 on a performance that grossed a mere $12,574 from See Commentary, page 25
Citizens of the Week Melissa Greene has nominated Ryan and Rachel Brix as this week’s Citizens of the Week. “This young couple, though new to town, have brought a great energy to town. In one year they have succeeded to bring our dog park to life. They are kind, generous, hardworking couple who are a wonderful addition to Eureka Springs.” The Dog Park will be located between the playground area and Grand Avenue at Harmon Park. The Eureka Springs Dog Park Advisory Committee recently began the initial phases of construction on the new park, including having an entrance paved and starting the fencing. The park will use about an acre of land and is being funded through private donations. The Dog Park Advisory Committee already has a little over half the $27K it estimates it will need to complete the project. To learn how to donate to the fund, call City Hall at 479-253-9703.
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Eureka has everything we need for ‘Living Well’
“Ma Dank”
Fenix DeRoche Kris Bartlett
Take a day off work!!!!
Kick my flip flops off and pick dandelions!
“Mountain Sprout Citizen”
Carly James
“Prettiest Auctioneer”
I would put on my prettiest sun dress and a huge winter coat to remind me of winter memories...lol
“Exotic Eurekan”
“Drum Maker”
I would take my kids on a hike in the great natural state!
Payton Gleaves Gina Gallina “Dapper Dude”
When it hits 80 degree’s for the first time, chances are I’ll be swimmin’ and fishin’ at beaver lake.
“The Crochet MachinA”
Well .. I guess I would feel guilty that’s it’s so beautiful out and I still want to stay inside and crochet.. (truth)
A friend just called me to say she had gone to a wonderful rejuvenation week in San Diego. She gushed on about her week of fresh air walks in Old Town and the natural environment of the area, her massage/spa therapies at her lodging, her advanced yoga class, her seminar on spirituality for living in these trying times, and some delicious locally sourced food. It was thrilling to hear her talk about her body, mind, and spirit rejuvenation. What joy to experience renewal in these stressful times! In contemplating the components of her happiness I realized she had included spiritual renewal, physical exercise, fresh air, good food and some wonderful therapies to detox and tone her body. Who wouldn’t feel great with a week like that? Then I realized we have all of these components right here in our wonderful Eureka Springs area. BINGO. Locals have all of these opportunities available daily. Visitors can take advantage of them daily, weekly or longer. No need to go to the expense of travel to far off distant places. Eureka Springs has it right here to rejuvenate you. On Saturday March 15th “Living Well, Together” is a day-long event offering activities, movement, inspiration, information, laughter, and experiences to renew you, including a light breakfast, snacks and lunch along with music. It starts at 8:00 at the 1886 Crescent Hotel. All are invited but space is limited so you might want to get your ticket early from Flora Roja Community Acu-
puncture on Wall St. or from Patrice at Thurs Farmer’s Market. Go to www.mywellnessfestival.com to see more about “Living Well, Together” and to find out about the week’s events of the wellness festival. I hope to see you there. Carol A. Brown
In honor of Ken Bates
I was lucky enough to work with Ken Bates a few years ago for the Good Shepherd Humane Society shelter. His commitment to the shelter, the animals, the vision and progress of the organization, was tireless. Not only did he and his wife Bobby inspire me, but he also taught me a few technical things on the computer ! He was a kind, intelligent man, and he will be sorely missed. Diane Bowers Holiday Island
Highway Byway Bye-Bye!
Doug Stowe’s article last week, Highway/Byway, reminded me of my father, the top medical doctor in Latin America. Like most people in the 1960’s my dad smoked cigarettes. Tobacco companies had convinced every one that smoking was safe and cool paying lobbyist and scientists to publish studies proving smoking tobacco was safe. In the 60’s, another lie was that power plants were the only affordable alternative to generate power. Not anymore. When you turn on the lights at home, where does the power come from? Most people have no idea. Would See Forum, page 27
Citizen Survey
LAST WEEK’S QUESTION 25 votes cast What are you giving up for Lent this year?
m Sit on a rock in the sun like a happy lizard. m Get out on the lake in a boat. m Go floating on one of our rivers. m Nothing because I prefer winter.
