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MAY 15, 2014
Same-sex marriage licensing starts, stops By Kristal Kuykendall
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Wedding Bells!
After garnering national news attention for the county over the weekend, Carroll County clerks in both Eureka Springs and Berryville stopped issuing marriage licenses to samesex couples around 11 a.m. Monday after the county’s counsel of record, Mike Rainwater, advised that the clerks were breaking a law that was not addressed by last week’s Pulaski County court decision striking down the state’s ban on gay marriage. In all, 28 licenses were issued to samesex couples in Carroll County: 15 in Eureka Springs on Saturday, one in Berryville on Monday and 12 in Eureka Springs on Monday, the county clerk’s offices told the Lovely County Citizen on Monday afternoon. Because the Eureka Springs Carroll County Clerk’s Office is open on Saturday due to the amount of wedding-related tourism business in the town, Eureka Springs was the first See Licensing, page 21
n Eureka to get new
n White Street
n Music teacher
Public Works facility
Walk is Friday
Martin is fired
Building construction will cost about $125,000
Chance to meet artists now in its 24th year
Is schools’ only middle, high school music teacher
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Shop Girl
Eureka Springs senior builds lasting legacy By Jennifer Jackson
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When Kellie Crawford graduates from Eureka Springs High School on May 23, she’ll leave behind a record of her achievement that goes beyond report cards and term papers. A four-year student in the Building Trades program, Kellie is president of the Building Trades Club and president of the Skills Club. She worked on the construction of the new high school shop building. As part of her senior project, she built a wooden bench for the new campus in memory of her Building Trades teacher, Mike Bonds, who died in August of 2012, the start of her junior year. She also built “Lizzie’s bench” in memory of Elizabeth Parker, a close friend and class member who died in August of 2011 after a short illness. This spring, Kellie took first place in the state Skills competition for masonry, and for her senior project, built a brick accent wall on either side of the shop office door. “I wanted to leave my mark,” she said. Kellie is fourth-generation Eureka Springs – her father, Daniel Crawford is E.S.H.S. graduate and a police officer in Berryville. Her grandparents are Earl and Eva Lou Crawford, her great-grandfather Burt Birchfield. Kellie has always been a tomboy, she said, and enjoyed doing her projects with her dad, who talked about being in shop class when he was in high school. “I knew when I was in sixth grade that I was going to to do it,” she said of being in the program. Kellie is now the classroom aide for the first-year shop class, where building trades students are introduced to safety rules and learn construction skills by designing and building a model of a house. During her sophomore year, Kellie helped build a garage, did interior work on a house and did repair work, she said. Her junior year, after their teacher, Mike Bonds passed away, the students built a shed for the pre-school, worked on the shop building at the new high school and helped move stuff from the old
high school to the new one in a week. Kellie has competed in masonry at the state Skills USA contest for the past three years. To be prepared, she learned to build 10 different types of walls. She was mentored by Carl McGarrrah, who came to the school two days a week for two months, and David Morrell, the building trades instructor, who drew different types of brick walls and challenged her to build them. Kellie said she chose masonry because she likes detail work. “It takes more patience, so it makes it harder,” she said. “Everybody thinks it’s easier, but it’s not. Plus I was the only girl that was competing.” At the state competition, the contestants have five hours to construct a wall according to the plans given. Taking the gold medal, Kellie advanced to nationals in masonry in Kansas City in June. “I beat nine boys,” she said. “I think everyone kind of got tired of hearing me say that.” As president of the Building Trades Club, Kellie presides over two meetings a month. For a fundraiser, the club members cut firewood during the winter and sell it. Kellie learned how to run a chainsaw, she said, although she didn’t feel like she had to prove anything. Being in building trades doesn’t require great strength, she said, but does keep you in shape. “I can lift more than other girls can,” she said. That she was physically fit helped when she decided to play varsity soccer this year – before that, she wanted to focus on building trades. She also works weekends and in the summer helping her mother, who works at Evening Shade Inn, a job she has done since fifth grade. “Basically December, January and February are the only months I have off,” she said. “Otherwise if I’m not in school I’m working.” Next fall, Kellie plans to attend Northwest Arkansas Community College and major in education, with the goal of becoming a teacher. She’ll also keep up her masonry
Photos by Jennifer Jackson A fourth-year student in the Building Trades program at Eureka Springs High School, Kellie is president of the Building Trades Club, president of the Skills USA Club and the class aide for the first-year shop class.
Kellie made “Lizzie’s Bench,” for the new high school campus as a memorial to Elizabeth Parker, a classmate and long-time friend who passed away at the beginning of their sophomore year.
skills, so she’ll have something to fall back on, she said. Kellie is the only girl in the class of 2014 who made it through all four years of shop class. Does she see herself as a role model? “I try to be,” she said. “I try to do stuff that girls don’t usually do to show they can do it.”
Kellie has been in Eureka schools since kindergarten, going through with same group of students, so graduation will be bitter-sweet, she said. But like other campus projects, she’ll have her hand in the ceremony. “I’m probably going to build the platform for it,” she said.
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New $125K Public Works building coming to Eureka By Landon Reeves
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EUREKA SPRINGS – The City Council has passed an ordinance and a resolution that will contribute to the construction of a new building for the Public Works Department. At Monday night’s meeting, Ordinance 2211 was read three times through an emergency clause with a suspension of the rules. The ordinance allows the construction for a new public works building to begin soon. The contract for the building was awarded to Floyd Sales and Construction of Berryville after the council waived the bidding process as well. “If you go to the place where these guys work, you would see it is falling down around their ears,” said Mayor Morris Pate about the conditions of the current home for public works. “There is exposed fiberglass insulation falling down around the guys while they are working. Some of the support posts are falling down, and there are problems with rust and leaks. The building is beyond repairs. “ The contract with the Berryville construction company was for $125,000, and the construction should begin in a couple of weeks, Pate said. He added that the building they are replacing has been used since 1979, and that this process is long overdue. The project’s funds will come from the city street funds and the general operating funds in a 70-to-30 ratio, respectively. “It is dangerous to the crew and dangerous
to equipment,” Pate continued. “A lot of people squawk about waiving the bid process, but it is a matter of public safety.” The plan is to deconstruct the current wood building and turn it into a roofed storage area for equipment after replacing nearly everything but the rafters and a portion of the roof. The new building will be composed of metal, and while it is being constructed, the contents will be held in storage containers. The council has authorized the purchase of the containers through the aforementioned resolution that was passed at the meeting. The council also approved Resolution 637, which authorizes the state to repave portions of Pivot Rock Road and Passion Play Road. The state will cover construction and engineering costs, but the city is responsible for paying for any change in utilities or right-ofways that may occur in the process, according to the resolution. The city can receive up to $250,000 for the repaving, and any funds that are left over from the two roads are intended to be used for another repaving project, Pate said at the meeting. The first thing on the council’s agenda for unfinished business was the ordinance for the film industry tax incentive. The ordinance was numbered 2208 and its first and second readings were approved at the meeting. The ordinance allows the council to approve giving rebates on city sales and usage tax to production companies that’s project budget is for $250,000 or more. The production company must apply before the project
ES School Board agenda By Kathryn Lucariello
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The Eureka Springs School Board is set to meet Thursday to discuss a number of items. The board will consider changes to the salary schedule to add an hourly rate for homebound tutoring. Some deletions will occur for positions no longer used, also. The board will consider renewal of the contract with PCMI for substitute staffing services. The district entered into this contract last year for the company to take over
finding substitute teachers and staff, freeing up staff time to do other work. Other items on the agenda include the student trip to Kansas City for the National Skills Competition, appointment of a board member to the safety committee, an executive session to discuss personnel and approval of the financial reports. The meeting will take place Thursday, May 15, at 5:30 p.m. at 147 Greenwood Hollow Rd. The meeting is open to the public.
is started to receive their 2 percent tax rebate after the project is completed, said Sandy Martin, chairperson for the city art council. The council later approved Ordinance 2201, the Clean City Ordinance, on its third and final reading. The council amended the ordinance to add that property owners can negotiate with the city building inspector to work out a time table to resolve any ordinance violations, in case they cannot do it immediately. The council also amended the fine process to say that any violation can be fined up to $100 for the first offense and $100 for every day after the initial violation, until it is rectified. The last amendment was to change the restriction on growing medicinal plants to allow property owners to grow them anywhere on their lawn and not in a garden or flower bed, as long as they are kept below the eightinch maximum height. The Clean City Ordinance was passed with some contention as many residents have previously spoken out against it during public comments, and even Alderwoman Joyce Zeller voiced her opinion that the ordinance was too strict and intrusive. Another ordinance that has drawn some flak from public speakers that was approved by the council was the noise ordinance. This ordinance was numbered 2209 and approved on its first reading at the meeting. It amends the existing city noise ordinance to allow the municipal police to have a stricter code to fall back on and to keep the fines from going out of the city, said Alderman David Mitchell. The previous noise laws are from the state, so fine money for violations went to the state’s funds, but this ordinance should keep the money collected in the city now, Mitchell said. He also stated that just because the code is now more strict, it doesn’t mean the enforcement will be. The ordinance states that it shall be unlawful to make, cause or continue any loud, unnecessary, unnatural or unusual noise or any noise that annoys, disturbs, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health, peace and safety of reasonable person at any time, day or night. It also states that it is unlawful to potentially create noise that is of a volume, frequency
or pattern that prevents, disrupts, injures or endangers the health, safety welfare, prosperity, comfort or repose of any reasonable person after being requested to stop by a law enforcement officer. The ordinance restricts the noise caused by motor vehicles that have modified exhaust and people revving engines, playing music too loud, using horns and loud machinery. The council also approved the third and final reading of Ordinance 2207, which reclaims a portion of Rock Street from the parks department. The council will soon place on the agenda an ordinance to vacate property form city jurisdiction. After that is read three times, there will be a 30 day waiting period before the land is vacated. The request to vacate comes from the property owners of 1 Magnetic Dr., Rachel and Ryan Brix. The Brixes have attended several meetings and provided research and maps that suggest the city does not own the property, or street, that runs through their land, but at a previous meeting they were petitioning the council to vacate the property. The lack of action on this issue has prevented the Brix family from developing their property, threatened to negatively impact the marketability of their property and could also “obscenely” affect their right to safely access, use and reasonably enjoy their property, Rachel said at a previous meeting. The request has been debated by council during many meetings and the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Trails Committee are still apprehensive to give up the land. The land was called a crucial point in the “spine” of a larger trail system that has been planned, but not developed, said Sheryl Willis of the Trails Committee. The legal counsel for the owners of Marble Flats, property adjacent to the proposed vacation, offered a compromise with parks to move the proposed trail if the Brixes would withdraw their petition to vacate. The Brixes did not give any notion to withdraw their petition at the meeting. Towards the end of the meeting, the council passed Resolution 638, to construct a stage at the North Main Music Park. The stage can be used for theater and music performances, and the estimated cost is $5,000.
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ES Schools’ sole music teacher Martin is fired By Kathryn Lucariello
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The founders of the White Street Studio Walk are, from left, Mary Springer, Zeek Taylor and Eleanor Lux. All three coincidentally ended up living on White Street 25 years ago after they each attended the Memphis College of Art.
White Street Studio Walk takes place this Friday The 24th Annual White Street Studio Walk will take place Friday, May 16, from 4 to 10 p.m., along White Street in Eureka Springs. Historic White Street is the working address of several local artists who will welcome the public into their homes and studios to view their latest works. They will be joined by more than 40 guest artists from the Eureka Springs area, who will show weaving, watercolors, jewelry, oils, pottery, stained glass, and much more. Among those displaying will be 24year show veterans: weaver Eleanor Lux; watercolorist Zeek Taylor; and painter/ sculptor Mary Springer. The three are the walk’s organizers and all three, by coinci-
dence, ended up living on White Street after attending the Memphis College of Art. The event draws visitors to White Street who delight in experiencing a “hidden” Eureka Springs where they can visit with artists in their private spaces. Visitors get a sense of neighborhood in an area of town that is primarily residential. One of Eureka Springs’ most popular events, the White Street Studio Walk is attended by those seeking art while enjoying the street fair atmosphere combined with refreshments and music. White Street is on the upper historic loop. The event is free to the public. For more information email zeek.taylor@cox. net.
