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MAY 30, 2013

TOPNEWS n Developing land

on South Main?

Council could rezone property tonight from R-1 to Commercial

Living Legend

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n Public’s input

sought on trails National Park Service advisor helping form city’s master trail plan

Billy Batson is honored by U.S. Air Force for his high-flying career Page 3

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They discovered it while going to check a water tank. Public works was notified of the tree and cleared it.

• A caller asked ESPD to see if anyone had turned in a black wallet with a reflective strip on it. He was advised that no one had turned in a wallet but if they did he would be contacted.

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• A caller asked an officer to check property that she owns on a street off of Hwy 62. Someone told her the roof was gone due to storm damage. Officer checked and the house still has its roof but it was damaged. Made contact with someone on the inside.

• A called advised that her boyfriend See Dispatch, page 25

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Living Legend

Tanker pilot recalls high-flying career

By Jennifer Jackson When he was 23 years old, Billy Batson got his wings.

For the next years, Batson, who grew up in Fayetteville, flew all over the world — the Azores, the Arctic, Europe, Southeast Asia — Billy Batson flying tankers that refuel planes in midair. He has refueled jets that patrolled the borders of the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War, refueled fighter jets during the Vietnam War, and in 1979, when 52 U.S. embassy staff were taken hostage in Tehran, was in charge of air refueling training and tactics in preparation for the rescue attempt.

“It was high adventure,” Batson said.

Col. Batson, who lives on Beaver Lake, is now considered a Living Legend by the U.S. Air Force for a career that started with KC-97 propellor-driven tankers in which he logged 1,500 hours, and included 5,000 hours in the KC-135 jet tanker. He retired in April 14, 1980, just days before Operation Eagle Claw was launched, but clearly remembers the challenges that the night-time desert operation presented.

“We had to develop new tactics,” he said.

Batson was director of the air refueling tanker division of Strategic Air Command at the time. The challenges: The KC-135, a jet, was going to be used to refuel AC and MC 130s, prop-driven aircraft. The initial airspeed for refueling required the tankers to be near stall speed and the 130s at near top speed, he said. As the tanker offloaded fuel and became lighter, the 130s became heavier and were power limited, thus requiring the aircraft to descend while in contact to allow the prop-driven C130s to maintain airspeed — a procedure called tobaggoning.

“This was extremelly hazardous because of the necessity to fly at low altitudes across parts of the Mideast to avoid radar detection,” Batson said. “Adding to the risk was

the necessity to maintian radio and radar silence and no external wing tip or navigation lights. The crews of both aircraft wore night vision devices.”

The kidnapping occurred on Nov. 4, 1979. Crews started rehearsing that month.

Training pilots was one of Batson’s jobs throughout his Air Force career. The three things he always said a pilot needs to understand survive: you’ve got limits, the airplane has limits and they aren’t always the same. There’s also the adage about old pilots or bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots.

“I’m an old pilot,” he said.

Born in Fort Smith in 1934, Batson grew up in Fayetteville, where his father owned the Idle Hours Recreation Parlor on the square and his mother owned Beulah Lee’s Beauty Shop on Dixon Street. Back then, you had to be 18 years old to enter a pool hall in Arkansas, Batson said, but his father let him play when the hall was closed on Sundays. When he was in high school, Batson and his friends would frequent a rival establishment during the week.

“At noon, we’d go to the G & R Cafe for a burger, then play snooker at Roger’s Pool Hall,” Batson said.

Graduating from Fayetteville High School in 1951, he attended the University of Arkansas, where male students were required to take two years of Reserve Officer Training Corps. Batson pursed a business degree, but took advanced R.O.T.C. his junior and senior years. When he graduated in 1955, he was named a distinguished military graduate, and with the draft in effect, postpone his business career and signed up for a three-year stint in the Air Force.

“I never intended to make the Air Force a career,” he said.

He started pilot training at Mirana AB in Tucson, choosing tankers because the training was three months as opposed to 18 for fighter pilots. He then trained on B-25s at Vance AFB Enid, Okla., and in July of 1957, got his wings and was assigned to Aircon Refueling at the Strategic Air Command at Whiteman AFB, Missouri. In 1961, See Batson, page 15

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Lynn Packham Larson takes a run through North Main Street Music Park on Saturday. This station is dubbed GPAC (Give Peace a Chance).The park was brought to fruition by Eureka Springs Arts Council and the City of Eureka Springs.

City looks to public for ideas for trails system

By Landon Reeves The city has received a grant to cover the The city’s Parks and Recreation Com- cost of having an advisor from the National mission hosted a town hall meeting on Parks Service for its trails efforts. That adviTuesday, where area residents were asked sor is Guy Headland, an outdoor recreation for their thoughts and ideas for the future planner with the River Trails and Conservamaster plan for the city’s trails. tion Assistance Program.

“For the first public hearing on the trails “Over the next few months I will be in historic district, we had a lot of input assisting the city Parks Department in from different people,” said Bruce Levine, coming up with a concept plan; that will director of Parks and Recreation. “The likely happen before early fall,” Headland comments, as always, came from some said. “And after we will have another open really fine people, and most everything I house meeting where we will bring the heard was something I want to take home concept plan and invite the public to come and work on.” in and see it and give further input.”

The city had a stakeholders meeting for Headland listed several benefits to addthe trails in February, ing trails, as well as but it was not intended challenges with buildfor public input. This ing and maintaining “The Trails Committee’s meeting’s mission was trails. short-term goal is to creto get as much input as The benefits inate this loop that connects possible to better shape clude improvements the master plan that is Harmon Park and all of the to a city’s aesthetics, set to debut later this downtown historic district to public health imyear, said Bill Featherprovements and propthe Black Bass Lake and to erty value increases. stone of the Parks and Lake Leatherwood ...”

Recreation CommisThe challenges are in sion. the lack of money and – Bill Featherstone “The Trails Comin finding viable land mittee’s short-term to create the trails. goal is to create this After the meeting, loop that connects Harmon Park and all of Headland emphasized that he is not in the downtown historic district to the Black charge or taking over anything, but he is Bass Lake and to Lake Leatherwood, so only here to advise on the formation of a you can get on a trail in any location and do city master plan for the trails. a continuous loop,” Featherstone explained.

Several ideas were put forth by those in “The long-term goal is to have networks of attendance Tuesday night. They includtrails that will feed off of that main loop.” ed suggestions to connect existing trails He said he was surprised at the lack of to schools; get more and better signs to people who showed up to oppose the trails, identify trails and trailheads; have better and he added that trails are not just a fad, maps and better map distribution; create but a growing and permanent part of com- an online interactive map; and build a munities all over the world. dedicated dog-walking trail that had lax “The problem is a lot people in this coun- leash laws. try want to just take there cars from point “Trails allow you to see the city in a A to point B – and that is why a third of way that you can never see from the America is obese and another third is over- street,” Featherstone said enthusiasweight,” Featherstone said during the pub- tically.” I have lived here for 33 years lic forum. “It is our initiative at Parks and and there are trails I have never been on Recreation to get people off the sofa and out and when I go on a new one I can still see in the woods.” something for the first time.”

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South Main property may be rezoned tonight Undeveloped land may be changed from R-1 to Commercial

By Kristal Kuykendall A Eureka Springs man is asking the City Council to rezone an undeveloped portion of South Main Street after the Planning Commission approved his request earlier this month.

If approved and rezoned from R-1 to Commercial, the property could potentially be developed into businesses. The City Council could decide the issue as early as tonight.