m Gluttony – I’m going on a diet.: 24.0% (6 votes) m Drinking alcohol.: 8.0% (2 votes) m Smoking.: 4.0% (1 vote) m Nothing.: 64.0% (16 votes)
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Eureka Springs concludes season with setback to Hector at regionals
we played the last few minutes with our seniors on the bench in foul trouble,” Rambo A season of ups and downs came to a said. “That was really the difference in the close Thursday night for Eureka Springs as game. We didn’t make shots. When you get the Highlanders dropped a 71-48 decision to behind and have to catch up you do uncharHector in the opening round of the Class 2A acteristic things.” West Regional Tournament at Highlander Ryan Sanchez led a third-period comeArena. back as the Highlanders pulled to within four Ryan Sanchez concluded his senior cam- points with four minutes left in the stanza. paign with 15 points to lead Eureka Springs But the Wildcats continued to apply pressure in scoring while classmate Jake McClung and shoot well from the floor to extend the wrapped up his senior year with five. lead back to double digits entering the fourth The Highlanders finished 22-10 in Brian period. Rambo’s initial season after overcoming adBy the time McClung and Ryan Sanchez versity during a season fouled out late in the that saw three player fourth, the game was dismissals, a 4-2A West “It was a great year for our well in hand for Hector. Conference title and a “Every team goes kids with all the stuff that regional berth, one win through adversity,” the was going on. We won 22 shy of reaching state. senior Sanchez said. basketball games. We won “It was a great year “Whether it’s big or for our kids with all small, every team has the conference. We made it the stuff that was going to the regional tournament. to deal with it. We reon,” Rambo said after grouped and made it to That’s a good year.” meeting with his playregionals. Some peoers for the final time of ple wrote us off after – Coach Brian Rambo the season. “We won what happened. But we 22 basketball games. didn’t give up.” We won the conferAnd the Highlanders didn’t give up on ence. We made it to the regional tournament. Thursday, even with a handful of sophoThat’s a good year.” mores on the floor at the final buzzer. Sanchez and McClung put the team on “Our sophomores have stepped up this their shoulders throughout the last month of year,” Sanchez said. “They are going to grow the season. As seniors, the duo helped the and that’s helped them. Tonight showed Highlanders recover from the three dismiss- them what regional basketball is all about.” als and a losing streak that threatened to keep Reggie Sanchez is one of those sophoEureka out of the top spot. mores that will need to fill roles next year, “That just shows what kind of character along with Matthew McClung, Dylan Lawthose kids have,” Rambo said. “It’s tough rence, Jacob Holloway and Dalton Kesner, for them. It’s never easy to lose seniors like who all received ample playing time this that.” year. Eureka didn’t have an answer for Hector Kesner and Matthew McClung finished on Thursday as the Wildcats scratched out an with six points each against Hector. early lead and forced the Highlanders to play “We have to fill Ryan’s spot next year at catch-up the rest of the way with Sanchez, point guard,” Rambo said. “But this group McClung and sophomore Reggie Sanchez of sophomores should be ready to go. They battling foul trouble. were battle tested this year. They should be “It was a seven-point game at the half and ready next year.” By Chan Davis
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Coach Rambo talks with the team during a time-out.
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Mardi Gras Parade
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Earth Day
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Must Love Dogs
Pet shop on Spring Street honors owners’ Border Collie’s memory By Jennifer Jackson
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Eighteen years ago, Debbie Allen went to a sheep farm in Texas to pick up a female border-collie puppy. But when she got there, the runt of the litter, who nobody wanted because he had been diagnosed with hip dysplasia, clung to her. So she came home with two puppies, Blackie and Kate. When Blackie was 7 years old, Allen was faced with a choice: have him put down or pay for hip replacements. “I had just bought a new Harley,” she said. “I sold the Harley. It was a good investment – we got seven more years out of him.” Blackie passed away in 2009, but lives on at Blackie’s Backyard, the shop that Debbie and Todd Allen opened on Spring Street, next to the Basin Park Hotel. There, they sell items for dogs, cats and pet owners who understand the bond between people and their pets. “That’s what fun about this,” Debbie said. “People love to talk about their dogs, and show us pictures on their iPhones. If two or three people are in the shop, they will strike up a conversation about their dogs.” Debbie was working at a distribution center in Corsicana, Texas, south of Dallas, when she adopted Blackie and Kate. When that job ended, she moved back to her hometown, Tarkio, Mo., north of St. Joseph. That’s where she met Todd, a pilot who worked for an agricultural products company. “I was walking my dog after work in a park where people walk their dogs,” he said. “Debbie was walking her four dogs.” Yes, the leashes got tangled when they stopped to talk. After Todd’s job took him back to South Dakota, they maintained a long-distance relationship. Seven years ago, Debbie moved to South Dakota and they married. They made it three winters, Todd said, before deciding to head south in the winter. “We started coming down here in 2010, after we stumbled on Eureka Springs,” he said.
Photo by Jennifer Jackson
Todd Allen named the shop he and Debbie Allen opened next to the Basin Park Hotel after Blackie, a border collie with hip dysplasia who is now leaping in heaven.
They bought property off Passion Play Road, and two years ago, started building a log cabin by hand in the Appalachian style, using white cedar they trailered from northern Minnesota. Researching log cabin construction, Todd rejected online sources for books written before the era of power tools. “I found out the easiest and fastest way to do is by hand,” he said. Todd dovetailed the ends of the logs by hand using a
timber slick, estimating that there are more than 120 joints in the cabin, which has 10-foot and cathedral ceilings. If the logs weren’t level, Debbie took a hand plane to them. Her father was a builder who hammered every nail by hand, she said – the only power tool he owned was a power saw. Todd also built all the display tables and shelves for the shop, which carries high-quality pet toys, Blue Buffalo dog food, and food-grade treats, including salmon jerky. “Anything that goes in the dog’s mouth is human-grade,” Debbie said. The couple waited two years for a location on Spring Street to come open. They got the news in July that the space was available, and opened at the end of November. Products are either Fair Trade or made in the United States. The stores carries upholstered pet beds made by Rich Hudson of Eureka Springs, pen and ink greeting cards by Charles Fredrick of Holiday Island, and peanut-butter dog treats, in three flavor combinations – molasses, banana and pumpkin – made in Shell Knob. “We try to keep it as local as possible,” Todd said. They also have wild bird seed, felted wool birdhouses and cat caves made in Nepal, handmade collars and leashes, and Teddy the Dog apparel. Any dog that comes in with owners is offered a dog treat served on a silver tray. The Allens have two dogs back at the cabin: Ivy, a 4-year-old border collie mix, and Bailey, a 15-year-old mixed-breed. Blackie died on April 23, 2009, right before the couple discovered Eureka Springs. In the shop window is the bike trailer that Todd built so that Blackie could go along on walks after his hips gave out, their motto being “no puppy left behind.” In the winter, they bundled him into a sled. “You could tell he understood what we were doing for him,” Debbie said. “He was the most appreciative dog we ever had.” Blackie’s Backyard is open seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 14 Spring St. Look for the leaping collie. (253-7579/Blackie’s Backyard facebook page).