Eureka Springs Schools music teacher Chad Martin’s contract has not been renewed for next year, he said. He received a letter May 1 from Supt. David Kellogg informing him of the fact. He was called out of class and presented with the letter by elementary principal Clare Lesieur, he said. Martin has been teaching in Chad Martin the school system since 2006. He said at the beginning of this school year he was presented with a list of goals he was to accomplish, and the May 1 letter listed five things he failed to do: conduct two concerts in the fall and three in the spring; enter students in regional auditions; play at 10 basketball games; have every student perform a solo at an ensemble contest; and teach students to sight read music. Martin said he has a rebuttal for every item in the list and has already attempted more than once to resolve the issues raised. Martin said that when he began teaching, the school district budgeted $14,000 a year for the music program and now has
no budget for it at all. He said the district has expected him to volunteer his time after school and during the summer with no stipends. He is the only middle and high school music teacher in the school district, compared to districts like Berryville, which has three band directors and two choir directors, and Green Forest, which has two band directors and one choir director. Martin noted the sports program has a budget of $134,000. “I’m not anti-sports, but if we’re spending [that much] on sports, we should spend a few thousand on our music program.” Martin has been “written up” a couple times and put on probation, then taken back off, but he said things were not always negative “We had 18 band students in the band program when I took it over, and for four years, things were awesome,” he said. That changed after Kathryn Lavender was hired in 2009 as the high school principal, Martin said. Several teachers, staff members and students have left the district since Lavender arrived, and complaints have been filed against her with the state, although the state declined to find against her. Three teachers and one staff member, who no longer work for the district, have had hearings directly related to conflicts with Lavender. Martin said he intends to request a public hearing to air his grievances.
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Murphey and Johnathon return to Eureka Folk singer, ‘WoodSongs’ host to open for ‘cowboy music’ star
By Kristal Kuykendall
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Last fall The Aud in Eureka Springs was filled nearly to capacity for a special double-broadcast taping of Michael Johnathon’s “WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour.” Next weekend, Eureka Springs music fans will get a chance to see the PBS broadcast shown on a big screen on Friday, May 23 and see Johnathon in concert along with the legendary Michael Martin Murphey on Saturday, May 24. In the early 1970s, Rolling Stone magazine called Michael Martin Murphey “one of the best songwriters in America.” Since that time, Murphey has left an indelible mark on the American Music Landscape crafting and recording such iconic hits as “Wildfire,” “Carolina In The Pines”, “Geronimo’s Cadillac”, “Cowboy Logic,” “Cherokee Fiddle”, “Boy From The Country” and more. In the process, he has topped the Pop, Country, Bluegrass and Western music charts, earned six gold albums and multiple Grammy nominations. Murphey’s album “Cowboy Songs” was the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959. Murphey is also the author of New Mexico’s State Ballad, “The Land of Enchantment.” Through all the chart-jumping and genre-busting, Murphey has remained constant to an honest, sophisticated approach to his songwriting. His new “Red River Drifter” album is a collection that draws from a deep well of eclectic influences ranging from classical to country, blues to bluegrass, pop to Western. It’s simply impossible to pigeon-hole Murphey to one specific genre. He is no more country than rock, no more bluegrass than classical. He is, rather, a true American songwriter. “What I’ve written over the years has always reflected what was influencing me at the time,” says Murphey. “This album is a return to those days when I was influenced by everything. Right now, some really interesting , intricate melodies are coming to
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me.” A native Texan, Murphey’s songs have always reflected his lifestyle, and are understandably seen through a Western lens, often built on outdoor themes with the sensibilities of his cowboy lifestyle. From the first notes of the bluegrass- driven “Peaceful Country,” “Red River Drifter” takes listeners on a journey through the broad spectrum of music Murphey absorbs while traveling from city to city — up to 200 dates a year — from coast to coast. At the core of his music is a stubborn determination to be the best songwriter he can be, a focus that has led to his songs being covered by such artists as Lyle Lovett, John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Hoyt Axton, The Monkees and more. Opening for Murphey will be Michael Johnathon, the award winning host of “WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour.” Johnathon is a folksinger, songwriter, concert performer, and author who created and hosts the worldwide broadcast of WoodSongs, which has a radio audience of over a million listeners each week on 500 public radio stations, plus is carried on PBSTV coast-to-coast as well as the American Forces Radio Network in 173 nations.
On Friday, May 23 Johnathon will host a premiere of the two episodes of WoodSongs that were taped in Eureka Springs last fall during the 66th Annual Original Ozark Folk Festival. The shows spotlighted artists from across Arkansas and The Ozarks including Mountain Sprout, The Clark Family Trio, Clancey Ferguson, Allison Williams, The Ozark Alliance, David Kimbrough III, and Fiddlin’ Banjo Billy Mathews, as well international stars Leroy Troy and the Tennessee Mafia Jug Band and Murphey. Both WoodSongs shows will air on public television stations across America after their premiere here in Eureka. Both the WoodSongs premiere and the concert with Murphey will be held in The Auditorium on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the shows start at 7 p.m. both nights.
Admission to the WoodSongs premiere Friday evening is free, with a suggested donation of either $5 to The Auditorium maintenance and operation fund, or two cans of non-perishable food to the Flint Street Food Pantry and their Back Our Kids program. Tickets for the Michael Martin Murphey/Michael Johnathon concert Saturday are only $15 for general admission seating, or $100 for a VIP package that includes premium seating, a poster and a meet and greet with Murphey and Johnathon the night of the show. For tickets and more information, visit TheAud.org or call 479-253-7333. For more information about the artists, visit michaeljohnathon.com and michaelmartinmurphey.com. For more information about WoodSongs, visit woodsongs. com.
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Citizens’ input sought on Trails Plan at Thursday forum By Landon Reeves
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The Trails Committee is hosting a public forum to inform residents about and gather their input on the Eureka Springs Trails Master Plan Draft. The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 15, at 6 p.m., at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. A copy of the Master Plan Draft can be viewed online at www. EurekaParks.com or can be requested via email at esparks@arkansas.net; copies are also available at the Parks Office at 532 Spring St., 479-253-2866. The Parks and Recreation Commission and the Trails Committee created an initial concept plan for a master trail months ago, but there are still several steps – some of which have become contentious – that the project must go through before any trails come to fruition and the public forum is one of them, said Parks officials. After the forum, Parks will take the
suggestions of residents to the Trails Committee and have them change the plan to fit any concerns of residents and the City Council. Then they will approve the plan and introduce it to the Planning Commission, which will review it and either give it back to Parks for more changes or give it to the City Council with a recommendation to approve it, explained Parks Director Bruce Levine. If the council approves, then Parks and Trails Committee will begin to seek funding for the trails and will conduct multiple surveys to determine the impact of the proposed trails, and find out whether land for a trail is available in the planned area. If anyone would like to stay informed on the Trails Committee and the PRC they may attend either of their regular meetings. The Trails Committee usually meets on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. in the Parks offices at Harmon Park. The PRC meets every third Tuesday at 6 p.m. in City Hall.
Carroll Electric to hold annual meeting By Kathryn Lucariello
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BERRYVILLE – Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation will hold its annual meeting on Thursday, May 22, and will review the annual report, reelect a board member and hear a talk by CEO Rob Boaz. While electricity sales revenue fell between 2011 and 2012, dropping from $144,478,960 in 2011 to $142,587,473 in 2012, the CE annual report for 2013, mailed to members along with ballots, shows a whopping $164,569,158 in sales, an increase of $22 million. Corporate spokeswoman Nancy Plagge said there are a number of factors that cause energy sales increases: “increased usage by members, 66+ million kwh (weather-driven); increased fuel charges on the wholesale side (market-driven); a wholesale rate adjustment and a retail rate adjustment (overall average adjustment of 8.8%).” While expenses between 2011 and 2012 fell, they also fell between 2012 and 2013, by $14 million overall. In particular, expenses for operating and maintenance, consumer accounting and administrative fell by $43,000. “More time and resources were invested in building infrastructure,” Plagge said. Carroll Electric is in the process of remodeling and expanding its headquarters in Berryville. Overall, the net worth of the business increased from $472 million in 2012 to $514 million in 2013. As for capital credits, money returned to
members, in August 2013 the corporation retired $7.8 million for 1987 and 1988. It will retire $6.5 million in February 2015, Plagge said. She said the coop currently has 72,310 members. As of December 2013, there were an average of 89,837 electric meters billed, with an average of 1,220 kwh billed to homes and farms. The report notes that CE’s electricity cost is 8.8 cents per kwh, which is 26 percent lower than the national average. There is one position available on the board this year, that of current chairman Alan Hunnicut, for District 5, who has been nominated by the Nominating Committee. Hunnicut, a veterinary doctor in Berryville, is also the chairman of the board at First National Bank of North Arkansas and serves as a director on Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. Plagge said there were no member-submitted petitions for board candidates this year. There are also no matters referred by the board to be voted on by the members. The meeting packet also contains a survey, which asks questions on reliability and affordability, with possible responses from “strongly disagree to strongly agree.” The meeting will take place at 10 a.m. at the Carroll County Fairgrounds in Berryville. Meeting registration will begin at 9 a.m., and all members are required to bring identification. Surveys and ballots must be returned to headquarters no later than noon, May 19, in the official envelope, to be counted.
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You may know as Mr. Shrine. But for many years, Ralph Wilson was Mr. Midway. Ralph Wilson is the Eureka artist who recently completed a community shrine, “Our Lady of the Springs” dedicated last weekend. But he’s also been busy organizing carnival games for the Fur FunFest, a new event at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge. A fundraiser for the Good Shepherd Humane Society and the refuge, it features games of ring toss and coin toss for prizes, like you might find on a midway at a county fair – with one difference. “We want the kids to win,” Wilson said. Wilson is known as an artist who creates shrines from found objects. He also makes and sells shrine kits to museums and other outlets on his Mr. Shrine website. His background is in business management and marketing, which he majored in at UCLA, then went into project management. He was managing a Christmas tree ranch in Idaho when he got a call from a friend who worked in special events, asking Wilson if he wanted to be the midway manager at the Del Mar Fair, the San Diego county fair. Wilson took the job, and for six years, was responsible for dealing with contracts for 30 different carnival operations, organizing tickets sales and setting up the midway, which took in $30,000 to $50,000 a day. “My job was to net one million dollars in 18 days, and we did it,” Wilson said. Wilson also was the night concession manager at the Del Mar race track. He was doing midway events at the Arizona State
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Fair in the early ‘80s, when he saw that there were a lot of artists there who had no idea how to market their work. “So we jumped into that,” he said. He first came to Eureka Springs in 2002 as an artist in residence, then moved her permanently in 2006, helping to put on festivals and events. He also promoted art in the schools, parks, private property and moving vehicles (art cars). When the Good Shepherd Humane Society, who runs the animal shelter, asked him to organize the carnival games for the Fur Fun Fest, he couldn’t say no. “My dog Merle came from that shelter,” he said. Admission is free to Saturday’s FunFest,
which starts at 10 a.m. with a blessing of the animals in the event field in front of Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge. Pets on leashes are welcome. Tickets will be sold for carnival games, face painting, magnet and magic-wand making, glitter nails and temporary tattoos. Hot dogs, chips and beverages will be available for sale and there will be live music throughout the day. Margo the Clown and the Rhythm House Dancers are part of the entertainment. Half of the proceeds will go to GSHS and half to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, which is offering free admission to the wildlife refuge on Saturday to Carroll County residents with proof of residency.