The property, which extends from the small, white shed just north of Casa Colina to the gray house south of the Eureka Springs Historical Museum, is owned by Patrick Brammer, who says he has no plans for immediate development of the property.

The land in question is currently designated residential and is largely wooded and open greenspace. It includes eight consecutive lots that are 40 feet wide by 80 feet deep, Brammer said, and 320 feet of highway frontage.

The address at the site, designated by the Fire Department for 911 purposes, is 123 S. Main St., but if the lots are used separately by the owner, they would each get their own numbered address designation.

“I’m not in a financial situation where I can develop it, but someone will probably want to eventually,” he explained. “That whole street is not a residential street, so it should be zoned Commercial anyway. Hopefully there will be some interest in developing the property.”

It is likely to be put up for sale at some point – if and when it is rezoned Commercial, he confirmed. Brammer has lived in Eureka Springs for 11 years, he said, and has owned the property for six years. He declined to estimate its value or reveal his purchase price for the land.

At its Tuesday meeting, the Planning Commission, again discussed the city code’s official definition of “Tourist Lodging.” Several commissioners oppose the use of the word “dwelling.”

Commissioner Denys Flaherty proposed that the new definition be worded as “Accommodations in which sleeping facilities are provided for and offered to guests.”

However, Commissioner Ed Leswig –

noting the need to clarify and update several other codified definitions regarding zoning for tourist lodging and the like – recommended that the commission take them all up at once so as not to “clean up” up the Planning codes in a piecemeal manner.

Commissioners agreed to have a workshop in the near future, and invite some experts in the field to help them develop updated definitions for the codes. The public is invited to attend the workshop and give their input; the date and other details are yet to be announced.

In other business Tuesday, the commission added to the agenda and discussed a proposal to add the 200-foot restriction on Conditional Use Permits to the R-2 and R-3 zoning districts; currently the ordinance only applies to R-1 areas.

In essence, the 200-foot rule requires tourist lodging in R-1 districts to be at least 200 feet from each other, which is seen as a protective measure for residential neighborhoods. The law was originally written in 2000 to protect R-1 districts at a time when B&Bs were popping up everywhere, commissioners said.

“It was a valid ordinance at the time, because that was the primary need and where the problem lied,” said Leswig. “I agree that the 200-foot rule should be added to all Residential districts.”

Instead of acting on the proposal on Tuesday, the commission decided to put it on the next meeting’s agenda to give the public time to offer their feedback – after Chairwoman Beverly Blankenship noted that the public hadn’t known about the proposal being discussed before the meeting, since it was a late addition by Commissioner Melissa Greene.

The commission appealed to local residents to contact them with feedback on that and any other issues before the commissioners.

For the names and contact information for the Planning Commission members, visit www.CityOfEurekaSprings.us and click on “City Commissions: Planning.”

The next regular meeting of the Planning Commission is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11 at City Hall, 44 S. Main St.

Keaton Boardman and his family were on hand recently for Scholastic Honors Day at the State Capitol, hosted by Gov. Mike Beebe. Boardman and Keegan Wilbur were invited to the event, which was hosted by Beebe and honored the top two seniors at each high school in the state, “recognizing Arkansas’ best and brightest students.” Wilbur was unable to attend.

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Opera in the Ozarks embarks on 63rd season

Premier operatic training program brings artists, instructors and patrons from all over nation EUREKA SPRINGS — Three popular operas, including two comedies and a tragedy, plus a group of extraordinary singers and artistic staff will bring magic on the mountain at Inspiration Point, as Opera in the Ozarks presents its 63rd season beginning on Friday, June 21 and running through July 19.

This year’s repertoire features these audience favorites: “Madama Butterfly” by Puccini, “The Elixir of Love” by Donizetti, and Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.”

The four-week season includes 26 performances highlighting the exceptional voices of some of tomorrow’s operatic stars supported by a gifted orchestra.

The outdoor venue of Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point, located on Hwy. 62 West, 5 miles west of Eureka Springs, lends itself to an intimate look at each of these acclaimed operas – an opportunity seldom experienced. Curtain time is 7:30pm for all shows at Inspiration Point. Tickets ($20 and $25) may be purchased online at www.opera.org, or by phone at (479) 253-8595.

As in the past, Opera in the Ozarks will also present each opera at Sunday performances at Arend Arts Center in Bentonville, at 4pm on June 30, July 7 and July 14.

Opera in the Ozarks, a non-profit organization, for 63 years has been the training ground for serious young artists. The singers are selected annually from national auditions. This year, more than 250 singers from 33 states tried out for the coveted roles. Over the years, Opera in the Ozarks has launched the careers of many talented singers who have gone on to perform in premier opera houses around the world.

Thomas Cockrell, Opera in the Ozarks’ Artistic Director says, “The 63rd Season of Opera in the Ozarks promises to be one of the most splendid yet with over 40 talented and already-accomplished vocalists featured in three of the most celebrated operas, two comedies and

one tragedy – but all three extremely popular with audiences.“ Cockrell continues, “Jennifer Zetlan, a 2004 Opera in the Ozarks alum, who played Euridice in Orpheus in the Underworld, recently sang Musetta at Seattle. I think her quote [below] sums up the OiO experience well.”

“Opera in the Ozarks in 2004 was the first real summer program I did,” explains Zetlan. “I forged some wonderful and important friendships with people who are now working in many facets of the arts; singing, teaching, arts management, etc.

I was also still so new to the world of opera; it was a great opportunity to learn some classic operas and also some new music [Raautavara’s House of the Sun], which had a great impact on me.”

Alumni Mark Delavan, one of the premier Baritones in opera today, is currently singing at the Met. He said this about his experience at Opera in the Ozarks: “The total immersion into the operatic process at Opera in the Ozarks made it possible for me to do what I do today! The “Point” really showed me what it is like to work in our profession.”

“The invaluable education and musical experience I received from Opera in the Ozarks continues to help me even today as I sing at the world’s great opera houses,” says alumnus Chris Merritt, who has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Santa Fe Opera.

William Johns, another accomplished alumnus, says: “Without Inspiration Point, my life would have taken an entirely different course. A challenging, wonderful opportunity for young performers, Opera in the Ozarks instills certain values and an outlook essential to the professional singer.” Johns has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, Musica Bayreuth, La Scala and Covent Garden.

Opera in the Ozarks staff members come from professional opera com-

Pictured is the “Queen of the Night” from last year’s Opera in the Ozarks production of Mozart’s Magic Flute.

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panies and outstanding college music faculties, and include independent specialists in areas such as stage combat, wigs and make-up, and master classes.

The music staff numbers 22 with an orchestra of 26 representing professional symphony players combined with advanced college players.

In addition to the staff, the Opera Guild provides invaluable services. Numbering 125 strong, Guild members are mainly from the surrounding area and assist in providing transportation, office help, fundraising, special events, scholarship funds, ushering at performances, help in beautifying the grounds, as well as building stage sets.

“I am very excited about the 63rd season and the incredible talent and exciting performances it will bring to Northwest Arkansas,” says longtime General Director Jim Swiggart. So many people are amazed at the level of our performances and have become patrons who travel each summer to experience opera in an intimate, exciting venue. There is magic on the mountain at Inspiration Point!”

For more information about Opera in the Ozarks or to purchase tickets, visit www.opera.org. If you are interested in having an outreach group perform for your school or club, please email generaldirector@opera.org or artisticdirector@opera.org.

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Opera in The Ozarks in partnership with Eureka Springs artist, business Opera in The Ozarks will collaborate with several area businesses this summer as the company produces a very different version of one of its offerings.