Library catalog now available on the go
Carroll and Madison Public Libraries are now giving patrons the option to browse their catalog via phone and tablet. The catalog has been available on the library’s websites since 2009, but browsing on anything but a computer has been cumbersome until now. The mobile version of the catalog is simple, intuitive and easy to
use. To place holds on books using the catalog from home, you must first visit or call your library and be given a PIN number. While you are at it, give the library your email address and sign up for email notifications to be notified when holds arrive at your library or your items are almost overdue.
When you are ready to browse the mobile catalog from your phone or tablet, enter catalog.carrollmadisonlibraries.org/ mobile into your mobile browser address bar. Here you can sign in under “My Account” to renew items you have checked out, select “Search the Catalog” to place a hold on a good book, or look up your li-
brary’s hours of operation and contact information. To be assigned a PIN number please visit or call your library. Berryville Public Library’s phone number is 870-423-2323; Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library, 479-253-8754; and Green Forest Public Library, 870-438-6700.
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Village View
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Alison By Sandra TaylorSynar Brown
What’s at Stake?
few weeks ago, I wrote about Voice, explaining that it’s not just how the characters sound, but how the narrator sounds as well. It’s the Voice in the reader’s head as he’s reading the book. I said that Voice is a product of Mechanics and Emotion. In that first column, I talked about the mechanical elements of voice: what words are used (diction) and how they are arranged in the sentence (syntax). Today, I’m going to talk about one of the emotional aspects of Voice called Narrative Tension or What’s at Stake? The Voice must convey to the reader that this is an important story—a story worthy of his time and effort. To do this, the reader must feel that there is something at stake for the character. A recurring problem that I see, especially with us “silver” writers who grew up on the classics of the 17th—19th centuries, is the tendency to spend the first pages setting up the story, describing characters, setting, previous histories, etc. We don’t really get the story rolling until several pages in.
But current literary fashion insists that dramatic tension be present from the first page. We must feel that the character is at risk. A perfect life is boring. Without conflict there is no story. In an attempt to offer a quick fix for this problem, writing programs issue the prescription: begin in a scene, with people saying and doing things. Don’t start with a long narrative discourse. But in the last year I have come to my opinion that you can start anywhere as long as you infuse the first page with narrative tension—the sense that something is at stake. Is that really true? Do recently published books tie the character to the railroad track on the first page? Well, there are exceptions, especially among established authors who can get away with a lot more than us beginners, but let’s look at books I pulled at random off the section of literary fiction at the Fayetteville Barnes and Noble. I only noted what I could tell from the first two pages of each book
Julia Barnes (2011)
The Sense of an Ending
Hmm
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007)
Junot Diaz
The impact of the fukú—the curse and doom of the New World
The Disappeared (2009)
Kim Echlin
Searching for something/someone in Phnom Penh
The Gathering (2007)
Anne Enright
Must tell what happened in grandmother’s house when she was a child. Concerns bones.
Swimming Home (2011)
Deborah Levy
Kitty Finch is driving with a man who begs her to get him home to his wife. “Yes,” she said. “Life is only worth living because we hope it will get better and we’ll all get home safely.”
The Finkler Question (2010)
Howard Jacobson
He should have seen it coming. He always foresaw (or imagined) calamities. And this calamity would have to do with a woman.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2012)
Rachel Joyce
A letter arrives that will change everything. We see that an older man is trapped in a suburban retirement. That his wife is cold and crisp, like the toast.
Bringing up the Bodies (2012)
Hilary Mantel
Henry VIII hawking, the falcons named for dead Cromwell women. (And knowing Henry, we know the stakes.)
Sweet Tooth (2012)
Ian McEwan
In the first paragraph, we learn that she was with the British Secret Service and that it went badly.
State of Wonder (2011)
Ann Patchett
A respected scientist dies in Brazil and the letter announcing his death to his colleagues raises questions.
Flight Behavior (2012)
Barbara Kingsolver
A woman, married ten years with two children, is walking deliberately into an affair that will ruin her in her small town.
The Obituary Writer (2013)
Ann Hood
A wife and mother in the bright new suburbia of 1960 decides to have an affair because of a missing boy.
Home (2012)
Toni Morrison
Two children see a body being buried in a field.
The Brief History of the Dead (2006)
Kevin Brockmeier
People, all dead, discuss their experiences of crossing.
Title
Author
First Two Pages
A Week in Winter (2012)
Maeve Binchy
Village Irish girl meets American boy. Must give up her family and way of life for him.
The Illumination (2012)
Kevin Brockmeier
Woman cuts her thumb. Light pours from the wound.
The Storyteller (2013)
Jodi Picoult
Little girl’s lovely life with her father threatened by tax collector who holds lien.
In the Garden of Beasts (2010)
Erik Larson
Call comes that changes lives of the Dodd family. It is startling and troubling.
Gone Girl (2012)
Gillian Flynn
You have been seen. Troubled marriage.
The Lighthouse (2012)
Alison Moore
Man on ferry, cold and queasy, middle-aged, reflecting on his mother’s abandonment and the disagreeable man his father became afterward. Loneliness and rejection.
Snow (2004)
Orhan Pamuk
Beginning a journey that would change his life forever and, had he known, he might have turned back.