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Editorial
When caution trumps equal rights
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e don’t have a Citizen of the Month award, but if we did, it would go to Jane Osborn, deputy county clerk at Eureka Springs’ Western District Courthouse. (The antithesis of such an award would go to Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers but we will get to that in a minute.) You see, after Judge Piazza ruled as unconstitutional the state’s ban on gay marriage, Osborn, though she is no attorney, could see – as anyone with any common sense can – that Piazza’s ruling means that same-sex couples do in fact have the right to marry. He wrote that Amendment 83, passed overwhelmingly by Arkansas voters in 2004, was “an unconstitutional attempt to narrow the definition of equality.” He also overturned a 1997 state law banning gay marriage. Osborn heard this, and it was enough for her. She headed to the courthouse Saturday morning, where another deputy clerk, who didn’t know what to do lacking specific instructions one way or the other, had erred on the ridiculously cautious side. She was closing the courthouse and refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses when Osborn arrived, opened the clerk’s office back up and starting helping happy couples – regardless of their gender. Folks holding hands and bearing flowers and even matching “Bride” T-shirts were overflowing from the courthouse, lined down the steps and into the parking lot at 10 a.m. when we arrived. It was a beautiful sight to see, with couples on the left marrying on the sidewalk and celebrating their licensure, and couples on the right waiting their turn. Love and joy were the order of the day. The celebrations continued Monday morning, at least for a few hours. Judge Piazza’s ruling last Friday should have been enough for our Prosecuting Attorney, but instead, he and our county’s legal counsel of record, Mike Rainwater, decided to fall back on a bunch of technicalities and
legal mumbo-jumbo, and err on the side of ridiculous caution as well. Rogers ordered – err, “advised,” as he said in a press release – County Clerk Jamie Correia and her deputies to stop issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Yes, there are some questions about whether Judge Piazza’s ruling was technically a “judgment or decree,” and whether it was supposed to take effect immediately, or 10 days after it was entered by that court’s clerk, as the law states is the rule in most cases. Yes, there are some questions as to whether the county clerks here and in the other handful of counties that went ahead and began issuing the licenses should have done so. And, yes, there are lots of questions about whether Piazza’s ruling will stand once the Arkansas Supreme Court hears the case and issues a ruling, which is now expected in the next few months. But there is no question that, as the purported “Wedding Capital of the South,” Eureka Springs was the appropriate place for the South’s first same-sex marriage licenses to be issued, and it SHOULD have been the place where same-sex couples from all over the region and nation could continue to come to be wed. It would have been the boost to our tourism industry that we badly need, and it would have continued the national press exposure that began over the weekend. You can’t buy that kind of publicity. It’s too bad that our county officials – namely, Rogers and Correia, though she was just doing what she was told – didn’t have the foresight to think of our county’s and our town’s economic future and the future of the tourism industry, and that they didn’t decide to go ahead and follow what was clearly the intent of Judge Piazza’s ruling. Surely it would have all come out OK in the end. But it’s especially too bad that they chose to err on the side of ridiculous caution, when they could have chosen to err on the side of equal rights – and on the side of love.
Citizens of the Week
Two long-time members of the Eureka Springs Hospital Guild, Wilma Hagquist, left, and Beth Manire-Short, were recognized last week for the thousands of volunteer hours that each has given freely to the Guild, visiting hospital patients and their families and also volunteering to raise money by staffing in The Purple House Thrift Shop in Eureka Springs. Members of the Eureka Springs Hospital Guild gathered last week for their regular May meeting to plan their vol-
unteer efforts for the year ahead. After the meeting, members recognized the incredible contributions these two women have made their community. The Eureka Springs Hospital Guild is currently seeking more volunteers to join the Guild and to help staff The Purple House Thrift Shop. To learn more about how you can volunteer, contact Guild President Nancy Werbitzky at 479-253-7064. And congrats to our Citizens of the Week, Wilma Hagquist and Beth Manire-Short!
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What do
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Citizen Opinion by Margo Elliott
Do you think gay marriage should be legal in Arkansas? Why or why not?
Send your opinions to Citizen, P.O., Box 679, Eureka Springs, AR 72632, fax to (479) 253-0080 or e-mail to: citizen.editor.eureka@gmail.com All forum entries must be signed and verifiable.
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Reader: Gay weddings jumped the gun
Marsha Havens Donna Bree “Eureka Thyme Thompson
Phyllis Moraga
Yes, I do. To loosely quote Jesus: There is no male or female; bond nor free.
I do.
Proprietress”
Crystal Lucas “Bartending Babe”
Yes, I think everyone should have the right to be with/marry whomever they want! Love the one you’re with!
“Donna Bree”
MOST DEFINITELY! It’s all about love, period!
Sheri Cunningham
“Headmistress of Clay”
“Wonderland Woman”
Juliette Edgerton
“The Resourceress”
Yes. It should be legal everywhere. Yes. All individuals We love who we have the right to be love and all should treated fairly, equal- receive the same ly and with respect. rights, regardless of their gender This is humane preference. action.
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On Tuesday, May 13, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that Judge Piazza issued his opinion declaring the ban on gay marriage unconstitutional after the close of business on Friday, May 10. The paper also reported that according to Lonoke County Clerk Larry Clark, “[t]he judge issued an opinion, not an order.” This is legally significant because a judge’s ruling does not become effective unless and until an order is docketed (filed with the clerk of the court). Since it appears that no order was docketed, there no legal justification to complain that the Carroll County Court Clerk erred in failing to issue same sex marriage licenses. To the contrary, in the absence of an enforceable order it would appear that the clerk may have erred in issuing the licenses and as a result the licenses may be in jeopardy. The law is clear as to when an order is enforceable. Rule 62(a) of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure states as follows: “Except as otherwise ordered by the court, no execution or enforcement proceedings shall issue on any judgment or decree until after the expiration of 10 days from the entry thereof.” Unless otherwise ordered by the court, an interlocutory or final judgment in an action for an injunction or in a receivership action shall not be stayed during the period after its entry and until an appeal is taken or during the pendency of an appeal. The provisions of subdivision (c) of this rule govern the suspending, modifying, restoring or granting of an in-
Citizen Survey Do you think gay marriage should be legal in Arkansas? Why or why not? m No. m Yes. m I haven’t decided. Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in. Vote by Wednesday 9 a.m.
junction during the pendency of an appeal. The reason for the 10-day delay is permit the opposing party, in this case the Attorney General, to file a motion for reconsideration and/or to move for a stay pending appeal. On Monday, the Attorney General filed a request to stay Judge Piazza’s order (assuming that there was an order). And presumably, on Monday morning the Pulaski County Court Clerk docketed the order. Judge Piazza’s opinion is not the same as a judgment or decree. So the first issue with regard to Judge Piazza’’s ruling is whether after issuing his opinion, he signed a final decree (order) declaring the ban on same sex marriage unconstitutional, and more importantly whether the decree states that it is “effective forthwith.” And even if his order states that it is “effective forthwith,” it still is not enforceable unless and until it is entered. An order is considered entered only after it is filed and docketed by the clerk of the court. Assuming that Judge Piazza signed an order, and assuming that his order states that it is “effective forthwith,” and assuming that his order was handed down after the close of business on Friday, and assuming that it was docketed on Monday, the issue is what effect does that have on the validity of the licenses issued in Carroll County on Saturday? So even assuming that the Arkansas Supreme Court upholds Judge Piazza’s ruling, there will be grounds to contest the validity of the licenses and ensuing marriages. Most likely, this will become an issue when one of the parties files for divorce or dies. – Bob Jasinski
LAST WEEK’S QUESTION
See Forum, page 29 85 votes cast
Do you think governmental bodies should be able to pray at the start of their meetings as the Supreme Court just ruled? m No. Mixing government and religion is not a good idea.: 49.4% (42 votes) m Yes, as long as all the body’s members agree to it.: 10.6% (9 votes) m Yes, I think prayer is always a good thing, everywhere.: 40.0% (34 votes)
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Teachers say thanks for the love
Walking the Walk Debbie Clarke of Berryville and Carley, her Brittany spaniel, watch as Stacy Moore, a.k.a. The Muttman, teaches Coco to heel during a training session at Pine Mountain Theater. Moore conducted two training session last week as a fundraiser for the Good Shepherd Humane Society. Tracellen Kelley reported that so far, GSHS has heard from seven of the participants. “They were amazed,” she said. “All of their dogs respond to commands easily now. Mr. Moore is just amazing. We at Good Shepherd were very lucky to have him come to our small town and help us and our dog lovers.”
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The Eureka Springs High School teachers would like to give a big thank you to all the parents who made Teacher Appreciation Week special. They would also like to thank Community First Bank, Cornerstone Bank, Eureka Market, Cravings by Rochelle bakery and Ozark Guidance for providing wonderful food, and to the Basin Park Hotel and 1886 Crescent Hotel for providing a big vacation package prize, won by Linnea Koester. Pictured are teachers, back row from left, Richard Mann, Brian Rambo, Linda Basurto, David Parkman, Katy Turnbaugh, Sherry Sullivan, Jake Allen, Adam Louderback, Tracy Ledesma, Denise Gibson, Chad Martin, Ellen Engler and Nancy Stainer; front row, Linnea Koester, Jessica Cummings, Jamie Green, Amy Rogers, Kathy Remenar, Daniel Moose, and Paula Kaffie.
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July 11, 1937 – May 7, 2014
Denys Flaherty, 76, of Eureka Springs passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Ms. Flaherty was born July 11, 1937, in Jersey City, N.J., to parents Edward David Flaherty and Josephine Theresa Evans. She worked mainly as a homemaker and also enjoyed her work on the Eureka Springs Planning Commission and helping at the Good Shepherd Humane Society. She is survived by her loving children
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and grandchildren as well as many relatives and friends. Memorial services will be held at a later date. The family has set up an account at Cornerstone Bank of Eureka Springs where donations can be made in her memory. Arrangements are by Benton County Memorial Park Funeral Home, 3800 W.Walnut, Rogers, Ark. Online condolences at www.bentoncountymemorialpark.com.
Curtis Wayne Weathersby Sr. Sept. 11, 1947 – April 18, 2014
Wayne Weathersby Sr., 66, of Lake Wales, Fla,, passed away Friday, April 18, 2014, at his residence surrounded by his family and friends. He was born Sept. 11, 1947 in Cleveland, Texas, to the late George Lanford and Helen Yvonne (Turner) Weathersby. Except for the 13 years he lived in Eureka Springs, Ark., he had been a resident of Lake Wales since 1983, moving there from Colorado. He was a musician.
Wayne was a master splinter, a musical mentor to many and his passion was for music. Survivors include his beloved wife of 46 years, Janice A. Weathersby; daughter, Erin May Weathersby, of Hilo, Hawaii; son, Wayne Weathersby Jr. and wife, Brook, of Lake Wales; brother, Don Weathersby of Okeechobee, Fla.; and four grandchildren, Samantha, Syama, Simon and Vinodini.
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100 Bottles of Wine on the Wall Staci Elkins puts another bottle on the patio wall she and spouse Jason Elkins are building last week on the corner of the Brydan Suites parking lot next to the outdoor grill. The Elkins, who have a sustainable landscaping business, Thrive, in Garfield, used wine bottles from the local recycling center. Stephen and Christie Miller helped with the project.
Photo by Jennifer Jackson
Photo by Jennifer Jackson
Whenever they come to their grandmother’s house, Ariel and Ezra Grulkey check the door of the fairy house to check to see if the fairies have left them a gift.
Wee Folk take up residence on East Mountain By Jennifer Jackson
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“Up the airy mountain, down the rushy glen, we daren’t go a-hunting for fear of little men.” In William Allingham’s poem about fairies — wee folk in green jacket, red cap and white owl’s feather — live along the rocky shore or in the reeds of the black lake. Some, however, have evidently moved to town — Eureka Springs — where they have taken up residence in the base of a tree on East Mountain. It’s just up the hill from the home of John and Donna Perkins. “The fairies just built a house there,” Donna said. “They thought it was such a nice place.” The Perkins have two grandchildren, Ezra, 4, and Ariel, 3, who live in Holiday Island but visit their grandparents every week. The first thing they like to do is walk to the fairy house with their grandmother and open the little door. What
they find: candy the wee folk have left for them. “I believe in fairies,” Ezra said. In front of the house is a moss-covered stone bridge with a lashed-twig railing. A tiny wooden bench and two rustic lawn chairs on a slab-wood patio provide outdoor seating. There’s also a little red mailbox that opens, but as far as she knows, the fairies have not received any mail there yet, Donna Perkins said. Coin-sized wood slabs serve as stepping stones to the arched yellow door, set in a cleft in the tree base. When open, it reveals a toadstool-sized dining set. Other people who live in the neighborhood are aware of the fairy house, Perkins said, as are people who walk their dogs along the street. “They say they can’t wait to see what’s going to be added,” she said. She thinks, however, that the fairies are planning to install a chimney that will vent through an opening higher up on the tree trunk.