The comic opera L’Elisir d’Amore (The Elixir of Love) by Gaetano Donizetti will be presented in 8 performances the last week of June through mid-July.

Ordinarily, this story of a young man who buys an elixir from a traveling salesman / doctor (to make a young woman fall in love with him) is set in a quaint Italian village; but since the Eureka Springs area has had its share of interesting “doctors” and other such medicine men in the past, Stage Director Robert Swedberg thought it would be fun to change the setting of the opera to Eureka Springs during the early 20 century.

The company will be working with local artist Larry Mansker, who is pro-

viding a number of his watercolors of Eureka Springs that evoke the spirit of the Ozarks from that era. These will be projected and incorporated into the scenery for the show.

In another new collaboration, Opera in the Ozarks is working with Doug Hausler and Edwige Denyszyn, owners of Keels Creek Winery on a distinctive wine bottle and label that will be used to promote “The Elixir of Love” throughout the Eureka Springs community.

Two-hundred of these distinctive bottles (alas, they are empty) will be placed in local eating and drinking establishments to help promote the Opera in the Ozarks season, which includes the popular Puccini opera – Madama Butterfly and The Gilbert and Sullivan classic The Pirates of Penzance in addition to The Elixir of Love.

Now in its 63rd year of producing top-quality opera at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, Opera in the Ozarks features young singing-actors and orchestral musicians who are selected through very competitive auditions throughout the United States. They reside at Inspiration Point for two months during the summer as they rehearse and perform and gain valuable instruction and experience while building their skills as performers.

Opera in The Ozarks is performed at a beautiful and intimate (and also covered) outdoor theater at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony on Highway 62, just west of Eureka Springs, and also at the Arend Arts Center in Bentonville, Arkansas.

For more information, visit www.opera.org

2013 Opera in the Ozarks season At Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony Theatre. Curtain time: 7:30 p.m.

• Madama Butterfly June 21, 26, 29 & July 3, 6, 9, 17 • Pirates of Penzance June 22, 27 & July 2, 8, 10, 12, 18 • Elixir of Love June 25, 28 & July 1, 5, 11, 13, 19 • Chamber Music Concert July 15 (Holiday Island Community Church) • Famous Opera Scenes July 16 At the Arend Arts Center 1901 SE J Street, Bentonville Curtain time: 4 p.m.

• Madama Butterfly July 14 • Pirates of Penzance June 30 • Elixir of Love July 7 For tickets please call (479) 2538595 or (800) 595-4849, or visit opera.tix.com.

Following are brief synopses of this year’s repertoire: Madama Butterfly – Giacomo Puccini A love that knows no boundaries goes horribly wrong in a fateful meeting of East and West. What begins as an idyllic liaison in an enchanting land of cherry blossoms turns into the heartbreaking tragedy of an abandoned bride forced to make an excruciating decision.

The Elixir of Love – Gaetano Donizetti Donizetti’s fanciful comic opera Elixir of Love is vividly realized in this Italian production. It’s the story of Dr. Dulcamara, a travelling charlatan who turns a provincial village topsy-turvy. Dulcamara convinces young swain Belcori to purchase a love potion, the better to win the heart of the winsome Adina. One wacky situation leads to another, culminating in a joyous ensemble number.

The Pirates of Penzance – Gilbert & Sullivan Young pirate apprentice Frederic is

about to be freed from his indentured period. Mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates by his partially deaf nursemaid Ruth, Frederic has decided to leave the pirate life and now a free man, leaves for the shore. Frederic, who has never seen a woman besides Ruth, instantly falls in love with Mabel, one of the daughters of Major-General Stanley. Soon though, the pirates arrive and want to marry the rest of Major-General Stanley’s daughters. Major-General Stanley enlists the help of the police to stop the pirates. Frederic desires to help Major-General Stanley and the police protect the ladies, but soon he discovers that due to a technicality, he is still bound by duty to remain an apprentice to the pirates. All is well in the end when it is discovered that the pirates have noble blood and would in fact be suitable husbands for Major-General Stanley’s daughters

Carroll County Master Gardeners Anita Engert , left, and Mariellen Griffith plant flowers and ornamentals at Little Lake Eureka on Friday, May 24.

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State law changes will officially allow funding for Emergency Medical Responders

By Kathryn Lucariello Although the Western Carroll County Ambulance District has funded training and supplies for Emergency Medical Responders for years, a change in state law this year will make it official to do so, WCCAD Chairman Chuck Olson said at last Tuesday’s meeting.

The original ordinance establishing ambulance service improvement districts in the state provided only for “ambulance service,” although in the Western District the rural fire departments have provided EMRs, considered to be pre-ambulance service. These are trained medical personnel, dispatched at the same time as the ambulance, to emergency calls to provide first aid, CPR and other help and communicate with paramedics while the ambulance is en route.

Occasionally over the years WCCAD, which is funded by a 2-mill property tax to provide ambulance service, has been challenged by some citizens on the legality of funding this service.

Act 1172 now provides for this extra help with the addition of “Support emergency medical services and ambulance operations that are necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the ambulance service improvement district.”

“It’s a broader definition, so bascially we can do what we were doing,” said Olson, who asked Sen. Bryan King of Green Forest to sponsor the change.

Another change is to allow for an increase in the number of commissioners on the board, which was only three, but now allows three or five.

WCCAD is recommending five.

“It will be up to the (Justices of the Peace) to write an ordinance to change it from three to five,” Olson said.

Currently the three board members are appointed from different areas of the ambulance district: one from Holiday Island, one from Grassy Knob and one from rural Eureka Springs. Five commissioners would allow for a repre-

sentative each from all four fire districts and an additional “at large” member, who would rotate from the other areas.

Terms for a five-member commission would be one, two, three, four and five years.

Olson said he had sent a letter to King, thanking him for his support.

Olson said he was unsuccessful, however, at getting the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department to place 1/10 mile markers along U.S. Highway 62 between Garfield and Eureka Springs.

Steve Lawrence of AHTD wrote in a letter the department’s policy only allows markers on fully controlled access facilities where markers can be numbered continuously from state border.

“The case can be made for safety purposes,” said EMR Alliance representative Mike Fitzpatrick. He said towns like Berryville and Eureka Springs both refer to “62 West” and “62 East,” and one’s west is another’s east.

Olson agreed it can be confusing for responders trying to get to an accident scene.

The commission is looking at a potential huge expense in the near future, as the 40-plus AEDs (Automatic External Defibrillators), the LifePack 500s, issued to every EMR are obsolete. As of last year, the manufacturer, PhysioControl, will no longer repair them.

“We can still use them but can’t get them serviced,” said EMR Alliance Chairman Lynn Palmer. “There is another company that may be able to do it. Mike (Fitzpatrick) is looking into that.”

She said she had priced a different model at $1,695 each. Replacing all 40 AEDs would cost around $68,000. She also found LifePacks from the National Association of State Purchasing Officials and might be able to get units for $1,395, which would bring the total cost down to $56,000.

“But then it’s $50,000, and we don’t have a lot of money,” said Olson.

WCCAD’s funds to spend on EMRs

Emergency Responders Alliance Chairman Lynn Palmer, left, presents WCCAD Chairman Chuck Olson with a farewell cake. Last Tuesday’s meeting was Olson’s last. He has served on the board since 2009.

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has been severely impacted since the new contract with Eureka Springs for ambulance service takes 90 percent of the ambulance tax millage.

Commissioners discussed replacing the units a few at a time.