Silent House (2012)
Orhan Pamuk
hmm
Home (2012)
Marilynne Robinson
Woman has come home to live with elderly widowed father. Great sense of loss.
Snowdrops (2011)
A.D. Miller
Body found in Moscow. Narrator says he had seen many bodies. Says he wants to tell what happened.
The Silver Star (2013)
Jeannette Walls
Young protagonist’s life is about the change because it looks like her crazy mother is making another bad choice. We see how she and her sister have created a life for themselves despite their precarious mother.
March (2005)
Geraldine Brooks
Father/husband in the midst of war
Caleb’s Crossing (2011)
Geraldine Brooks
Young woman overhears that Caleb, whom she clearly knows, is coming, and we feel that he is both desirable and dangerous.
The Road (2006)
Cormac McCarthy
Survival
The Inheritance of Loss (2006)
Kiran Desai
Hmm
Karen Thompson Walker (2012)
The Age of Miracles
The days are slowing/nights getting longer.
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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.
So except for the three incidents above where I wrote “hmm,” I did, in fact, see that the character was in some sort of danger or quandary or stood to lose something important.
But narrative tension is not just a lot of people running around screaming. In a future column, we will examine how you can amp up the tension to hook the reader in that all-important first page.
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The Village Writing School The Story behind the Store. That’s what we’re calling our series of feature articles about local businesses. First off is the backstory and philosophy behind Eureka Thyme written by the spunky 81-years-young Nancy Grosella. Silver writers rock!
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n the beginning. . .was the dream. In the 1990s, Marsha Havens started reading a series of mystery novels by Suzan Whittig Albert. The main character was China Bayles, a single mom, herbalist, and small business owner who ran an herb shop called “Thyme and Seasons” and an adjoining tea room called “Thyme for Tea.” This inspired Marsha to imagine her own herb shop of living wreaths and herbal gifts. Walla! The name: Eureka Thyme! But it was not until April 2004 when Marsha found what seemed to be the perfect spot for her herb shop. This was in “The Quarter” on E. Van Buren. A shop was vacant next to Eureka Market, the local health store. What a perfect location for an herb shop! But the herb shop quickly took on a life of its own and started the evolution into what it has become. “I went to an herb club in Rogers to learn to make incense cones,” Marsha says. “There I met a wood carver, whose wife made quilts. He asked if I could sell their artwork. Then a nine-year-old girl who made pot holders was looking for an outlet. I met an artist from Berryville, and we immediately became friends. At the time, she was making handmade mini designs from polymar clay. She made beautiful framed paintlike pictures. Just what I needed to cover the walls of Eureka Thyme. I wanted to sell natural, organic, and handmade items. It seems everything just came to me. Soon, I had a lot of amazing homespun art
in my shop.” By 2008, Marsha was featuring the work of 179 local artists. That same year, financial troubles almost forced her to close and she exhausted every avenue to save the shop. “Then,” Marsha says, “I stopped thinking. After I stopped worrying about ‘what ifs,’ and ‘financial obligations,’ after I stopped imagining worst case scenarios, something happened. Things had more meaning to me. Meditation brought an inner knowing that everything would be o.k. Things I could never have imagined began to happen. People showed up to help. Donations came from artists and even strangers. Knowing I had to move soon, I started to dream about having a storefront in our historic district. And then, two shop owners on Spring Street left on Christmas in the middle of the night. A Christmas Miracle. . .just in thyme! Later, Marsha decided to feature artists that she didn’t represent. Someone asked, “Why do this? How can you make any money?” But Marsha says, “I truly feel that what blesses one blesses all.” Her shop is still for local artists, and Marsha is still living her dream, which she sees not only as a business but as a ministry. “Art is a necessity for a satisfying life,” Marsha says. “When something makes me smile, when something brings grace to my existence, this is art. Joy is what it’s all about. To express peace and harmony is the meaning of life.”
The Village Writing School thanks Kate Lucariello for her helpful presentation at last weeks’ Writers’ Night Out.
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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 Nancy Grosella Nancy Grosella was born in Dayton, Ohio in1932. She and her husband John moved to Holiday Island in August of 2013. They are both artists, working in clay. Growing up, Nancy and her sister wrote songs and poems, and Nancy always loved to write. Nancy has wanted to write a book for years but didn’t know where to start. Now that she’s taking classes at the Village Writing School, she says she will finish that book.
Everything You Need to Write a Beautiful Book 2014 Writing Craft Core Curriculum
Two Mistakes with High Events March 15 – The Word & the Sentence Endings can Culminate or Imply Diction Continuation Ending Lightral or From Afar? Sound Devices The Sentence March 22, 2014 & May or June TBA – Self-Editing Figurative Language Types of Phrases From First Draft to Finished ManuStyle script in 15 Steps March 1 or April 19 – Subtext, High Reviewing and Applying all the Writer’s Tools Events, Closing May 3 Below the Surface of Story, Plot, Short Stories with Pat Carr (patcarrContext Implicit Narrative books.com) Weaving the Dramatic & the Subtle 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 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, “Honoring 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 8: Youth soccer sign-up
The Eureka Springs Soccer Club is pleased to announce sign-up dates for its spring youth soccer program. Team ages available from under 6 through under 14. Registration is at the Eureka Springs Middle School Cafeteria on March 8 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Alternately, kids can also be signed up at practice at the Leatherwood ballfields on March 12 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. For more info on club youth soccer, visit www.eteamz.com/eurekasoccer.