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National Hospital Week treats
Photo by Steve Johnson
Employees show off the gifts they received Monday when the Eureka Springs Hospital kicked off National Hospital Week by presenting candy-filled mugs to all employees. For 85 years, Eureka Springs Hospital – “The Hospital With A Heart” – has delivered quality health care precisely because of the day-in, day-out commitment and dedication of all its employees, hospital officials noted. National Hospital Week is the hospital’s annual opportunity to thank these dedicated individuals – physicians, therapists, nurses, engineers, food services workers, volunteers, administrators and so many more – for their continued commitment to serve the residents of and visitors to Eureka Springs as well as the people of neighboring communities. Other employee-appreciation events are scheduled at the hospital all week.
Fastest in the Fourth Grade Wonde Yao-Clay shows off his medal after his hand-made Derby car was deemed the fastest during the annual Fourth Grade Derby Race hosted by the Eureka Springs Police Department on May 2. The collaborative effort between the school district and the police department integrates curriculum lessons with community involvement – and fun! The police department grilled out and provided snow cones for all fourth-graders. Students who had built Derby cars with their families then raced them.
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Writer, artist and scholar Grace Wendle is the valedictorian for Eureka Springs High School.
Making Memories Eureka native is valedictorian By Jennifer Jackson
JJackson.Citizen@gmail.com
On Friday, May 23, Grace Wendle will graduate with the 36 members of the Eureka Springs High School Class of 2014. She started kindergarten 13 years ago with many of them, but she doesn’t remember that moment. She can, however, recall how she felt the next year. “I remember being nervous and excited before starting first grade,” she said. Wendle has so many memories of her years in Eureka Springs schools, starting with Mrs. Willis’ first-grade class, that none stand out, she said. So as valedictorian, she will speak on the importance of making memories after graduation that the students will be proud to look back on. “It’s encouraging people to make good memories of things that are worthwhile for them and other people to remember,” she said. The daughter of Rusty and Tiffany Wendle, Grace has a 4.124 grade point average. She has taken four advanced
placement classes, including calculus and statistics. “I like math,” she said. “I enjoyed them, and found them challenging but not impossible.” She also likes literature and art. She writes short stories and poems, and studied drawing, painting, sculpting and metal-working in her three years of art classes in high school. Grace is also a member of the Quiz Bowl team and the Rotary Interact Club, and volunteers at the Carnegie Public Library. Grace and her family are members of Green Forest Church of Christ. She plans to attend Harding College, a Church of Christ-affiliated college in Searcy, of which both of her parents are alumni. Grace wants to be a writer, and plans to spend her sophomore year in Florence, Italy or Greece through the college’s international studies program. The E.S.H.S. graduation is Friday, May 23, at 6 p.m. in the high school gym. The ceremony is open to the public.
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Eureka Springs High School
CLASS OF
Class Colors: Red, Black & Silver Class Motto: We have come a long ways, but not nearly as far as we will go. Class Flower: Peppermint carnation Class Song: Freebird by Lynard Skynard
Commencement, May 23 • 6:00 p.m. at the Eureka High School gymnasium
Mara Adams
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Jacob Brown
Sydney Burks
Dennis Casey
Alex Cisneros
Haley Comstock
Kellie Crawford
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The Artosphere Festival Orchestra returns! with Corrado Rovaris, Music Director
80 premier musicians from around the world come together for a series of truly inspired orchestral performances
American Crossroads: Copland, Higdon and Brubeck SATURDAY MAY 31 | 8pm | Walton Arts Center | Tickets: $10, $25
Join us as the AFO performs an all-American program: Copland | Billy the Kid, Suite Higdon | Blue Cathedral Brubeck | Travels in Time for Three Featuring Time for Three – Zachary De Pue, violin; Nicolas Kendall, violin; Ranaan Meyer, double bass; Matt Scarano, guest percussionist
Scandinavian Masterworks: Grieg and Sibelius FRIDAY JUNE 6 | 8pm | Walton Arts Center | Tickets: $10, $25 AFO musicians perform Scandinavian masterworks for the Festival finale: Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Featuring Emanuele Arciuli, piano Sibelius | Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
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TUESDAY JUNE 3 | 6:30pm | Thorncrown Chapel | Eureka Springs | Tickets: $10 Artosphere is funded in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. Other supporters include Bentonville A&P Commission, Greenwood Gearhart, Inc., Regions Insurance, the Stella Boyle Smith Trust, Walmart Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, Bob & Becky Alexander, Les & Mina Baledge, the David Banks Family, James & Emily Bost, Ed & Karlee Bradberry, June Carter, Dale & Prudy Caudle, Chip & Susan Chambers, Steve & Jamie Clark, Nick & Carolyn Cole, Marybeth Cornwell & Rick Hays, Cynthia & Tom Coughlin, Sandy Edwards, Pete & Shirley Esch, Fred & Barbara Frye, Hershey & Denise Garner, Jeff & Lisa Gearhart, Orville & Susan Hall, Meza Harris, Malcolm & Ellen Hayward, Tony & Susan Hui, Tom & Jill King, Greg & Hannah Lee, David & Deborah Malone, Robert & Melinda Nickle, David & Pam Parks, John & Marsha Phillips, Mary Lynn Reese, Frank & Sara Sharp, Mitchell & Barbara Singleton, Barbara G. Taylor, The Chancellor Hotel, Clubhaus Fitness, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Greenhouse Grille, KUAF 91.3 Public Radio, Arsaga’s at the Depot. AFO Media Partners: NWA Media, Celebrate Arkansas Magazine, CitiScapes Magazine, Kid’s Directory of Northwest Arkansas, Entertainment Ft. Smith Magazine, KBVA-Variety 106.5 FM, Lovely County Citizen, and Fayetteville Flyer. Music Director support provided by Greenwood Gearhart, Inc.
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HI to hold large bonfire, give ‘Torchbearer Award’ By Kathryn Lucariello
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Holiday Island will try something new this Saturday – a “bonfire extravaganza” with a guest celebrity to light the torch. The event serves several purposes, said District Manager Dennis Kelly. Wood will be provided from four or five trees the district has taken down on the golf course that were dead and dying and a danger to players. “We had 123 trees on the golf course identified as dead,” he said. “Forty of them were too big for us to handle, so we called in a tree service to remove those 40. We have a stockpile of them, with enough to last four or five years.” He said there are nine trees left with trunks 15 feet tall that will be sculptured by a chainsaw carver, adding to those already on the golf course that were commissioned as carvings by the Homeowners’ Association. Kelly said that any tree targeted for cutting standing on a homeowner’s property line can be given to the property owner for firewood. “We’ll trim up enough cord wood for the fireplace from just that tree,” he said. Other property owners who do not
live on the golf course can also have a full tree cut up into firewood and transported to their home for a cost. “That includes our labor for getting it to the roadside or on a trailer,” he said. In addition, the district plans to donate between 30 and 40 percent of the downed trees to low income people for firewood. “I’ve been in contact with the ECHO clinic to find out what they can use for their low-income clientele,” he said. In addition to burning downed trees, the bonfire will serve as an event to give a “Torchbearer” and Citizen of the Year award to a deserving Holiday Island volunteer, “someone who has dedicated themselves to improving the district,” Kelly said. “In this first year, we had a committee with about nine names nominated. They will get a plaque preceding the lighting of the bonfire. We hope to get a tradition started.” The awardee will get to light the bonfire, along with a celebrity guest. This year’s guest is 40/29 TV news anchor Craig Cannon, who has worked for the station for 30 years. Each year the guest will be chosen from a different field, such as politics, sports, academia, entertainment, etc.
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Craig Cannon, longtime news anchor for ABC affiliate 40/29 based in Fayetteville and Fort Smith, is the special guest for the Bonfire Extravaganza in Holiday Island.
Commissioners who served in the last two years, staff members, contract vendors and their families are excluded from receiving the award. The bonfire event will take place Saturday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Point at the intersection of Shields and
Bandy drives. The district will sell hot dogs, chili dogs, chips, s’mores, toasted marshmallows, coffee, hot cocoa, soda and water. Proceeds will benefit Holiday Island summer youth camps. For more information call 479-2539511.
Find out how to tell your tale on ‘Tales From the South’ The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow is partnering with “Tales From the South” to do four live broadcasts this year, which will be aired nationally on public radio, in Arkansas via KUAR and KUAF, and internationally via satellite, feaPaula Morell turing local Eureka Springs stories and talent.
“Tales” creator and producer Paula Morell will conduct a free workshop on Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m. at The Writers’ Colony. For the first broadcast from Eureka, set for June 8, the theme will be “Tales From the Table – Arkansas Stories” in honor of Arkansas Heritage Month’s 2014 theme: “Come to the Table: Celebrating the Flavors of Arkansas.” During the workshop, Morell will teach participants how to write their true “Tale” for the show and how to present it on radio, and discuss the story submission process. Morell will select stories for the first broadcast based on that theme and work
with the local storytellers to prepare them for a live broadcast on Sunday, June 8. The radio show will be open to the public and broadcast from Main Stage on Main Street in Eureka Springs, where the day will also feature exhibits of local foods, farm-to-table experts, local recipes and local musicians. Morell created “Tales From the South” in 2005 to showcase “Southern-style storytelling.” It has grown to be an internationally broadcast mainstay of the literary scene. Morell has been featured as an emerging writer at the International Conference on the Short Story in English. Her critically
acclaimed novel-in-stories was published in 2006, and her writing workshop “Invoking the Gifts” is being used in recovery centers nationwide. For more information and to sign up for the workshop, contact Linda Caldwell at The Writers’ Colony: 479-253-7444, email: director@writerscolony.org. This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Department of Arkansas heritage, funded by your eighth-cent conservation tax, Amendment 75, and supported in part by a grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Love Conquers All Eureka briefly becomes gay marriage mecca after same-sex ban overturned By Jennifer Jackson
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Jennifer Rambo and Kristin Seaton had just arrived in Little Rock Friday night when they heard the news – that the state’s ban on same sex marriage had been declared unconstitutional. They had driven from their home in Fort Smith to see a relative in the military who was in town. When they heard the news, they turned around and drove back across the state to Eureka. “We got here at 2 a.m. and slept in the car in the parking lot,” Rambo said. “We got up and were at the door around 5. They shut the door in our face at 9.” On Saturday morning, Rambo and Seaton became the first same-sex couple to receive a marriage license in the state of Arkansas, issued by the Carroll County clerk’s office in the Western District County Courthouse. But it wasn’t without a little help. “We sat in the car and said a little prayer,” Rambo said. “I knew that God would prove that love conquers all. Five seconds later they opened up the doors.” Because the marriage license office at the Western District Carroll County courthouse is open on Saturdays until 1 p.m., Eureka Springs was deluged with couples who arrived from near and far to get marriage licenses. Also on the steps was Cheryl Maples, the attorney who led the fight to get the ban declared unconstitutional. Maples came up to Eureka because of possible problems, she said, arriving a little before the opening. “This place was packed at 9 a.m.,” Maples said of the courthouse steps. The police were called, she said, and after a brief conference with the four officers, the deputy county clerk announced that she was closing the office and issuing no marriage licenses. “They shut the door and asked us to leave,” Maples said. “They indicated they would arrest anybody who didn’t.”
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Jennifer Rambo, left, and Kristin Seaton are the first same-sex couple in the state of Arkansas to get a marriage license.