Ed Thompson, Inspiration Point representative, said, “If they are only replaced as needed, we may not be able to get the same ones three years later, and we’d have several different ones we’d have to train on. We’d like to have everyone have the same model.”

Fitzpatrick said he he had found a business in California that claims to be able to refurbish the existing units, but he looked at their storefront on Google Earth and “wasn’t very impressed.”

Olson said the American Heart Association protocol for CPR comes up for review in 2015, “and that could be critical for the Lifepack program.”

Palmer found two other AED manufac-

turers, but their pads are not compatible with the monitors used by the Eureka Springs ambulances. She said there are also a couple companies who offer tradein discounts on the old units.

Palmer will continue to research prices and will get a sample of a new unit from PhysioControl for review.

In other business, WCCAD: • Approved the purchase, up to $1,000, of a laptop computer with accounting and other software for the commission’s needs.

• Approved the financial report. WCCAD had a total of $298,438.05 in its coffers as of April 30.

• Bid farewell to Olson, whose term is expiring as of July. So far, three names have been submitted to replace him, and there may be others.

The commission’s next meeting has been set for Tuesday, July 16, at 4 p.m. at the district office in Holiday Island.

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Boardmans named Cub Scout Family of the Year for entire district

ScoutFamily: Jennifer and Michael Boardman, center, are pictured with daughter Kyla, left, and sons Camden and Keaton, right.

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The Ozark District of the Boys Scouts of America have named the Michael and Jennifer Boardman family of Eureka Springs the district’s 2012 Cub Scout Family of the Year.

The award was presented on April 11 at the First Presbyterian Church in Harrison.

Michael Boardman is Cubmaster of Pack 67, which meets at First United Methodist Church, Eureka Springs. According to Scoutmaster Bruce Bieschke, Boardman also helps out with the Boy Scout troop at the church and works long hours to provide a quality program for the youth.

“One of the reasons that his program is so successful is that he has the support of his family, who are all involved in the Scouting

program,” Bieschke said. “His wife, Jennifer, is very active as a leader with the Cubs, and their oldest son Keaton, who is also an Eagle Scout, is there at every Cub Scout meeting helping to organize and run things, and just as important, act as a role model that the younger boys can relate to.”

Bieschke said the Boardmans’ daughters, Colleen and Kyla, also lend a hand teaching first-aid and knot-tying. The Boardmans’ youngest child, Camden, is a Cub Scout.

According to Ozark District executive Chris Reynolds, there are 37 units in the Ozark District, which covers six counties.

For more information about Boy Scouting, go to www.westarkbsa.org or call Bieschke, 479-253-9209.

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Sheriff challenges state, ADC over prisoner transport costs

By T.S. Strickland The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office is at the center of a legal dispute that could have far-reaching implications for counties throughout Arkansas.

Sheriff Bob Grudek told justices of the peace last week that the state was not fulfilling its legal obligations to reimburse counties for transporting prisoners.

Because of prison overcrowding, beds are not always immediately available to those sentenced to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Instead, inmates are held at county jails until the space becomes available and, then, transferred to state prison at the counties’ expense.

The cost of all this travel can be significant. Though exact figures are not readily available, because the county does not maintain separate accounts for such costs, Grudek said transferring a single inmate to the ADC could have a price tag of as much as $1,000.

By law, the Department is required to reimburse the county for this cost.

However, the finer points of that requirement have recently been called into question.

At issue are two different — and, according to Grudek, contradictory — statutes. The first, amended most recently in 2001, makes it the responsibility of the state “to transport all inmates committed to the Department of Correction to their respective institutions.”

The law goes on to state that “it shall be the duty of the director to send for, take charge of, and safely transport, free of charge, the convicted persons.”

Grudek, speaking on the advice of attorney Mike Rainwater, said the state had not lived up to these requirements; though Shea Wilson, a spokeswoman for the Department of Correction, disagreed.

The state already pays the county $28 per day for each prisoner housed

at the Carroll County Detention Center, Wilson said, and this figure, she argued, includes travel costs.

She pointed to a second statute, amended most recently in 2003, that requires the state to reimburse counties for prisoner housing. The same statute also provides that the rate of reimbursement “shall include the county’s cost of transporting the inmates.”

This later law, Wilson said, should supersede the 2001 statute.

Still, the matter seems to be far from resolved. After speaking with Rainwater, Grudek said, he asked Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Devon Closser and Circuit Judge Gerald Kent Crow to form their own opinions on the matter.

Each of them, the sheriff said, came to the same conclusion as Rainwater, prompting Grudek to test their hypothesis with a real-world example.

The next time the state called and asked him to transport an inmate to the East Arkansas Regional Unit, in Brickeys, Grudek told them they were welcome to claim their prisoner, but that the county was not responsible for transporting him.

The ADC took dim view of this, he said. When, after some time, they did not show up to retrieve the inmate, Crow sent a court order to the director of the Department of Corrections, demanding they do so.

The Department did ultimately comply with that order, though Wilson said the agency had not changed its stance.

It is not clear how the dispute will now be resolved. Wilson said the Department had requested an Attorney General’s opinion to clarify the matter and that officials were awaiting a response. Beyond that, she would not comment.

Neither Rainwater nor Closser could be reached for comment by deadline Thursday evening. Crow was out of the office on vacation.

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Sheriff to JPs: Jail, Dispatch expenses to exceed revenue

By T.S. Strickland Sheriff Bob Grudek drew attention to high turnover rates and tight bottom lines within his department at last week’s meeting of the Carroll County Quorum Court.

In the last year alone, the sheriff told justices of the peace, he lost 18 jailers, four deputies, and eight dispatchers. And 2013 is not shaping up to be much better — with four jailers, one deputy, and one dispatcher already gone.

Grudek has previously spotlighted what he says is uncharacteristically high turnover within his department — spurred, he says, by non-competitive salary and benefits packages.

Just last month, the department bid farewell to Deputy Jennifer Sibley, who resigned after two years on the job to take a position as a police officer for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

When asked why she chose to leave, Sibley cited better pay and health insurance as her primary motivation. More deputies will likely follow in Sibley’s footsteps, Grudek has said, until his department is better funded.

Last Friday, Grudek told JPs revenue in the Carroll County Detention Center and Central Dispatch, combined, would likely fall $200,000 to $300,000 short of expenses. The balance, he said, would have to be paid from the County General Fund.

Until the situation improves, Grudek has said, it is not likely that his employees will see a raise — or have much incentive to stay with the county.

One possible solution Grudek has proposed is to begin charging the cities of Green Forest and Berryville for dispatching services.

An ordinance to that effect failed at last month’s meeting of the Quorum Court, after city officials and some JPs argued it would violate voters’ trust and, possibly, the law.

Neither city has paid for dispatching since 2008, when JPs repealed an earlier ordinance requiring each to pay one-half a dispatcher’s salary.

At the time, JPs were led to believe that repealing the ordinance was one term of a “gentlemen’s agreement” struck between city and county officials in 2000, when the cities pledged their support for the county jail tax.

Grudek and others have since disputed whether any such agreement existed, and even opponents of the sheriff’s proposal on the Quorum Court have admitted that, even if it had, the agreement would have no legal force now.

What would have legal force, however, is the ballot title of the 2000 tax initiative —according to the terms of which the tax was to be used to construct the Carroll County Detention Center and, then, to establish and operate a Central Dispatch facility.

Opponents of the sheriff’s proposal have argued that charging the cities for dispatching, when they are already paying taxes for the service, would amount to double taxation.

After last month’s meeting, when his ordinance failed, Grudek told JPs he was considering retaining his own legal counsel. Now, the sheriff seems to be taking a softer line.