March 8: Health Insurance Enrollment Fair
A Health Insurance Enrollment Fair will be held at Forest Hill Restaurant in Eureka Springs on Saturday, March 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This an opportunity to find out about the new Health Insurance Marketplace, pre-
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March 8: St. Elizabeth’s King Cake Mardi Gras Ball
The St. Elizabeth’s King Cake Mardi Gras Ball at St. Elizabeth’s Parish Center on Passion Play Road has been rescheduled to Saturday, March 8, at 6 p.m. A few tickets are still available; call 479-253-8864 for more information.
March 9: International Women’s Day at EUUF
On Sunday, March 9, at Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk St., lesbian-feminist Trella Laughlin will present the herstories [sic.] of women who have contributed to the world’s search for beauty, justice and equality. International Women’s Day began as a memorial to the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Women were burned to death in the factory in NYC because the employers had chained the doors. Laughlin will present little-known facts about Sappho, Gen. Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Mother Jones, Anna Mae Aquash and others. The Fellowship will sing “Bread and Roses,” a song from the early women’s labor movement. Everyone is welcome. The program starts at 11 a.m., and childcare is provided. After the program, join us for Soup Sunday – soups, bread, sweets, juice, wine and tea, along with great conversation. Bring something to share if you can. It’s a bargain at $4 per adult, $2 per child and a $10 maximum per family.
March 9: We’ve Got Talent fundraising concert
The Carroll County Music Group will sponsor its annual fundraiser “We’ve Got Talent” concert on Sunday, March 9, at 2:30 p.m. at The Auditorium in downtown Eureka Springs. The concert is a showcase featuring some of Northwest Arkansas’ most talented young musicians as well as many local established performers. The concert will fea-
ture performances by 19 different musical acts including Ozarks Chorale, Nick Rorick, Catherine Reed, John TwoHawks, Berryville Barbershop Quartet and more. Proceeds from the event will fund music education in Carroll County including scholarships for youth summer camps and Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the concert starting at 1 p.m. For more information or to purchase advance tickets, call Mary Dolce at 479-253-4939.
March 10: Holiday Island Theater Guild meeting
The Holiday Island Theater Guild will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Holiday Island Clubhouse Room A (lower level). Please note that this is a time and location change. The group is currently in rehearsal for their upcoming production – happening April 24 through 26 – of “Those Crazy Ladies in the House on the Corner” by Pat Cook. Anyone with an interest in any aspect of theater is welcome to join this fun group of people – no acting experience necessary and you need not live in Holiday Island. In addition to reviewing production details, the agenda may include a “preview” of the upcoming play.
March 15: The Word and the Sentence at Village Writing School
A full-day writing workshop, “The Word and the Sentence,” will be offered at the Village Writing School in Eureka Springs on Saturday, March 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you missed this workshop in February, here’s another opportunity to attend. The March 15 workshop will cover diction, sound devices, the sentence, figurative language, types of phrases and style, and will be taught by Village Writing School Director Alison Taylor-Brown. Taylor-Brown has an MFA in Fiction from the University of Southern New Hampshire. The workshop will take place at the Village Writing School, 177 Huntsville Road in Eureka Springs (Highway 23 South). Pre-registration is required, and class size is limited. Cost for the all-day workshop is $45. Register online at villagewritingschool.com. For more information, contact Taylor-Brown at alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479-2923665.
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The Natural Way The type of fat you really need
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was talking with my friend, Richard, at our Farmer’s Market last week about his locally Jim Fain raised and grass fed livestock mostly beef. Feeding the cows high quality, antibiotic free feed while giving them ample opportunity to graze at will and when available providing plenty of grass produces a superior tasting and more healthfull meat. Beyond the truth of your taste buds: science documents this. Ever wonder why people in the know, say grass fed animals that produce food such as meat, milk (cheese) and eggs is better for you? I mean, actually better for your health not just that the flavor is better. What if I told you it is due to a type of fat and that this particular fat is only naturally found in grass fed animals and some mushrooms? What would you say if I said this fat could reduce the spare tire around your middle, help protect women from breast cancer, men from prostate cancer and could reduce high estrogen levels? CLA branded as Tonalin (R) , also known as conjugated linoleic acid (vegetarian sourced), has a good deal of science stating exactly these benefits. Sometimes, CLA is added to foods found in the grocery to improve the health benefits. But most people simply take a supplement, in an easy to swallow soft gel, daily to get what is thought to be the beneficial amount of 3000 to 4,500mg each day. Of course, increasing the amount of grass fed animal sources of meat, milk, cheese and eggs helps and is truly tasty and considered safe even for heart patients, by many. I know people who have taken the higher dose for about four months or more. Their waste line dropped while presumably protecting themselves from breast or prostate cancer (at least theoretically). CLA impacts the type of fat which accumulates in the waste line. Body weight as measured by the bathroom scale didn’t drop much. However, the body mass index did drop. So, the evidence of a smaller waste line and lower BMI means the type of fat around the middle had been impacted. I would expect that since there is a good deal of science showing the protective benefit of CLA for the breast that it would also benefit the prostate gland, as well. I wasn’t surprised to find that to be true. However, much more science exists on breast benefit than prostate. The linkage is the hormone estrogen. Estrogens can fuel breast cancer and more recent science is connecting it to prostate cancer. Body fat, produces estrogen in both women and men, so losing weight and reducing the body mass index can be of big help. I like CLA.