Thirty minutes later, Maples said, the deputy clerk was replaced by another deputy clerk, who opened the office and started issuing licenses. Rambo and Seaton received the first license; Maples was their witness. The Associated Press, National Public Radio and regional press arrived to cover the story. “Eureka got in first and they are getting national press,” Maples said. Local couples also flocked to the courthouse, where two local people licensed to conduct marriages were doing a brisk business on the other side of the courthouse steps. Waiting in line at 11 a.m. were Nick Roberts and Garnet Blanchette, who own Nibbles Eatery on Spring Street. They heard the news and got in line at 8 a.m., Roberts said, but left when the office closed at 9. When they got word that the office was open, they came back and got in line again, Roberts said, leaving a sign at the cafe that people should help themselves to coffee.
TOP: Erin Fowler, left, and Trenton Pennington, journeyed from Fort Smith Saturday to be wed. ABOVE: Until the courthouse closed at 1 p.m. Saturday, the crowd stretched outside and down the steps onto the sidewalk. AT LEFT: Lela James, left, and Dena Dutton of Fayetteville came to Eureka Springs to get their marriage license at the courthouse “‘cause they’re open,” Lela said. “Also, it’s history.”
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Trella Laughlin, center, with her bride, Marie Howard, right. “We’re both brides,” Trella said as they showed off their T-shirts on Saturday at the Eureka courthouse. Looking on is friend and supporter Helga Dietzel. All are from Eurkea Springs.
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city in the South to grant marriage licenses to gay couples, following the court decision that was issued late Friday. Now, no more same-sex marriage licenses will be issued until Rainwater advises it is safe to do so or until a court of authority makes it clear that it is legal to do so, officials said. Meanwhile, same-sex marriage licenses continued to be issued this week in several other counties, including Pulaski and Washington, as gay couples flocked to cities there to be wed. Rainwater told Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers’ office that Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza did in fact overturn Act 144 of 1997 and Amendment 83, both of which outlaw gay marriage, but Piazza did not address Act 146 of 1997, which addresses the process of getting married and says that “no marriage license shall be issued to same-sex couples,” Rainwater explained to the Citizen. After hearing from Rainwater – a personal injury attorney who, under contract with the Arkansas Association of Counties, represents 47 of the state’s counties – Rogers’ office told the clerk’s office to stop issuing licenses to same-sex couples, some-
time around 11 a.m., said a deputy clerk in Eureka Springs. Rogers’ office did not return calls seeking comment. County Clerk Jamie Correia was not available for comment Monday but early Tuesday issued a press release saying that her office does not have the authority to make judgments about interpretations of the law, but instead must do as it is told by those who do have such authority. The press releases states: “Correia’s office followed legal protocol from the state of Arkansas. Licenses for same-sex marriages were issued on Saturday because the state statutes had been overturned by a court in Little Rock. As of Monday morning, the legal counsel for our risk management fund, attorney Mike Rainwater, along with the county (Prosecuting) Attorney, called and advised the clerks to stop issuing the licenses for same-sex marriage, because a statute prohibiting county clerks from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples was not addressed in Judge Piazza’s order. “I was very proud of my staff who have dealt with a great deal of stress and indecision the last few days,” Correia said in the release. “Our job is to seeve all of the public, according to the laws of Arkansas. … Our job is to follow the statutes and not make any judgments. If the time comes that
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Amanda Calloway, left, and Vicki Gilbert Holiday Islander Mary Wise handed out of Greenwood patiently waited in line and flowers to everyone waiting in line last Sateventually made it to the front. urday because “weddings need flowers.”
we are informed that the licenses are to be resumed, we will do so immediately.” Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza on Friday paved the way for the marriage licenses and the ensuing confusion among county clerks when he ruled that Amendment 83, passed in 2004, that bans gay marriage was “an unconstitutional attempt to narrow the definition of equality.” Piazza’s ruling also ruled that 1997’s Act 144 that bans gay marriage was unconstitutional. But since Piazza did not issue a stay or an injunction, the state’s 75 county clerks were left to figure out for themselves whether it is now OK to grant same-sex marriage licenses. At least four of them chose to go ahead, led by Carroll County Deputy Clerk Jane Osborn, who intervened Saturday morning in Eureka Springs after the deputy clerk on duty, Lana Gordon, refused to do it. It remained unclear on Monday why Gordon declined to issue the licenses; an Associated Press story said Gordon wasn’t sure she had authority to do so. Gordon declined to comment and referred questions to County Clerk Jamie Correia, who hadn’t returned several phone calls as of press time. Because the marriage license office at the Western District Carroll County courthouse is open on Saturdays, Eureka Springs
was deluged with couples who arrived from near and far to get marriage licenses. Also on the steps was Cheryl Maples, the attorney who led the fight to get the ban declared unconstitutional. Maples came to Eureka because of possible problems, she said, arriving a little before the opening. “This place was packed at 9 a.m.,” Maples said of the courthouse steps. The police were called, she said, and after a brief conference with the four officers, Deputy Clerk Lana Gordon announced that she was closing the office and issuing no marriage licenses. “They shut the door and asked us to leave,” Maples said. “They indicated they would arrest anybody who didn’t.” Thirty minutes later, Maples said, Gordon was replaced by Osborn, who opened the office and started issuing licenses. Two Fort Smith women received the first license; Maples was their witness. The Associated Press, National Public Radio and regional and national media arrived to cover the story, and soon Eureka Springs -- which, long before any gay marriages occurred, had earned the moniker the “Wedding Capital of the South” -- was making headlines as far as away as San Francisco. Lovely County Citizen staff writer Jennifer Jackson contributed to this report.
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Alison By Sandra TaylorSynar Brown
Share Your Wisdom in a SelfHelp, How-To Book
t’s called Prescriptive Nonfiction, and it forms a large proportion of books that are published today. Basically, prescriptive nonfiction is “how to.” How to lose weight, how to make decadent desserts, how to improve your health with wine, how to get/stay sober. Prescriptive nonfiction (how to) can be thought of as two categories. 1. How to do something physical and specific, such as how to change the transmission in a ‘72 Volkswagen or how to make your own almond milk or how to teach your dog math. The subject can be art or a craft: how to draw geckos or how to write a short story or how to make a macaroni flowerpot. 2. How to improve yourself. This type of book is also called “self-help.” How to organize your life, how to cope with divorce or Crohn’s disease, how to find spiritual fulfillment. We are all on this big hiking trail called being human. Some of us are a little farther along, some of us have taken some side trips or alternative routes. On that journey we have acquired some knowledge, some wisdom, some cautionary tales. We’d like to share that hard-won wisdom, whatever it is. That is prescriptive nonfiction. On May 31, Kelly Madigan, author of Getting Sober: A Practical Guide to Making it Through the First 30 Days (McGraw-Hill), will teach us how to turn our wisdom into marketable articles, essays, or books. I asked Kelly to write a little about how her book came to be and this was her response: I began working as a drug and alcohol counselor in an addiction treatment center when I was twenty-one years old.
People often asked me, “Isn’t that a depressing job?” I never saw it that way. I felt like I was employed in a Miracle Factory, where addicted people had the opportunity to profoundly transform their lives. Decades later, when I contemplated leaving the field, I was disheartened that all the strategies I had developed over time would be set aside. Maybe those concepts could benefit others? I considered writing a pamphlet. Once I began writing, it became clear that the material would never fit in a pamphlet. I was developing a how-to book for those who wanted to get sober but were unable to access treatment services. The more ground I covered, the more I realized needed to be said, about topics like emotions, boredom, common pitfalls, drinking buddies, and misconceptions about A.A. Interest in the book from agents, publishers, celebrities, and readers took me by surprise. How could this little document, which I considered a capstone project to end a rewarding career, meet with such success? I was humbled to watch as the book made its way into libraries in multiple countries. Requests to speak at conferences began showing up in my email inbox. I began to refer to the book as my friend who traveled all over the world, and occasionally took me along. Thank-you notes from people who were encouraged by the book made me feel connected to something greater than myself. Getting Sober was out doing work on its own, beyond my own geographical boundaries. Prior to this experience, I had thought
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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.
of myself as a writer of poems and personal essays. I had never considered writing a self-help book, and in fact didn’t have any desire to do so. I thought there were enough self-help books in the world already. Now, on reflection, I can see that Getting Sober was my particular book to write, and that it filled a niche that was not yet covered by other publications. What if you hold a special kind of information that you learned from trial and error, years of experience, or through undergoing a unique set of circumstances? Join me on May 31st from 10 a.m.
to noon at The Village Writing School for a workshop, “Writing a Self-Help, How-To Book.” I’ll explain the various ways to get your information out into the world, and instruct you in how to format your concept to make it more marketable. Your experience is unique. No one else can write the book that you can write. Maybe the world needs to hear about the very thing you know so much about. For more information and to register call 479 292-3665 or write alisontaylorbrown@me.com. Register online at VillageWritingSchool.com Cost is $20.
Village Writing School May 18: Free Story Clinic at Books in to Making it Through the First 30 Days, Bloom published by McGraw-Hill, will show Marilyn Collins (Memoir) you how to turn your personal experiAlison Taylor-Brown (fiction) ence and insights into marketable essays Whether your story needs birthing or and how-to books. CPR, the doctors are in. Visit our tent May 31: It’s Not Who You Know: Tips to brainstorm how to get started or how for Publishing and Winning Prizes – to get better. Advice specific to YOUR Kelly Madigan story right now so you can take the next 2 pm – 4 pm $20 step. Free. Win prizes from literary magazines, May 22: Spring Memoir Series receive a fellowship from the National Rebecca Mahoney Endowment for the Arts, and get invitHow to create a true scene ed to amazing locations to settle in and How to incorporate dialogue, write for up to a month at a time – while How to create a story arc they pay you to be there. How to create characters. Kelly Madigan has done all this and will Where to draw the truth line? share her knowledge of contests, agents, Part workshop, part writing circle, this fellowships, publishing, platforms, and 3-afternoon series will allow you to get the amazing world of writing residensome feedback on your story and your cies. writing. Limited to 8. $90 Reserve your June 22: Tales from the South – Paula spot by calling 479 292-3665. Morell May 31: Writing a Self-Help, How-To Oral Storytelling Book Location: Rogers, AR at 1st & Popular Kelly Madigan 1 pm - 4 pm $35 10 am – Noon $20 Learn to write and present your work Have you overcome obstacles? for radio and public storytelling. Do you have hard-won wisdom that can Tale on the Rails includes a 2-hour illuminate another’s pathway? workshop and 1-hour train ride. Kelly Madigan, author of the how-to Enrollment is limited book Getting Sober: A Practical Guide 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 May 15: Trails public forum
The Eureka Springs Trails Committee will host a public forum to inform residents about and gather their input on the Eureka Springs Trails Master Plan Draft on Thursday, May 15 at 6 p.m. at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. A copy of the Master Plan Draft can be viewed online at www.EurekaParks.com or can be requested via email at esparks@arkansas. net; copies are also available at the Parks Office at 532 Spring St., 479-253-2866.
May 15: GSHS Annual Membership Meeting
The Good Shepherd Humane Society’s annual Membership Meeting will take place on Thursday, May 15 at 6 p.m. in the Pine Room at the Inn of the Ozarks. All members are encouraged to attend. Should you care to vote on any GSHS issues that may arise at the meeting, your membership dues must be current. Luckily, you can renew your membership at the meeting.
May 15: Poetluck
At the May 15 Poetluck gathering at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, we will hear from writer-in-residence Sherrie Flick. Sherrie will read to us from the project she’s working on at the Colony, a collection of food essays/fictions. Sherrie is the author of the novel “Reconsidering Happiness” and a food writer living in Pittsburgh, Penn. She writes about her garden, food and culture, and how food connects us to memory and emotion. We will of course start with a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. Local writers are invited to read from their work for up to four minutes after we hear from Sherrie. Poetluck takes place every third Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at The Writers’ Colony, 515 Spring St. in Eureka Springs. Everyone is welcome, so bring a dish to share and settle in for a great evening.