While delivering his quarterly report last week, Grudek presented JPs with the results of a survey he conducted of sheriffs across the state.

Of the 36 who responded, Grudek said, “there isn’t (hardly) a county that’s providing free dispatch service.” The only exceptions, he said, were for small police departments with two to four officers.

Speaking this week, the sheriff said he had not abandoned the dispatch proposal. He said he intended to draft a memo to the mayors of the cities outlining all the services the county provides to the municipal police departments at no cost, though it is not required to do so.

The cost to the cities of losing these services, he said, would be far higher than the $35,000 per year he had asked them to pay for dispatching. He said he hoped city officials would see the wisSee Sheriff, page 33

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Rotary Student of the Month Jazmin Urioste, daughter of Leticia Urioste, has been named the April 2013 Eureka Springs Rotary Student of the Month. Jazmin is a Senior at Eureka Springs High School and will graduate 7th in her class with a 3.35 GPA. Jazmin has received academic awards in Mathematics, Spanish and Science.

She was nominated to attend ASPA for Yearbook. Jazmin was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America from 2009 through 2013, where she served as Secretary and Skills Competitor. For all four of her high school years Jazmin has been a member of the Rotary Interact Club, where she also served as Secretary. She was Class Historian for 2013. She is an avid volunteer, helping at the Good Shepherd Humane Society thrift stores since 2009, working at blood drives not only giving blood but also giving out snacks to other donors. She has been a Victorian Classic volunteer and participant. She worked on the Rotary/Interact float last Christmas which received 2nd place for non-profit floats. Jazmin attended Rotary Youth Leadership Award Camp as a junior and returned her senior year as a Camp Counselor.

She also volunteered at Camp Barnabus in 2010. Jazmin is a school athlete and has been active in Cross Country, Track, Basketball and Volleyball, win-

Jazmin Urioste

ning all conference titles in all sports she has played. In addition, she works at Forest Hill Restaurant and Medical Park Pharmacy. Jazmin will attend Arkansas Tech University starting this fall and plans to major in Engineering. She has been accepted on the Cross Country Team. In her spare time Jazmin’s hobbies include photography, running and mathematics.

Eureka Springs museum re-opening set A grand reopening event is planned at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum on Sunday, June 9 from 3 to 6 p.m. The public is invited to come to view the newly renovated museum.

New exhibits with story boards and showcases of artifacts feature the story of Eureka’s history, from the discovery of the ‘Healing Spring’ by Native Americans, to the earliest health seekers, through its heyday as a Victorian Spa , through fires and rebuilding, and on to becoming a favored tourist destination with the advent of the automobile to the present.

Director Steven Sinclair and museum board members will be on hand to answer any questions and invite you to enjoy some light refreshments. There will be music by Hello Cello and a visit from a historical figure from Eureka’s past as well.

Everyone is welcome; there is no admission charge for this event. Come revisit the story of who we are and how we got here.

For more information, email director@ eurekaspringshistoricalmuseum.org or call 479-253-9417.

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Editorial Why we should be grateful for Rotary Club

The Eureka Springs Rotary Club on Wednesday morning, May 29, named 15 of its members as Paul Harris Fellows.

Why is this a big deal?

Because it means that $1,000 was donated in each of the new Fellows’ names to the Rotary Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.

Its biggest global effort to fulfill that mission has been to eradicate polio. The Foundation and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease: When the Rotary Foundation first began its push for a polio-free world several decades ago, health officials said at the time that there were 1,000 new cases of polio per day across the globe.

This year, only 22 cases so far have been diagnosed in the world.

That’s amazing progress, and we should all be grateful for their hard work.

The Foundation has spent millions on its polio program, thanks to Rotary’s 1 million-plus Fellows who each donated (or were honored by other donations in their name) $1,000 each to the Foundation.

Wednesday was also a big deal because very rarely does a single Rotary chapter get to induct so many Fellows at one time. In fact, the Eureka Springs Rotary Club has more Fellows than many clubs twice its size, with 103, who have given a total of $133,000 to the Foundation.

Besides giving to the Foundation for world polio and poverty relief efforts, the local Rotary Club does a lot of good here at home. Just last week the club awarded seven high school seniors from Eureka Springs with $1,000 scholarships – money that was raised at its annual golf tournament earlier this month.

If you want to do some good in Eureka Springs – or see some being done – all you need to do is take a look at the Rotary Club.

For all that they’ve done, and all that they’re going to do, for those in need, we send out the most sincere “thank you” we can muster. We’re very grateful for your hard work, charitable donations and volunteerism.

••• Following is a list of the Fellows, and their sponsors if they had one: • Tanya Smith • Jim Antonio; sponsor is Mary Ellen Sheard, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary See Editorial, page 26

Citizens of the Week “I’d like to nominate Stuart and Barbara Drizner for Citizen of the Week,” emailed our nominator, Rachal Hyatt. The Drizners own and operate Barb n Stu de Bakers from the Farmer’s Market, offering pies, muffins, breads and more.

“Each week, they donate all remaining items to the elementary school to help feed homeless or hungry children,” Hyatt explained. “The kids adore their goodies, and we adore the Drizners! Thanks guys!”

Who do you think should be Citizen of the Week?

Send us your nominations

Citizen, P.O., Box 679, Eureka Springs, AR 72632, fax to (479) 253-0080 or e-mail to: citizen.editor@yahoo.com

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What do

think

Citizen Opinion by Cindy Worley

Send your opinions to Citizen, P.O., Box 679, Eureka Springs, AR 72632, fax to (479) 253-0080 or e-mail to: citizen.editor@yahoo.com

Do you plan to attend the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend? Why or why not?

Megan Hill

“Local Studs Owner”

Yes, we are going to the Rockhouse Show at Eureka Paradise.

Dan Gaither “Pops”

Yes, because I live here and have never seen it.

Mishka Rogers Scottie Fisk “Lovely Lady”

I’d love to but we are not going to be here.

Christina Bennett

“Sister Blue” No, I’m going back home.

“Got Tired”

Yes, ‘cause we like the music.

Randall

“Ricochet Red”

No, we’re not from around here.

Editorial Policy The opinions on the Editorial page are our opinions. The opinions on the Forum pages are your opinions.

All forum entries must be signed and verifiable. We reserve the right to edit submissions.

A warning about SWEPCO

Mayor says ‘thank you’

I have prepared this report for landowners of land previously owned by me and others who need to know more facts about SWEPCO. My source is in astrong position to know about the SWEPCO problem. People should know the following: 1. There is a need for more electric power in northwest Arkansas. There will be blackouts if more electricity is not available in the future. A blackout was averted by only a few hours during summer last year.

2.SWEPCO can supply a substantial increase in reserve electric power from solar power.

3. The unsightly huge power lines are needed to transfer power.

4. Any route chosen for the power lines will be very damaging to the property owners and others along the route.

5.The longest and most expensive route would be number three. No one knows what routes, if any, the Public Service will approve, but it is not likely to be number three. My advice is to not make any investments or other business decisions close to any of the proposed routes until a route is determined.

6. The fear of where the lines will be built is delaying business decisions and damaging our local economy.

Land purchases, building construction and other investments are being delayed, causing financial losses and unemployment.

Gene C. Masters

I wanted to thank the Department Heads, city’s employees and our volunteers for giving your all during the recent crisis period when so many people were depending on our services. The disastrous wind conditions were a trial for everyone with trees down. They were blocking streets and caused power outages throughout the city.