Wisecrack Zodiac Aries: For you, a day without love is like a day without a rain of frogs. Watch your lips on Wednesday, though. One kiss could turn you into a hopeless, ribbeting romantic. Taurus: You know what’s in your heart, and it’s not just plaque from a lifetime of Big Macs and fries. Jog toward what you know is right. At least you’ll get some exercise. Gemini: Nothing says ‘success’ like a fancy car, a fat wallet and not having to buy thrift store underwear anymore. You’ll earn one of these this week, although the best bet is new undies without someone else’s name written in them. Cancer: One is the loneliest number but it’s also the cheapest, too. You’ve saved enough on Valentine’s Day alone to splurge on two hours of hot action on your favorite 900 number. Who knew there was someone answering the Butterball Help Line in spring? Leo: What goes up must come down, so take two steps to the right at 9:13 on Friday. Be a dear and bring a mop, too, so you don’t track that into the office. Virgo: Sorry, your wildest dreams won’t come true, because that’s some freaky stuff even Lady Gaga can’t handle. But your third mildest dream will pop into reality, so yay for free coffee! Libra: Most people see sorrow as a long road that must be walked, but you prefer your sadness in one quick, intense wedgie. You’re ready to heal now, so prepare to spend some time pulling at your butt crack. Scorpio: The early bird may get the worm, but the red-headed pecker who sleeps in gets all the wood. Swing your lumber with pride this weekend and enjoy a well-deserved snooze on Sunday morning. Sagittarius: The world only seems small until you stick your foot out in it. Lace up those boots and stomp in some puddles, but pack
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your water wings in case you get in too deep. Capricorn: You have a notion that could develop into an idea. Treat it with care and feed it properly so it grows up to be a solid plan and not another harebrained scheme. You have enough of those already. Aquarius: So you’ve had a setback. Quit hiding in your blanket fort and get out there to try again. Even if you don’t succeed, the Internet loves an epic fail, so throw
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some ads on that YouTube channel and screw up all the way to the bank. Pisces: Hey, fishy, tired of people tapping on your bowl just to see you freak out? Install a joy buzzer on the glass so you can watch them jump for a change. Bonus: you won’t have to hide in your castle anymore, you can just keep swimming. Answers on page 31
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Lively Entertainment By Kristal Kuykendall
by Kristal Kuykendall
Two unique bands rarely seen in Eureka coming to town
RANDALL SHREVE & THE SIDESHOW Eureka Springs is in for a one-of-a-kind musical experience not once but twice this weekend as two groups rarely seen in our neck of the woods perform at Squid and Whale and Voulez-Vous Lounge, respectively, both in two-night stands. First off, Fayetteville-based, internationally acclaimed group Randall Shreve & the Sideshow brings its wine-soaked flavor of indie rock to Squid and Whale Pub both Friday and Saturday nights. The band’s music, which has been described as “Vaudeville Rock,” derives its unmistakable sound from influences such as Queen, Muse, The Beatles and Jeff Buckley, but it plays them against the dark and sultry backdrop of cabaret sounds. While the rock is thoroughly modern, it
exudes the ambition, grit and glamour of Old Hollywood and manages to transport the listener back in time to an earlier era. Fans have come to expect not only exceptional musicianship from their live shows, but they also get a unique entertainment experience. Audiences never leave disappointed. Randall Shreve and the Sideshow two years ago was nominated for two Independent Music Awards: Eclectic Album of the Year and Song of the Year. IMA judges last year included Keith Richards, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Ozzy Osbourne and Tori Amos. Shreve and his brother, Benjamin del Shreve, originally became widely known in the music industry during their time playing and singing in the Christian Rock band GS Megaphone, which was nominated for multiple Dove Awards and American Music
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Awards before it disbanded and the Shreves struck out on their own. Since then, they’ve continued to make their mark on their respective music scenes. Randall Shreve and the Sideshow take the stage both nights at about 9 p.m. No charge for admission; open to ages 21 and up. Squid and Whale is located at 37 Spring St., 479-253-7147. STEPHEN COMPTON & THE GDC Also performing both nights this weekend, but over at Voulez-Vous Lounge, is Stephen Compton and the GDC, featuring Compton on lead vocals and guitar, Brad Birge on bass, and Daniel Curry on drums. The GDC is Compton’s latest project after the end of the road for his former band, Interstate Buffalo. Interstate Buffalo was selected a National Finalist in the 2012 Bud Light Battle of the Bands, and also qualified to represent the Arkansas River Blues Society in the 2012 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. But Interstate Buffalo was derailed, you might say, by life. Three babies and three drummers later, the band came to its end this past December. Knowing that Interstate Buffalo could go no further, Compton