May 16: Dances of Universal Peace
Dances of Universal Peace will be held
at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 17 Elk St. in Eureka Springs, at 7 p.m on Friday, May 16. The dances are simple and joyful moving meditations that involve the singing of sacred phrases with accompanying movements from the world’s many spiritual traditions. Participation is free of charge. Contact Rebecca Babbs at 479253-8303 or email babbsrebecca@gmail. com for more information.
May 17: AARP Driver Safety
An AARP Driver Safety Program class is planned for Saturday, May 17 in Holiday Island. Class begins at 8:30 a.m. with registration beginning at 8 at the Holiday Island Fire Station at 105 Holiday Island Dr. The class is four hours in duration. The cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. All class materials are provided. Please call 479-253-0909 for more information or to register.
May 17: Garfield Anti-SWEPCO Rally
Faith Shah of Save the Ozarks continues to branch out STO’s reach. She met with Mignon Serratt and Laura Seamster Mulkey, who are organizing a group of concerned citizens and planning an “anti-SWEPCO” rally in Garfield from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 17. It will be located in the empty parking lot across from the Garfield Elementary School on U.S. Highway 62. Everyone is encouraged to wear their STO orange, bring signs and join them at their rally. May 17: Art & Soul Ribbon Cutting and Open House The owners of Art & Soul envision their new gallery as a community meeting place for those who love music, art and poetry. All are welcome to the gallery’s open house on Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony taking place at noon. Find art, handmade jewelry and photography by artist Carol Cross and photographer/designer Wayne Basile. You will find enchanting animals, cowgirls and bikers, to name a few of their
subjects while showcasing their art with magic, whimsy, mystery and hope adding a smidgen of each in every piece of art they create. The harmony and beauty of nature and animals are also expressed. Art & Soul is 3.5 miles east of downtown on U.S. Highway 62, 7003 Hwy. 62 W. Come out and give them a big Eureka welcome!
the possibilities exist and are given an opportunity to work with the ones that speak to you, is certainly a blessing.” Meet Sandy at Eureka Thyme on May 17 between 1 and 4 p.m., then again from 6 to 9.
May 17: IP Firehouse Barbecue Fundraiser
Holiday Island invites you to bring your blankets and lawn chairs to join us for a community-wide bonfire extravaganza – the largest bonfire in Arkansas – on the banks of beautiful Table Rock Lake. The bonfire, located at The Point (the intersection of Shields and Bandy drives), will begin at dusk, but plan to arrive by 7:30 p.m. to enjoy time with neighbors and friends. Hot dogs, chili dogs, chips, s’mores, toasted marshmallows, coffee, hot cocoa, soda and water will be available with proceeds to benefit Holiday Island’s Junior Camps. Craig Cannon, Northwest Arkansas’ KHBS/KHOG-TV news anchor, will be the celebrity guest and honorary torchbearer. A Holiday Islander will also be recognized as the district’s “Citizen of the Year” and first recipient of the “Torchbearer Award,” and will assist Craig in lighting the bonfire. For more info, call 479-2539511 or email hisid@holidayislandark. org.
Inspiration Point Fire Department will hold its Third Annual Firehouse Barbecue Fundraiser on Saturday, May 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Join them for chopped brisket (smoked by award-winning cook Captain Austin Kennedy and helpers), homemade baked beans, potato salad, cookies and iced tea. The charge for adults is $8; children, $6.
May 17: Eureka Springs Permaculture Study Group meeting
The Eureka Springs Permaculture Study Group meets this month on Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m. at the Sycamore Bend Farm of Andrew and Madeleine Schwerin on Keels Creek. They have been gracious to allow us to come see the results of a lot of hard work and planning including their aquaculture system. If you need directions or have questions, call Jerry at 479-2440377 or Jane at 479-253-4062.
May 17: Sandy Wythawai Starbird at Eureka Thyme
Sandy Wythawai Starbird has been creating fabric “dolls” for almost 30 years. In her own words, “My work is continually inspired by something that needs to be said – needs a physical manifestation – speaks something someone else needs to hear (even and especially if, we have never met and possibly never will). I think the images are always telling the truth. My input is the skill of my hands and the desire of my heart to listen carefully and translate that truth in the forms you see. To have an invitation into that creative space, (some artists call it “the zone”) where all
May 17: Holiday Island Bonfire Extravaganza
May 18: Ransomed at HI Baptist
The Holiday Island Baptist Church, at 14 Stateline Dr., will be hosting the singing group Ransomed on May 18 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. This is their second visit to Holiday Island Baptist Church. The members of Ransomed are Chris Berry, Steve Barry and Joe “Bonus Berry” Gordon. The hearts these three men have for the Lord are clearly evident in the songs they sing and the passion they sing with. High energy, tight harmonies and powerful vocals have been the trademarks of Ransomed since 1998. Regular church services will be moved to 9 a.m. on May 18. The public is invited to welcome Ransomed back to Holiday Island. Light refreshments will be served after the evening performance. Please join us for an awesome time! See Calendar, page 24
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Eureka in Fabric
Quilters put town’s springs in stitches By Jennifer Jackson JJackson.Citizen@gmail.com
A quilt depicting nine of Eureka’s iconic springs is on display in the lobby of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum during May. The quilt was created by members of the Eureka! Quilters Guild, who were inspired to make it after taking a landscape quilting class from Lora Colby of Holiday Island. Nellie Morgan, a guild member who lives in Huntsville, came up with the idea of making a Springs quilt, and already had photographs that could be used as the basis for each block. “Everyone was excited about this idea, as was former gardener DonE Allen,” guild member Margy Thompson said. Each of the nine quilters made a block from a photo. From left, top row, are Grotto Spring with dogwood in bloom by Bonnie Fredrick, Califf Spring by Margy Thompson, and Harding Spring by Albena Link, also with flowers in bloom. Second row, from left are Crescent Spring by Fayla Nickens, Laundry Spring by Linda Brashear and Magnetic Spring by Evelyn Camp. Third row: Grotto Spring in fall by Louise Good-
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May 18: ‘Be Kind’ at EUUF
On Sunday, May 18, at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk Street, Chuck McNeal, D.C., back by popular demand, will share his thoughts in a lecture titled “Be Kind – for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle!” It is a UU interpretation of grace in a post-modern, chaotic world. The program is at 11 a.m., followed by refreshments. Childcare is provided.
May 18: Kenyan missions visit HICC
On Sunday, May 18, the Holiday Island Community Church’s evening service (4:30 p.m.) will feature two missions that the church supports in Kenya: Deanna’s Kids, a private Christian school providing quality education in spite of its many obstacles, and
son, Harding Spring by Sue Hammer and Soldier Spring in winter by Nellie Morgan. Morgan also completed the quilt by sewing the blocks together and doing the quilting. Sue Hammer machine-embroidered the name of the spring and the quilter on each block. The blocks are connected by a limestone trail using a fabric of limestone in three colors that the quilter found. The quilters hope to have the Springs quilt displayed at other locations around Eureka after being at the museum, Hammer said. The guild members plan to make a slice quilt as their next project. Instead of nine separate scenes, a slice quilt is based on a photograph. They are choosing one of a historic spot in Eureka. The photograph is enlarged and cut into nine pieces, with each quilter doing a section of the scene. Then the blocks are sewn together, putting the scene back together again. The quilters also plan to do a quintessential Eureka quilt showing local landmarks. “It was a fun thing to do, and we enjoyed it,” Hammer said of the Springs quilt. “We
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Eureka! Quilt Guild members pose in front of Califf Spring with the Springs of Eureka Springs quilt. From left are Linda Brashear, Bonnie Fredrick, Margy Thompson, Louise Goodson, Sue Hammer and Albena Link.
look forward to doing the next one.” The Eureka! Quilt Guild meets on second Wednesday of the month at Lone Star Bi-
ble Church, Highway 23 S., at 10 a.m. Call Thompson at 918-630-8992 for more information.
International Christian Ministries, which provides free medical services in the poorest parts of Kenya. All are invited. For more information, contact Duane Kriesel at 479244-6422.
5961 or Eula Jean McKee at 479-253-8021 for further information.
May 18: ‘Gaslight’ at The Aud
The First Assembly of God in Eureka Springs is celebrating EMS week by hosting a free lunch for western Carroll County emergency medical services personnel. The event is scheduled for Saturday, May 24, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The church is located on Highway 23 South at the city limits. All area firefighters, first responders, EMTs, paramedics and rescue personnel are invited. Pastor Charles Reed will be presenting several special awards of appreciation at noon.
ceramic art for almost 60 years. From the Los Angeles Times: “Kenneth Starbird has attained such a distinctive signature in ceramics that his sculptures have the look of emerging from the hand of a wizard. They are both anthropomorphic and divine, splendidly organic, and appear concerned with sorcerous spells and aspects of pagan ritual. Like a convincing magician, Starbird invites the beguiling notion that clay can rise up in a plastic lump from the earth’s crust and spontaneously assume forms and implications concerned with supernatural games.” Meet Ken at Eureka Thyme on May 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. and again from 6 to 9.
Eureka Classic Movies presents “Gaslight,” which will show on Sunday, May 18 at 7 p.m. at The Aud. Admission is $3 per person.
May 19: HICC Ladies Fellowship
The Holiday Island Community Church Ladies Fellowship will have its monthly meeting on Monday, May 19, at 10 a.m. This meeting will include a music program sponsored by the talented ladies from HICC. The program will be followed by the annual salad luncheon. Please bring a salad to share and enjoy a morning of music and sing alongs. Contact Linda Bartlett at 479-244-
May 24: Free lunch and awards for EMS crews
May 24: Ken Starbird at Eureka Thyme
Ken Starbird’s sculptural pieces are often mistaken for pieces of coral from the depths of the sea. He is a master of texture and design, having both taught and produced
May 24: Party in the Park
The Holiday Island Rotary Club has announced the Fourth Annual “Party in the Park” will be held Saturday, May 24, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park in Holiday Island, in the Park Shopping Center of Arkansas Highway 23 North.
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The Natural Way Why haven’t we heard about enzymes?
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roteolytic enzymes and systemic enzymes are pretty much the same product found on the shelf of health food stores; different Jim Fain from digestive enzymes. The formulas are unique from company to company but they all contain high amounts of a variety of enzymes which are enteric coated. So they digest in the small intestine instead of in the stomach allowing them to move throughout the body. Digestive enzymes have some similarity but are not enteric coated so they help digest food staying in the digestive system. Why use a systemic (enteric coated) enzyme product? Nowhere, that I’ve ever seen, is there such a collision between modern medicine/science and natural health than in the use of enzymes. Science/medicine knows of thousands of enzymes found in our bodies. It is well-established that we must have enzymes throughout the body in order to live. We also know enzyme production drops as we get older and that some people simply don’t produce what is needed. Metabolically, things change. You would think lots of studies would have been done evaluating the benefit on many diseases such as muscle degradation, clot formation, fibroids, cysts, yeast/candida overgrowth or just for the reduction of ongoing inflammation. Research studies have been published when searching for proteolytic enzymes, 44,0261 show up on a PubMed search. Yet, very few are in concert with the treatment of disease. You’d think the rational thing to do is to change this. That has yet to happen. Compare this to the suggestions made by the natural health people who have seen the benefit of supplementing first hand. Muscle degradation, clot formation, fibroids, cysts, yeast/candida overgrowth, reduction of ongoing inflammation are all conditions regular medicine has a hard time dealing with by prescribing medicines. Fibroids and cysts being benign (non-cancerous) tumors can only be dealt with via surgery and only done under certain conditions. Natural health is called upon by many “in-the-know” people when medicine hits the wall. Does it help to supplement with proteolytic enzymes? There is a tiny, tiny amount of science supporting use. There seems to be a very large amount of people who experience benefit. I’m certainly content with yeast/candida reduction when combined with probiotics and a diet change. Common sense tells us since enzyme production drops as we age adding them back is likely to help. My own personal experience is that when I take two in the morning and, for me, three at bedtime, I sleep better as body pain is greatly reduced – safely.