Your efforts were crucial to the success of keeping the city operating during this time. I feel that it could not have been successful without your involvement. Please accept my personal gratitude.

Your continued support and dedication to our community will maintain the safety and welfare of our citizens and visitors.

– Mayor Morris R. Pate

Citizen Survey m Yes; I can’t wait! The lineup is stellar this year. m Yes; I never miss it! m Maybe, depends on other factors. m No, I am unimpressed by the lineup. m No, I have other more important things to do.

Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in.

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Carroll Electric’s clearing of trees is dangerous Arkansas has some very steep terrain in Northwest Arkansas, especially. Trees, especially old growth trees, with their deep roots help support the earth especially when we have heavy rains like in 2008 and 2011 when it got so bad that the Army Corp. of Engineers had to open the gates to flood homes, farms, ranches along the White River because the dams were bursting with millions of gallons of pressure per second needing to be released.

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION

See Forum, page 24

54 votes cast

What do you think about the gas prices jumping 0.80 in the last 10 days? m The powers that be are price-gouging.: 40.7% (22 votes) m It’s the oil companies’ way of making us stay at home.: 18.5% (10 votes) m Oil and gas prices should be officially investigated.: 27.8% (15 votes) m The government should limit how much it can jump.: 13.0% (7 votes)

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Citizen columnist wins national writing award L o v e l y County Citizen columnist and Eureka Springs-based writer Beth Bartlett has been named a finalist in the 2013 National Society of Newspaper Beth Bartlett Columnists writing competition — alongside such internationally known columnists as Roger Ebert.

Bartlett writes the weekly Wisecrack Zodiac column for the Citizen, and her status as a finalist means she’s won first, second or third place in the humor category.

The final awards in six categories will be announced after the organization’s annual conference on June 29.

“I feel so honored to be on the same finalist list as newspaper greats Dave Lieber and Roger Ebert,” she said. “It’s humbling.”

Bartlett has written humorous horoscopes for the Citizen since 2008. She’s also a contributing writer to the Lovely County Visitor and Ozark Outdoors.

As a freelance writer, she’s written for Country Extra, American Profile, Writer’s Digest, Mental Floss and many others. She currently has her eye on the world of book publishing, and is represented by literary

agent Laurie Abkemeier of Defiore & Company in New York City.

Following is the complete list of nominees: • General Interest, Newspapers over 50,000 Circulation: Dave Lieber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Thomas Rademacher, The Grand Rapids Press; Rich Telander, Chicago Sun-Times.

• Humor, Newspapers over 50,000 Circulation: Samantha Bennett, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Bob Dyer, Akron Beacon Journal; Brian O’Connor, The Detroit News.

• General Interest, Newspapers under 50,000 Circulation: Kevin McKeever, The Advocate, Stamford, Conn.; Telly Halkias, The Portland (Maine) Daily Sun; Amanda Beam, News and Tribune, Jefferson, Ind. • Humor, Newspapers under 50,000 Circulation: Beth Bartlett, Lovely County Citizen, Eureka Springs, Ark.; Laura Rafaty, St. Helena (Calif.) Star; Ginger Truitt, The Lebanon (Ind.) Reporter.

• Online, Blog and Multimedia Columns (over 100,000 monthly unique visitors): John Avlon, The Daily Beast; Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times; Richard Parker, The New York Times.

• Online, Blog and Multimedia Columns (under 100,000 monthly unique visitors): Mike Farley, Farleyinwriting; Lisa Molinari, The Meat and Potatoes of Life; Suzette Standring, The Patriot Ledger (Mass.)

VBS to feature ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar,’ ‘Song of St. Francis’ next week

Books about animals by Eric Carle and Tomie dePaola will be the basis of Vacation Bible School at St. James Episcopal Church June 3 through June 7 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

VBS is open to all children ages 5 through 10. The theme is “Praying all the Time” and is based on classic children’s books, including “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle and “The Song of

Francis,” Tomie dePaola’s picture book about St. Francis. Activities include music, crafts and building with Legos. Playtime, snacks and worship are also on the schedule.

There is no charge for the five-day program. Pre-registration required. Call St. James’ church office, 479-253-8610. The church is located at 28 Prospect Ave on the upper historic loop, Eureka Springs.

Carroll Electric annual meeting sparsely attended

By Kathryn Lucariello Unlike the past two years, Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation’s annual meeting, held at the Carroll County Fairgrounds, was sparsely attended, with only two members attending, other than employees, of the 10 people sitting in the bleachers.

There were also no protesters in the parking lot, as was true of the last two years’ meetings.

While there was plain-clothes security present, gone too were uniformed deputies or other off-duty police.

Director of Corporate Communications Nancy Plagge said that two years ago, during the protests over herbicide spraying, Carroll Electric had received anonymous death threats against employees, which is why security was enhanced at the last two meetings.

“We weren’t going to allow any harm to our employees or the public,” she said. “We just felt it was going to be necessary to have (security) presence, in case someone violent showed up at the meeting.”

She said she wasn’t comfortable sharing that information three years ago.

“I think the anti-herbicide folks have accepted they can opt for ‘no spray,’” she said, noting the lack of attendance at this meeting, but she also expressed disappointment that more members had not attended.

The meeting lasted about 15 minutes.

CEO Rob Boaz said Carroll Electric was celebrating its 75th anniversary as of 2012, with Carroll Electric being incorporated in 1937.

He reported more than 8,100 surveys asking for ratings in six categories had been returned from the annual meeting announcement mailout, which numbered 71,412.

Boaz said in 2010, affordability was the top priority of members, and this year they gave affordability a 7 out of 9, “which is an excellent rating.”

The number two priority in 2010 was reliability, and this year members gave Carroll Electric an 8, he said.

He added that one of the dominant comments from members was that service had gotten “so much better.”

He said the third top priority in 2010 was disaster response.

“It’s been a tough week for disasters,” Boaz said, noting the tragedy in Moore, Okla. Carroll Electric reported 21,000 outages between Monday and Tuesday from severe storms. Boaz said he was “real proud of the way our people responded.”

He said a comment received through Carroll Electric’s website talked about a power pole snapped in half and three or four trees down, but the commenter was pleasantly surprised that by the next morning, the pole had been replaced, the trees cleaned up and power was back on.

He said the fourth priority was energy efficiency, which received an 8. Public safety received an 8, as did environmental issues.

Boaz said of the more than 1,800 comments Carroll Electric received on the back of the survey, 79 percent were positive, whereas 77 percent were positive in 2012 and 72 percent in 2011.

“I want the employees and the board to know that the things you’re doing to serve our members are being appreciated,” he said.

He said even though Carroll Electric overall was rated at 7.498, affordability was still the priority members had the most concern about.

He noted what the cost of one kilowatt hour at 8 or 9 cents today could buy in 1937.

Fifteen letters could be mailed for the cost of a postage stamp today. He placed on the podium a loaf of bread that could be bought in 1937 for 8 or 9 cents, but one slice of bread today for that cost, and 10 pounds of apples then but one slice of an apple today.

He said today’s kilowatt hour is more reliable, efficient, safer and “more environmentally friendly.”

“What would our communities be like if electricity had increased at the rate of inflation?” he asked. He said that single kilowatt hour would cost $1.35 today.

Boaz called Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri “economic engines that must have affordable, reliable electricity.”

Carroll Electric’s attorney, John Everett, then read the ballot results, saying 8,094 ballots were returned, and incumbent Winfred Prier of Golden, Mo., who ran unopposed, was reelected to the board.

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he was made an aircraft commander at 27 years old.