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began forming the vision for a new project – something that stepped away from a “blues band,” and captured a more complete sound. “Arkansas is the crossroads of every type of music you can imagine. Blues, Rock, Country, Funk, Soul,” Compton says. “Half of it started in Arkansas and the other half grew up in Arkansas. I wanted to do something that respected all these different sounds.” So at the beginning of 2014, the sun rose on Stephen Compton and the GDC. With a sound best described as “rock ‘n’ soul,” the band concentrates on original music written by Compton as well as covers by artists such as Gary Clark Jr., the Black Keys, and the Rolling Stones. And exactly what does GDC stand for? You’ll have to come to a show to really find that out, but till then, the band hopes you’ll tune in and Get Down, because there’s nothing like being part of the Get Down Crew. Voulez-Vous Lounge is located at 63 Spring St., 479-363-6595. Open to ages 21 and up. Admission free. ••• Following is the complete entertainment schedule for Eureka Springs venues for the coming week: THURSDAY, MARCH 6 • Squid & Whale, 37 Spring St., 479-2537147: Open Mic and Pie Social, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 7 • Blarney Stone, 85 S. Main St., 479-3636633: TBD • Cathouse / Pied Piper, 82 Armstrong St., 479-363-9976: Taylor Thompson, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s, 169 E. Van Buren, 479-2535522: Dance and Beer Pong • Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479-2536723: Sx Rex, 9 p.m. • Eureka Live!, 35 N. Main St., 479-2537020: DJ & Dancing, 9 p.m. to close • Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Juke Box, 9 p.m. • Jack’s Place, 37 Spring St., 479-2532219: Karaoke with DJ Goose & Maverick, 8 p.m. to midnight • Legends Saloon (Lumberyard), 105 E. Van Buren, 479-253-2500: Karaoke with DJ Phillip, 8 p.m. • New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main St., 479253-2525: TBD, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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• Rowdy Beaver Den, 45 Spring St., 479363-6444: Jesse Dean, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 417 W. Van Buren, 479-253-8544: Karaoke with Jerry, 7:30 p.m. • Squid & Whale: Randall Shreve and the Sideshow, 9 p.m. • Voulez-Vous Lounge, 63 Spring St., 479-363-6595: Stephen Compton & the GDC, 9 p.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 8 • Blarney Stone: TBD • Cathouse / Pied Piper: Taylor Thomp-
son, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s: Ozark Thunder, 9 p.m. • Chelsea’s: Rachel Brooke, 9 p.m. • Eureka Live!: DJ & Dancing 9 p.m. to close • Henri’s Just One More: Juke Box, 9 p.m. • Jack’s Place: Karaoke with DJ Goose & Maverick, 8 p.m. to midnight • Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): Karaoke with DJ, 8 p.m. • New Delhi Cafe: TBD, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Den: Jesse Dean, noon to 4 p.m.; Third Degree, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
• Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Against the Grain, 7:30 p.m. • Squid & Whale: Randall Shreve and the Sideshow, 9 p.m. • Voulez-Vous Lounge: Stephen Compton & the GDC, 9 p.m. SUNDAY, MARCH 9 • Chelsea’s: Ratliff Dean & Friends, 7:30 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Den: Jesse Dean, noon to 4 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Free Pool Sunday
• UU Church, House Concert, 17 Elk St., 479-244-0123: John Flynn, 6 p.m. MONDAY, MARCH 10 • Chaser’s: Poker ‘n’ Pool night • Chelsea’s: Springbilly, 9 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 11 • Chelsea’s: Open Mic, 9 p.m. • Squid & Whale: Marbin, 8:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 • Chaser’s: Ladies night, 9 p.m. • Chelsea’s: D-Bob’s Birthday Party, featuring Iron Swine and Centerfuze, 9 p.m.
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of an intoxicated man asleep on the stairs on Spring Street. The subject got a ride to his house. Welcome to Eureka Springs: You don’t have to go home but you can’t sleep here. 9:19 p.m. – Anonymous caller from Spring Street reported a man forcing a woman into a taxi. Officer responded and advised the cab driver to question the man, then discovered the female was just too drunk to get into the vehicle and everything was OK. Nice to get a little help from your friends when you’re inebriated. March 1 12:29 a.m. – Complainant reported a vehicle excessively speeding through the downtown area and that the individual was fighting with the manager of a taxi company about the prices. Officer responded and advised both parties not to bright-light each other and advised them
to go to court to settle their differences. 1:18 p.m. – Caller reported someone backing into their vehicle at the courthouse. Office responded and took a report. 6:00 p.m. – Subject turned himself in for third-degree domestic battery and was released by the CCSO for a hold on a bond hearing. Maybe his conscience got the better of him — either that, or fear of consequences. 8:48 p.m. – Caller from a local inn reported a missing firearm. The police report described him as intoxicated and then stated he later found the gun. Thank goodness for all those responsible gun owners out there, otherwise we might have to start enforcing some of the weapons laws. 11:28 p.m. – Caller from Emporia Street reported speeding vehicle. Officer responded and found no one on Emporia
Street. 11:32 p.m. – A routine traffic stop at a local fast liquor store resulted in a DWI arrest. Almost made it! March 2 2:27 a.m. – Arkansas Security advised police of an alarm at Mountain Sushi, formerly the Pagoda Box. Officer responded, checked the building and contacted the key holder to lock up the building after coming to the horrible conclusion that the Pagoda Box is no more. 6:16 p.m. – Complainant on Van Buren Street was concerned about an unattended vehicle parked at their business. Officer responded and checked the vehicle. Everything was secure and it was just parked there because of the bad weather. Lighten up folks, Old Man Winter has struck again, so let’s cut those abandoned vehicles a little slack, can’t we?