Wisecrack Zodiac Aries: Wild horses may not get the truth from you, but a wild-eyed spouse with a fly swatter can. Erase your browser history and quit hanging out with loose-minded wombats on Chat Roulette unless you want to lose half your stuff. Taurus: You’re not the fastest person; a distracted turtle could beat you in land speed records. Something sets a fire underneath you on Wednesday, though, and makes you move. Don’t worry, you’ll get used to the jet flames coming out of your butt. Gemini: Most days come up roses for you, but lately it’s been all weeds and thorns. Your mojo will bloom out again this week, but you’ll have a few pollen-induced wheeze attacks first. Cancer: Keep an eye on the guy in the corner. Yeah, over there. He looks shifty, unless he’s related to you, and then he’s definitely shifty. Hide the silverware and your one good pen. Leo: When someone tries to ruin your scene, kick ‘em out of your snowglobe. Sometimes you don’t need a shake-up to enjoy the view. Virgo: No one knows the troubles you’ve seen, and they won’t, either, unless you tell them loudly and often. Develop a suitable lunchtime soliloquy and build up to a one-person show for the mid-afternoon office break. Libra: Feeling lost? Quit seeking out gurus. Frankly, answers are overrated, but a few mind-bending questions can get your mind buzzing again. If you can’t think of any, ask a four-year-old. Scorpio: Your sweetie has left you hanging so often, you carry a fold-away stepstool in your back pocket. Swing away if you want, but eventually you’ll need someone a bit more grounded. Sagittarius: You may think you’re a full orchestra of fun, but actually you’re just a trained ferret
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with a kazoo. Ironically, that should be even more fun, so take a look at what you’re doing wrong. Also think about bagpipes. Capricorn: You’ve been working so hard, you forgot how to play. Apologize to your family for the CandyLand meltdown and take them out to an amusement park. Better for them to be emotionally scarred by a giant-headed mascot than you, anyway. Aquarius: When one door slams shut, it’s a loss of an oppor-
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tunity. If they all slam shut, you left the air conditioning on all night again. Either way, it’s not rocket science, just turn the knob and get moving again. Pisces: For some, life is a race. For you, it’s an attempt to buy new pants in the dark. Eventually you’ll find the right fit, but only if you’re lucky. Carry a flashlight on Friday to boost your odds. Answers on page 25
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Lively Entertainment By Kristal Kuykendall
by Kristal Kuykendall
Diverse Americana group, banjo man from Cali coming to town Following are the highlights of this weekend’s entertainment listings, my recommendations for the best live music in Eureka this weekend: FRIDAY The Electric Rag Band is a guitar-driven Americana band that draws on many styles of American music of the last 100 years, including Blues, Ragtime, Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Punk and everything in between. The group, which consists of Pat Cook on banjo, guitar and vocals; Shane Stewart on bass, vocals, harmonica and drums, and Daniel Cook on drums, banjo and bass, plays hard and always engages the crowd. The song structures and the playing are a bit more complex than your aver-
age modern-rock band. They don’t fit easily into any established genre, and they are never boring or formulaic. Influences range from country and blues artists like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Johnson to newer acts like The Reverend Horton Heat, The Gourds, and The Black Keys. The Tulsa-based theee-piece takes the stage at Chelsea’s around 9 p.m. Friday, May 16. Admission is $5; open to all ages. Chelsea’s is located at 10 Mountain St., 479-253-6723. SUNDAY BanjerDan (a.k.a. Dan Mazer), a banjo player/multi-instrumentalist based in Paso Robles, Calif., headlines a special earlier show at Chelsea’s Corner Cafe & Bar on Sunday evening, May 18. His
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music is an Americana mix, rooted in straight-ahead bluegrass and branching out to include folk, country, blues, oldies, and other styles. Dan has performed all over the U.S. and internationally, as a solo artist, as a member of bands, and in theatrical productions and orchestras, and as a member of “J.B. Beverley & The Wayward Drifters.” His music will appeal to fans of Doc Watson, Seldom Scene, Bela Fleck, Railroad Earth, Yonder Mountain String Band and Earl Scruggs. BanjerDan’s show at Chelsea’s is expected to begin around 7:30 p.m. and last a couple hours. No charge for admission. Following is the complete schedule of entertainment for Eureka Springs venues for the coming week: THURSDAY, MAY 15 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring St., 479-2537837: Maureen Alexandar, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. • Blarney Stone, 85 S. Main St., 479363-6633: Open Jam, 8:30 p.m.
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• Jack’s Place, 37 Spring St., 479-2532219: Karaoke with DJ Goose, 8 p.m. to midnight FRIDAY, MAY 16 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: Hogscalders, noon to 2 p.m.; Hogscalders, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. • Berean Coffee House, 4032 E. Van Buren, 479-244-7495: TBD, 7:30 p.m. • Blarney Stone: Hellbenders, 8:30 p.m. to midnight • Cathouse / Pied Piper, 82 Armstrong St., 479-363-9976: Solace, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479-2536723: Electric Rag Band, 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: Shannon Holt Band, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Legends Saloon (Lumberyard), 105 E. Van Buren, 479-253-2500: Bike Night, featuring Ozark Thunder, 8 p.m. • New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main St., 479253-2525: TBD, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Den, 45 Spring St., 479-363-6444: Terri & Brett, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 417 W. Van Buren, 479-253-8544: Two Dog Two Karaoke, 7:30 p.m. • The Stone House, 89 S. Main St., 479363-6411: Jerry Yester, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 17 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: Jeff Lee, noon to 2 p.m.; Chris Diablo, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. • Blarney Stone: Blue Moon, 8:30 p.m. to midnight • Cathouse / Pied Piper: Solace, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chelsea’s: Michael McAleer Art Show with “Eureka’s Up & Downs” Zakk Binns Blues, 3 p.m.; Dimetrip, 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: Shannon Holt Band, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): Ozark Thunder, 9 p.m.
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• New Delhi Cafe: SxRex, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Den: Terri & Brett, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Blew Reed & Flatheads, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Lance Griffith & Midnight Prairie Band, 7:30 p.m. SUNDAY, MAY 18 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: StayMore, noon to 2 p.m.; Catherine Reed, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. • Chelsea’s: Banjer Dan, 7:30 p.m. • Eureka Live: DJ, Dancing and Karaoke, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. • New Delhi Cafe: TBD, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. • Ozark Mountain Hoedown Music Theater, 3140 E. Van Buren, 479-2537725: Joe Gordon & Ransomed, 2 p.m. ($10) • Rowdy Beaver Den: Lance & Kelly, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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5:41 p.m. – A caller from Wall Street reported an alarm going off at her neighbor’s house. An officer responded, and it was a malfunctioning smoke detector. May 9 3:31 a.m. – A caller reported hearing a car crash behind their house on Mountain Street. An officer responded and found a car with no one in it. SWEPCO was called due to damage to a telephone pole. 9:26 a.m. – A man was reported stumbling down U.S. Highway 62 with multiple injuries. An officer responded and spoke to the subject, who said he was fine. The report states he was bleeding from the face and stumbling while trying to walk on a major highway – yeah, I am sure he was fine. 6:14 p.m. – A dog was reportedly running into traffic on Main Street. An officer responded, but did not locate the dog. Hopefully the dog’s owner was able to get it to safety. 7:22 p.m. – A caller from Benton Street reported seeing people and hearing noises from inside a house that should be abandoned. Officers responded and upon arrival they found three individuals inside the house. One female left the scene but was later located and cited into juvenile court. The other individuals were arrested.
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• Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Sports Day MONDAY, MAY 19 • Chelsea’s: Springbilly, 9 p.m. TUESDAY, MAY 20 • Chelsea’s: Open Mic, 9 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 • Blarney Stone: Game night
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Lively Entertainment is written and complied by Managing Editor Kristal Kuykendall. Deadline for venues to submit their events for inclusion is noon Mondays. Events should be emailed to Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com and/or phoned in to 479-253-0070 by noon Monday each week. Kuykendall also writes Kristal’s Northwest Arkansas Live Music Blog, which includes video and song clips of band she previews each weekend, as well as additional previews and recommendations of major, not-to-be-missed live concerts throughout the region. The blog is at www.LovelyCitizen.com/blogs.
May 10 1:30 a.m. – An officer arrested a subject during traffic stop on Arkansas Highway 23. The subject was taken into custody, cited and then released. 9:05 a.m. – A complainant advised police that around 200 people on Main Street were wanting marriage licenses and they would not open the door. Officers responded and spoke with crowd. 10:33 a.m. – A complainant advised police of a suspicious male running from a cabin on Main Street. Officer responded and checked the cabin, which was secure. Sounds like someone was just anxious to start his Saturday morning run. 11:30 a.m. – A caller from Douglas Street requested an officer’s assistance with walking through her vacant house. An officer responded and walked through the house. 5:03 p.m. – A truck was stalled at the stop sign on Spring and Main streets. An officer responded and assisted with traffic control. 5:47 p.m. – A caller from Main Street requested officer assistance with a customer. The subjects paid their tab and left before the officer arrived. 6:53 p.m. – A caller reported someone slamming on their brakes at McDonald’s. Officer responded, but did not locate the driver. Is nearly getting into an accident because of someone avoiding an accident a crime? 7:21 p.m. – A motorcycle was reported
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Banjer Dan performs at Chelsea’s on Sunday evening beginning at 7:30 p.m.
“making noise” on Spring Street. An officer responded and checked the area but did not locate the driver. 9:18 p.m. – An unconscious person was in a vehicle in a parking lot on Main Street. An officer responded and cited the subject for expired license, improper use of vehicle license and no insurance. Nothing in the report leads anyone to believe that the police addressed the issue of why some guy was passed out in a parking lot. 10:40 p.m. – A clerk at a convenience store reported a subject trying to sell customers weed. An officer responded, but the subject was gone upon arrival. May 11 2:02 a.m. – A traffic stop on Van Buren resulted in a DWI arrest. 2:21 a.m. – An alarm company reported an alarm sounding at a local bar. An officer responded and no one was at the scene. 2:45 a.m. – A caller from Mountain Street reported her friend was missing. An officer responded and found the friend at her last known location. Don’t you hate it when something you lost is in the last place that you left it? 2:53 a.m. – A possibly intoxicated man was yelling near Basin Spring Park. The subject was told to leave once and then came back. An officer responded and arrested the subject. Sometimes when you want that last word, you should just let it go instead.
3:58 a.m. – Drive-thru employees thought a customer was intoxicated. An officer responded and followed the individual, who was driving fine. 4:09 a.m. – A caller reported hearing someone at their door. Officer responded and circled the building twice, but found no one on site. 7:33 a.m. – A caller reported a subject threw her things off of her porch, stole some things and slashed her tires. Officer responded and took report. 7:33 p.m. – A restaurant on Van Buren reported a couple leaving without paying for their food. An officer responded and checked the area for the subjects, who called the restaurant and paid for their food the next day. 10:25 p.m. – Officers responded to an alarm at the same bar from 2:21 a.m.; the building was secure. Maybe it’s time to get an alarm that doesn’t go off when the wind blows. 10:51 p.m. – A complainant camping at Lake Leatherwood reported hearing suspicious noises. An officer responded and checked the area. The report does not say if there is any resolution, so we should just hope for the best. May 12 12:21 a.m. – A subject was trying to leave the hospital against medical advice. An officer responded, but the subject was gone upon arrival and was not located.
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HERITAGE PARK ANNUAL Yard Sale, May 15-16-17, 8a.m.-5p.m. Tables, pictures, shelves, books, china, glassware, quilts, Christmas decor, tapes, knick-knacks, vintage linens, collector items. 2 blocks south of Berryville square. Rain-date, following weekend. We've cleaned out the closets and unpacked the storage units. Help us get rid of Grandma's treasures! Watch for signs!
JUSTICE FOR LAURA in 2014. facebook.com/RememberLauraAcevez Stop Domestic Abuse in Carroll County THE EUREKA SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET has started its regular season. Come on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7a.m. to noon at Pine Mountain Village. We have freshly picked produce, plants, home-baked goods, local meats and so much more. Visit us at facebook.com/ESFarmersMarket. WHITE STREET SATURDAY MARKET. Open 8:00a.m.-11:30a.m. every Sat., Strawberries are in! Hearth baked breads, Locally grown produce, and other items! Ermilio's parking lot.