“I was one of the youngest in the SAC,” he said.

When the Whiteman airfield closed, he and 40 other pilots were sent to Roswell, N.M. to train in KC135s before going to Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico. They had been there three weeks when the Cuban missile crisis struck. Batson remembers being called to the officers’ club, where men were sitting behind tables with stacks of money on them. Not having any air time in the KC135s, the Whiteman pilots were told to return to their former base. When they pointed out that Whiteman was a missile base and had no aircraft, they were told to go to their next base, which was not possible.

“They told us to go home and call in every day at noon,” Batson said. “We got an off-base allowance. For a while, we thought war wasn’t that bad.”

But soon the student pilots were used as co-pilots, so he had the distinction of being on nuclear alert in an airplane that he hadn’t yet flown.

After Ramey, he was transferred to Westover, Mass., where he was the personal pilot for Gen. Horace Wade and other commanders of the 8th Air Force. The next year, the entire wing was deployed to Southeast Asia. Batson flew refueling tankers out of Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Ching Chong Khang in Taiwan, and U-Tapao in Thailand.

While he wasn’t in combat, flying tankers was dangerous, with the most risk at takeoff, Batson said. That’s when the tankers are at maximum weight-- 285,000 pounds, of which 175,000 pounds was fuel.

“It was hairy sometimes, but you couldn’t afford to be scared,” he said.

At the time, tanker pilots wore parachutes; later, the impossibility of surviving a crash led to abandoning them, he said.

Cross-winds caused two crashes during his tours in SE Asia, one with 40 people aboard.

Batson had six engine failures on his second tour, he said, but only one during take-off.

The runway at Kadena was 12,000 feet.

“On take-off roll, you’d rotate and barely clear the approach lights,” he said.

After being sent stateside to Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va., he returned

to Vietnam as a war crimes investigator at MAC- Vietnam in Saigon. He worked on 17 cases, and was the principal investigator on seven, including one involving an Army helicopter that shot up five fishing boats in Kien Yangn Province. The military accepted blame and compensated the relatives of the 11 men killed.

“I remember paying off a little Vietnamese woman,” he said. “She lost a husband and two sons.”

During his two tours in Southeast Asia, Batson flew more than 200 combat support missions, refueling B-52s and fighter jets.

He missed three of four Christmas during that time, he said, and during his 13 years in the Air Force, remembers spending only three Christmas at home with his family.

“Our only Christmas tradition was that we never celebrated Christmas on Christmas day,” he said.

But that pales in comparison to what men, women and families in the military have experienced in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, he said.

His family was back together when Batson was assigned to Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha, Neb., working on weapons systems concepts.

Promoted to Lt. Col., he attended Air War College in Montgomery, Ala., where he graduated with distinction, and was assigned the command of the 380th Air Force Squadron at Plattsburg AFB in northern New York.

At Plattsburgh, a young captain, Art Lichte, was one of the top Aircraft Commanders in Batson’s squadron. In 2009, Lichte became the commander of Air Mobility Command as a four-star general, the first tanker pilot to achieve this level.

“He still calls me ‘sir’” Batson said.

In 1977, Batson was promoted to colonel, transferred to S.A.C. headquarters in 1978, and in 1979, when an air refueling tanker division was created, Batson became its first director, responsible for all air refueling and air refueling training in the Air Force, with a staff of 30. The position gave him special security clearances.

“Part of my group was in the Black World,” he said, referring to military and government intelligence.

As division director, Batson was read into the plans to rescue the hostages, a long shot that the military kept secret. Right before the

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‘Website Google Analytics and SEO’ seminar planned The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will present a seminar for business owners and managers entitled “Website Google Analytics and SEO” from 3 to 5 p.m. on June 10.

You are busy creating amazing content, web pages, blogs, social media for your business, but how do you know if it is working? The seminar will demystify Google Analytics and what Search Engine Optimization really means for your business.

Participants will leave with free tools and practical ideas that they can start applying today to their business.

The guest instructor will be Jacqueline Wolven, who works with small businesses nationwide to help them navigate their marketing, deal with start-up issues, and gather momentum. In addition to being a decision was made to go, Batson got a civilian job offer. Calling a commanding officer, he was told there was no way it was going to go, so accepted the offer. The attempt was made 10 days later, on April 24, 1980, but was aborted after the first night. None of the refueling tankers except one left Egypt, he said, and that was by mistake. Someone told him afterwards that there could have been three miracles, and the operation still wouldn’t have worked.

“They lost eight guys,” he said. “I knew some of them.”

When he retired from the Air Force in 1980, Batson had logged 6,500 hours in the air, a lot for a military pilot, although not for a commercial pilot, he said. He took a marketing job with a military software company in Omaha, and did consider buying a plane, but realized he didn’t have enough time to fly regularly. In 1985, he and spouse Susie Batson bought the Redbud Manor Bed and Breakfast in Eureka Springs, which they ran for five years.

They now own Susie’s Bodacious Bungalow. Batson also serves on the board of Community First Bank, was a Berryville Airport commissioner and involved in the

consultant and speaker, she is the director of the Eureka Springs Downtown Network Main Street program where she is able to put her ideas into practice.

Learn more about her varied career and her work with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, missile silo’s and all kinds of rock stars at https://www.vizify.com/jacqueline-wolven.

The business seminar is limited to 30 registrants only. Pre-registration is required; cost is $30 per person. A discount will be offered of $10 off for all members of the following organizations: Eureka Springs Downtown Network Main Street; Eureka Springs, Berryville, and Huntsville Chambers of Commerce, and all Weebly Website in a Day attendees and registrants. UA discount available for staff, students and faculty. Call (479) 5755148 for discounts to be applied.

Western Carroll County Community Development Program.

“I painted six houses,” he said.

In 2009, the Air Mobility Command under the command of Gen. Lichte started bringing together pilots for “Living Legends” seminars. Batson led a team of retired air refueling crew who presented a seminar on Operation Eagle Claw to Air Mobility Command Headquarters staff and to the Airlift Tanker convention in Nashville.

“I was proud to be chosen,” he said of the honor.

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People of all ages dig Summer Reading Program

Nakoa Beattie, 4, gets a “Dig Into Reading” T-shirt from Loretta Crenshaw, library director. T-shirts will be given to the first 80 kids who sign up for the Carnegie Library’s summer reading program.

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

Kids’ summer activity program sign-up is open Eureka Springs elementary and middle schools, in partnership with Main Stage, will offer a 21st Century Community Learning Center after-school program each school day. The program runs throughout the academic school year and again will include a summer program for any students living in the school district area in grades K–8.

This program is funded through a fiveyear federal grant and is in its fourth year.

The summer program will run from July 1 to Aug. 2, except for the July Fourth holiday. This year, the session will be offered at a modest cost to the family: $5 per day per family that has any registered student(s) attending. Payment to be made on the first day of each week.

Hours for the program will be from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily and will include

breakfast, lunch and snacks.

If field trips are planned they may include some parent-paid expense, but parents will have the choice for their child to attend the field trip or not. Those not attending the trip(s) will have activities at the school.

The summer program will include, but not be limited to, physical activities, visual and performing arts, nature projects/ gardening and crafts.

Academic tutoring/instruction may be part of the program as required.

To sign up for the summer program, call the elementary school office eat (479) 253-8704 or the program coordinator, Gary Andrews, at (479) 981-1636 for more information. There will be a required minimum and maximum number of openings, and they will be filled on a first-come basis.

By Jennifer Jackson A tour of Cosmic Cavern, a presentation by Meteorite Man Steve Arnold and an overnight in the library highlight the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library’s sixweek summer reading programs for kids, youth and for the first time, adults.