ways were being built, eminent domain was used to violate private property rights taking land and homes by force. Utilities’ ad campaigns, with monthly editorials and prepaid postcards in the Arkansas Living Magazine to fight EPA, remind us every month, “You can’t stop progress.” We are like the peasantry classes in Russia and China that have their land usurped by the state for so-called progress but here we are just referred to as hillbillies - no matter, same result. OLYMPICS Like the trophy projects that governments build to show off their might, “Bulk power generation”, including wind and solar farms, needs transmission lines to transport electrons to our homes. Utilities building transmission lines and electrical manufacturers selling conductors, transformers, towers and
all the hardware and software required to run expensive Grids, make huge profits. Like the tobacco growers of years past, they hire marketing teams and lobbyists to sell their products. You don’t need transmission lines for the headlights on your car and you don’t need expensive, unreliable, unsecure and unsafe transmission lines to power your home. Apollo and the ancient Greeks looked up at the sun; they knew it was an awesome source of power. A hundred years ago, Thomas Edison said: “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide. ... I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope
we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” Apple Computers is doing the right thing: the 2013 Apple Nevada solar array will generate over a trillion kilowatt hours of clean energy over twenty-five years. That is one million, million kilowatt hours, the yearly household consumption for over 3 million homes! Apple is pre-paying their electric bill for the next 50 years, saving tons of money and protecting the environment. Sustainability is a key corporate strategy, personally promoted by Apple CEO, Tim Cook. Bye-Bye power Highways and Byways. Onsite solar power solutions are simple, safe, secure, scalable and affordable. We have six times the roof-top space in Arkansas to keep the lights on. Dr. Luis Contreras
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man in our midst? 8:27 p.m. – CCSO advised police that a 13-year-old girl on Van Buren Street had smoked something a friend gave her and took a pill. Reports described the substance as a cigarette that was not a cigarette, whatever that means! An officer responded with Emergency Medical Services and took a report. 9:07 p.m. – Caller advised police of a fight in progress on Glenn Avenue. Officer responded and took a report. 10:42 p.m. – Caller from the convention center reported someone stealing $400 worth of items from a table. Officer responded and took a report. Feb. 28 2:51 a.m. – Officer responded to a report
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you pay $15 extra per month if the power came from Canada? No, why would you pay more for Canadian electrons? When you are driving and you turn on your headlights, where does the power come from? You know there is an alternator powered by the engine and a battery to store power, there are no wires connecting your car to the Grid, and the headlights in your car always work. Like the “Marlboro Man” utilities use marketing campaigns to convince the public we need coal and transmission lines. The AEP/SPP message is simple: We need transmission lines to keep the lights on. During the days when railroads and high-
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the sale of 516 tickets. Second, the justification for the expenditure: the CAPC boasted that it would promote Eureka Springs as a “tourist destination,” notwithstanding the fact that the show was to be broadcast over public radio and TV stations (i.e., NPR & PBS), which by law do not allow advertising – not even for its sponsors (i.e., “put Eureka Springs in your vacation plans”). Predictably, there is no evidence that WoodSongs has had any effect on tourism. CAPC Chairman Charles Ragsdell’s described WoodSongs as an “immensely successful event” – notwithstanding the fact that it resulted in a net loss of approximately $30,000. If that’s what the CAPC call’s successful, Eureka is in for a lot more trouble. As for the CAPC, the questions needing to be answered are: 1) Was the expenditure of $42,000-plus on WoodSongs a wise use of scarce advertising dollars? 2) Are events at The Auditorium that rely on tourist tax dollars more or less effective in promoting tourism as those promoted with private dollars? 3) And if less or
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equally effective, does it make sense for the CAPC to continue to fund festivals and events, or should it concentrate on spending its dollars on directly advertising and promoting Eureka as a tourism destination? — Bob Jasinski Proprietor Angel at Rose Hall
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Rock Lake’s shoreline would have an area that would exhibit the same environmental benefits as the Vegetative Management Area land classification,” wrote Corps Little Rock District Commander Col. Courtney W. Paul. The Corps maintains, however, that a shoreline management plan is a separate consideration and will be addressed at some point. The plan does change some land classifications from low density to high density use or low density to environmentally sensitive. The Carroll County portion of Table Rock Lake begins below the Beaver Dam and extends to Eagle Rock, Mo. Incorporated within it are areas of concern to residents of Beaver and Holiday Island and their surrounding areas. Holiday Island District Manager
Dennis Kelly said he had not seen the final draft yet. Holiday Island has some concerns about its use of the Point, across from the marina, which was designated low density recreation. Holiday Island’s lease agreement with the Corps for use of this shoreline will reflect this land classification. “When Becky Short [from the Corps] came down and looked at it one Saturday, she said we need to extend the coverage and make it high density use because of all the people using it down there,” Kelly said. “When we submitted our recommended changes, we included making it high density use for recreation purposes. If they don’t change it, it should be fine because people will use it anyway. We will maintain the property and cut the grass as we’ve always done.” The master plan draft leaves the Point as low density but shows the marina parking area and a little beyond it
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on the east side of the docks as high density. At the town of Beaver, areas to the north of Beaver Bridge, encompassing the RV park and and picnic areas, are designated as high density, but areas at the end of the walking trail are low density recreation. A large area where Butler Creek flows into the White River is considered environmentally sensitive, which continues upriver on both sides, including the area where SWEPCO wants to cross with a proposed 345 Kv transmission power line. The Corps addresses public concerns about this line in the “special topics” section of the final draft. It said it had received several comments about the line. “Easements for public utilities across Federal lands are discouraged unless there is no viable alternative route or the easement is of direct benefit to the Government,” the draft states. It said
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the proposed line would be evaluated with respect to the goals of the master plan and “through a separate NEPA documentation process. Right-of-ways for public utilities are considered in all land classifications, because these utilities serve the greater good of the community as a whole. Requests for rights of way will be reviewed on a case by case basis.” The Corps will hold two public open houses on the final draft plan, on Friday, March 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. and Saturday, March 8, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Dewey Short Visitor Center at 4600 State Hwy. 165 in Branson, Mo. An informational video will be shown at 15-minute intervals throughout the open house period, and Corps staff will be on hand to answer questions. To view the final draft and attachments, visit http://www.swl.usace.army. mil/Missions/Planning/TableRockMasterPlanUpdate.aspx.
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