MOVING SALE, EVERYTHING must go! May 8-May 29. Furniture, appliances, antiques, sound system, framed art and much more for the home! 42 Bandy Dr., H.I. Please call first 479-981-9926.
ESTATE SALE BY LINDA, Tuesday&Wednesday, May 20&21, 8a.m.-5p.m. 46 years of marriage items. 976 Clearspring Road, Shell Knob, Missouri, Peninsula Subdivision. 39 Hwy., right on H, left on Clearspring Road, go to Peninsula Subdivision, turn right. New 25-cu.ft. black Whirlpool refrigerator, New black Whirlpool dishwasher, oak table & chairs, coffee table and end tables, bedroom furniture, lots more furniture, 16'x16' wood outbuilding, building materials and supplies, Harley motorcycle, camper shell for 2011 Toyota Tundra, fireplace, old comics, vintage items, Firestone Cruiser antique tricycle, collectibles, tools, yard items, kitchen items, water trampoline. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY May 16th-17th, 8a.m.-4p.m. at Riverview Resort, 17939 Hwy. 62 West. Furniture, household items, ''Stuff you may need!'' VINTAGE TOYS, ANTIQUES, furniture, tools, architectural, patio furniture, old advertising signs. Friday and Saturday, 10a.m.-4p.m., Onyx Cave Rd., follow signs.
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Garage Sale 16 WEST BLUFF LANE, Holiday Island. 8:00am-4:00pm, May 16 & 17. Lots of hunting, fishing and camping equipment. Water skis and water toys. Yard tools. Appliances. Quality vintage costume jewelry. Silver & Turquoise jewelry. Household items & much more. Located in Bluffs Subdivision behind Sun Fest Market.
PARTS UNKNOWN, Eureka Spring's destination for a broad assortment of fine men's and women's fashions and accessories, is hiring Part-Time Sales Professionals. If you are a service driven, energetic fashion enthusiast, we'd like to meet with you. Please email your resume to eureka@partsunknown.com or fax to 866-498-2780
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ROCKIN PIG SALOON is now hiring part-time bartender/server. Must work weekends. Apply in person 2039C E. Van Buren Eureka Springs.
ATTENTION Brighton Ridge of Eureka Springs is seeking a qualified individuals to fill the position of:
Floor Nurses RN’s or LPN’s Brighton Ridge offers a newly remodeled living and working environment located in the beautiful city of Eureka Springs, AR. Brighton Ridge offers a competitive wage scale, full health insurance, 401K plans, and vacation benefits. Please inquire at the Business Office or send resumes to Jayme Creek. jcreek@victoriahealthcare.net FX: 479-253-5325 • 235 Huntsville Road Eureka Springs, AR 72632 • 479-253-7038
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BAVARIAN INN RESTAURANT now hiring experienced line cook. Must be reliable. Evenings and weekends required. Apply in person. 479-253-7741
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BONUS OFFERED! Looking for someone serious about working year around for a bed'n'breakfast. Help with guest rooms and owner's home. Must be available any day of week, especially Sat.&Sun. Hourly rate based on experience, but no lower than $11/hr. Immediate potential increase, based on performance. $100 bonus at end of October. Please call 479-253-6264, ask for Donna or Shelley.
TURNKEY BUSINESS! Extremely Well Maintained! Motel, 30 units. Includes TWO 2BR Apartments. Call 479-253-7300.
Land for Sale SEVERAL HOME SITES. Close to downtown. Vertically challenging. All utilities. Think Tree-houses. Possible owner financing. For more information call 479-253-5147.
Real Estate for Sale 3BR/2BA HOLIDAY ISLAND. Unique location. Extremely lovely home. Price is 25% less than appraisal! For rent or sale. Call 479-244-5011. CHARMING COTTAGE on Owen St. 1BR/1BA Stucco on 2+ landscaped lots. Built 2003. $137,000. 479-244-9155. EXTREMELY NICE METAL shop building, overhead door, with bathroom, on 5 rural acres. For Rent or Sale. Call 479-244-5011. TWO for ONE, 1886 cottage refurbished & updated 1991 and studio apartment & garage built 1997. Best location in town, no traffic & quiet, one block above Spring St. $175,000/OBO. Call 951-545-3740 or kd6uih@juno.com for pictures
GOOD SHEPHERD HUMANE SOCIETY seeking applicants for full and part-time kennel tech positions. Starting pay $8.00/hr. Seeking caring, compassionate and courteous individuals to join our staff. Obtain applications online at www.goodshepherd-hs.org or call 479-253-9188.
KINGS RIVER CABIN – Brand new 1,536 sq. ft. cabin on 1.3 acres, 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, native cedar floors, tile kitchen floor, custom pine cabinets. 480 sq. ft. covered porch on front and 480 sq. ft. covered porch on back. Metal roof. On the Kings River close to Trigger Gap. Only 9 miles from Eureka Springs. $199,000 or best offer. Call (479) 981-1177.
HOUSEKEEPER PART-TIME HOURS. Must be experienced. Reliable transportation. Must work Sundays. B&B/Cottage Lodging. Start $10/hr. Call 479-253-8035 for interview appt. IF YOU HAVE A PASSION for the history and the town of Eureka Springs, The Historical Museum has full and part-time positions available. Submit resumes by email only to grwolf@sbcglobal.net. NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS for Part-time office clerk, Prep-Cook/Dish-Washer and part-time wait staff. Please apply in person at ES & NA Railway depot.
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FOR LEASE OR SALE: Operating bar/restaurant business, unlimited potential. Excellent location and parking with numerous options. Call 479-903-0699.
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No, she won’t root for coal-based energy Carroll Electric Cooperative Corp. sent me their monthly magazine and on the back cover, they implored me to contact the Environmental Protection Agency to say we need dirty coal as our fuel for electricity. But I’d like to tell CECC that I don’t want dirty coal to power my electricity. This is the 21st century. We have choices, and I choose life and clean energy. I have seen pictures of the board members and they are all elderly men from an era that demanded and fostered competition and domination. They appear resistant to change, but the world is changing – and we must keep pace whether they like it or not. In Shanghai, China, the city is partly powered with new technology. And by new, I mean NEW: beautiful tree-like structures that are solar and water collectors that also cool the spaces below ground. I don’t expect our nation to be No. 1 in the world for bringing new technology, but at least, can’t we leave the 1800s? Centuries ago, the English discovered that they could change their “pea soup” fogs by eliminating burning coal, and yet, at this fragile and important stage in our history, we have old men who … are still stuck in their past glory and the glut of fossil fuels. Like the ancient pharaohs who were afraid to die alone, they demand that we, along with
the rest of the planet, pollute and kill ourselves because they want to make money and not think of their mortality. We, as a civilization, are at the point that we can’t ignore the toll on our planet and if we continue to choose the wrong priorities; our children’s children won’t have a future. That might even be optimistic. Our children may not have a future; I just read that the shells of shellfish off the West Coast are dissolving from the more acidic ocean, which is a direct result of air pollution. I know that it is hard to think about what to do to preserve the world for generations to come, but I do know that dirty coal won’t do a single good thing. So, NO I won’t be asking the EPA to let these greedy, sad old men kill the planet so they can have more. Instead, I ask you, Carroll Electric Board, to set aside your own personal desires and join us in the future, because the future is here. – Sheri Hanson Eureka Springs
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Pet of the Week “Marlo” (Nr.186) is a very handsome, 1-yr old medium size shorthaired orange tabby. He’s extremely affectionate & outgoing, loves to play, & does great with other cats. A super lap cat who can be adopted for 1/2 the usual adoption fee at the Good Shepherd Animal Shelter, Hwy 62 east of Eureka Springs; open 12-5 every day but Wed; phone 253-9188. The Shelter has over 100 homeless cats & kittens & 45 dogs of all sizes, breeds, colors, ages & personalities. All black (or mostly black) dogs & cats are adoptable for 1/2 the usual fee during May. Adopt a pet & save a life, & thank you for caring.
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‘Back in Black’ returns to shelter
During the entire month of May, the Good Shepherd Humane Society is once again encouraging the adoption of black dogs and cats through the “Back in Black” Adoption Promotion. Throughout May, adoption fees for any black/mostly black dog or cat will be half-price. The shelter is located at 6486 U.S. Highway 62, just east of the Eureka Springs city limits.
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AL HOOKS – NAME IN REAL ESTATE! CALL ME IF YOU WANT IT SOLD!!! – 479-363-6419
‘CALL US ABOUT ANY HOME IN EUREKA - AL, Cheryl, Paul’
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. $199,900.
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This 2008 2 bed/2 bath home on 1.82 acres boasts a solid concrete foundation & 8” concrete walls. Reinforcements, 12” insulation throughout walls & ceiling adds to it’s fuel efficiency. Open floor plan, stainless appliances, 2 ply door & windows w/built in blinds, newer carpet, tile & laminate floors. 2 addtl rooms. Separate laundry room. Sky/solar lights. Walk in closets. Low maintain exterior, buried cable & lines, picnic area. $179,000. $174,500.
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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. $235,000.
CHeryL COLbert 479.981.6249 cherylcolbert.com – cjceureka@yahoo.com
Charming refurbished Spring Street home. Attention to detail and quality throughout, All amenities and updates. Nice open front porch. Great side yard with deck and koi pond. Beautiful guest house currently used as nitely lodging with a proven income. Call me for a private showing of this hidden gem! $369,000.
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. Call for a private showing today! $439,000. $388,000.
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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Victorian cottage in the i of the city. Charming gingerbread detail throughout, fenced yard, 2 car garage. Possible income potential from separate guest quarters w/bath & kitchen. $234,900.
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Stunning 3/2 with separate remodeled cottage, new garage on 1.18 acres, In town with maximum privacy. This house has been immaculately maintained and is stunningly landscaped, w/gazebo, Koi pond with running waterfall. Big private cliff side deck. Wheelchair accessible. stamped concrete driveway, Complete watering system. Home sits along year-round creek. $249,000.
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.
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CHeryL COLbert 479.981.6249 eurekaspringsrealtor.com - cjceureka@yahoo.com
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.
AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com
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T h i s charming 2,250 sq ft home w i t h finished downstairs boasts 2 bedrooms, 1 & 1 1/2 bath, huge kitchen, w/w, covered deck upstairs PLUS 2 bonus rooms, large living area with stone fireplace, a 2nd kitchen, Jacuzzi tub, covered deck and another bonus room downstairs. Sits on a nice sized lot. $139,900.
AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com
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Great Investment opportunity. Extremely well maintained 4 plex with proven rental history. All units are spacious with 2 Bdrms, 1 bath, porch or private balcony with wooded views. Off street parking, hiking paths, minutes to shopping, downtown Eureka, marina and lake. $199,000.
AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com
Meticulously constructed & maintained home with attention to detail and quality. This totally custom home offers amenities galore! Spectacular mountain & valley views are offered from your private decks or soaring living room windows. Gourmet kitchen, beautiful balconied library, fantastic work shop and studio, 3.5 car garage, 3.3 private acres and much much more. Call me for a private showing. $459,500.
AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com
Cedar home w/ guest house on 8.29 (+/-) acres, pond, beautiful mtn. views & land. The home features large open rooms, geothermalheat,generator, large windows, 2-car garage, 1-car carport, detached 3-car carport w/storage, guest house w/kitchenette, bath. POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING. $395,000.
AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com
Historic 3 bed 2 bath cottage on quiet street just off the historic loop and minutes to downtown. Nice high ceilings, enclosed sunroom and separate living unit on lower level. Great home for easy living or that weekend getaway home. Close to all the best that Eureka Springs has to offer. $139,000. $119,000.
Excellent business location! This very successful Hwy 62 high traffic location offers multiple use buildings with approximately 10,000 sq ft of combined spaces. 40+ parking spaces. Buildings have been updated and maintained meticulously. Possible usage and amenities too numerous to list. For confidential showing please call Al Hooks. $850,000.
Paul Faulk 479-981-0668
AL HOOKS 479.363.6419
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