Sign-up is June 1 through June 15. Kids are enrolled in a summer reading club.

Each receives a book bag and sets a reading goal. The first 80 will receive a free T-shirt with this year’s theme, “Dig Into Reading.”

“It’s all underground,” Loretta Crenshaw, library director, of the theme.

Special events include the Cosmic Cavern visit on July 8 at 3 p.m. Open to all ages, the visit does not include transportation to the cavern, but the library will pay the entry fee for the first 50 people. Others will pay a reduced rate of $5. On June 29, children’s book illustrator K. Michael Crawford will give two drawing classes: 10 a.m. to noon for children ages 7 and up, and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for youth 11 and up, with pizza for lunch at noon.

“She comes to do a drawing class at ESSA and gives us a free class,” Crenshaw said.

Programs for all ages are held on Mondays and Fridays at 3 p.m. starting June 17 with Steve Arnold, co-star of the Discovery Channel’s “Meteorite Men” series.

Steven the Magician performs on June 24.

Matt Sandbank brings his popular Wild Goose Chase puppet theater to the library on July 1 at a special time, 4 p.m.

“It’s very humorous -- the kids laugh and laugh, and the adults enjoy it, too,” Crenshaw said.

Ellen Stephenson brings Boomwhacker music tubes on July 15 for everyone to play. On July 22, a musical duo from Oklahoma, the Sugar Free Allstars, perform “fun and funky music for families.”

The music, according to their website, is a blend New Orleans funk, Memphis soul and Hammond organ-drenched gospel, wrapped in a colorful rock-and-roll package.”

Fridays is Science and Nature for all ages with Natalie Casey, the interpreter at Witherow Springs State Park. Casey will use activities on caves, animals, plants, rocks and bugs to illustrate concepts on habitat, conservation and change.

An expanded story and craft hour for preschoolers takes place Wednesdays at 10 a.m. The new Lego Club for ages 5 to 10 is Wednesdays at 3 p.m.

“We have 4,000 Lego pieces -- not just blocks, but doors, windows, etc.,” Crenshaw said. “Every week will have a theme, and we’ll give a door prize.”

The youth program, geared to grades five through 12, will have a steampunk slant. Held on Mondays and Fridays from noon to 2 p.m., it’s titled “20,000 Reads Beneath the Surface.” New this year is Alpha Geeks, sci-fi and fantasy-themed activities, on Mondays. Art, games and movies will be on Fridays. Each participant receives a coupon book of things to read, draw or create. When completed and turned in, each coupon is an entry for a drawing for $100.

The annual youth overnight in the library will be June 22. On the schedule: pizza, a movie, flashlight tag, a midnight watermelon feast on the library steps and scary stories around the fireplace before lights out. Entry is by one completed reading program coupon. The overnight is limited to the first 25 to sign up, and there is always a waiting list, Kate Zakar, assistant library director, said.

New this year is a summer reading program for adults. Programs on worm farming, Underground Eureka and other topics will carry out the “Dig Into Reading” theme. Adults who participate will also be eligible for a prize, Crenshaw said.

The reading program ends on July 29 with a party. All programs are free and unless otherwise noted, are held at the library annex, 192B Spring St., next to the Carnegie Public Library in Eureka Springs. For more information, go to www.eurekalibrary.org or call 479-2538754.

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Holiday Island Party in the Park

The annual Holiday Island Rotary Party in the Park was held on Friday, amid the temperate weather – pictured is the Rotary crew.

Rotarian Bill Mills holds a fist-full of pulled pork shoulder. Mills has been with Holiday Island Rotary for 2.5 years. He assisted with serving the 170lbs of pork on Friday night.

Bob Hand plays taps for the crowd, kicking off the evenings festivities. Hand was, well on hand along with the Color Guard from the American Legion Post 36.

Alyson Plumley and Rylee Kay Ford bounce atop a wobbly ladybug before having a pulled pork dinner.

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Eureka Springs seniors first to graduate in new gym

A new era began last Friday as the Highlander gym served as the venue for the first graduating class in the new high school. Thirty-seven seniors received diplomas before an enthusiastic crowd of relatives and well-wishers. In keeping with the relatively small class was an equally short ceremony, which lasted slightly less than an hour.

The Eureka Springs class of 2013 anxiously await the time to walk across the carpet to receive their diplomas.

Keegan Wilbur receives his diploma from Eureka Springs School Superintendent Curtis Turner, Jr.

The obligatory celebratory tossing of caps into the air.

Jazmin Urioste enjoys the sunshine while waiting to enter the Highlander gym for graduation.

Remember whens, as shared by, from left: Keaton Boardman, Keegan Wilbur, and Shelby Clark.

More than half of the Highlander gym was filled with friends and relatives of the class of 2013.

Amy Rogers and her graduating seniors, from left: Cathrine Kappen, Crystal Tapia, Amy Rogers, Oriana Hudson, Sara Tapia, Ethan Aparicio.

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A fun day of painting and music in Basin Park

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Photos by Chip Ford

Eliza Hurt, 6, of Springdale takes her turn on the Eureka Springs School of the Arts painting.

ESSA sponsored a cornucopia of events in Basin Park on Saturday. ESSA applied for a YAC grant from the Carroll County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Arkansas Community Foundation to sponsor this event. Community First Bank will display the canvas created by the kids after the event for participants and visitors to view at the bank.

Eurekan Jim Cope displays his face painting of his ‘74 VW Thing.

Elliot “Mo’ Crispy” Tune strums his ukelele and sings for the crowds in Basin Spring Park on Saturday.

Melissa Greene, left, and Glenna Booth man the Eureka Springs Dog Park booth in Eureka Springs Police Office Angelo Yao chats with a tourist before she drops a quar- Basin Park on Saturday. The tables were filled with baked good being sold to generate ter in the meter. funding for the upcoming Dog Park in Harmon Park.

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Anti-SWEPCO vigil turnout strong More than 150 people last Thursday attended the Save The Ozark’s community vigil and symbolic response protesting SWEPCO’s transmission line proposal to put new high-voltage lines through Carroll County. “It was very emotional when John Two-Hawks spoke about saving the Ozarks and when local musical group Afro-Disiacs played their protest song, “Raise Your Voice.” The audience received copies of the lyrics to sing with the band, and STO gave vigil candles to all the attendees. Two-Hawks thanked STO for everything the group is doing and encouraged everyone to join STO and visit their website and Facebook page: www.SaveTheOzarks.org and Save The Ozarks on Facebook. Photos contributed by Jay Vrenecak

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Blues Weekend acts include many award winners The Eureka Springs Blues Weekend, presented by The 1905 Basin Park Hotel, will be held June 13-16 and will feature more than a dozen top blues acts from all over the country.

Blues Weekend features local, regional, national and international blues acts, and is held in The Auditorium, Basin Park, The Basin Park Hotel’s Barefoot Ballroom, Turpentine Creek and venues all around Eureka Springs.

Blues Weekend headliners are The Chicago Blues Revue featuring John Primer, Bob Stroger, Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith, Billy Flynn and BarrelHouse Chuck, The Nighthawks, and EG Kight. Featured acts include Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges, The Cedric Burnside Project, JP Soars & The Red Hots, Victor Wainwright & The WildRoots, Leah & The Mojo Doctors and Buddy Shute. Also appearing will be Selwyn Birchwood Band, the International Blues Challenge’s winning band. They were chosen as the most promising new blues band from over 125 bands from all around the world in February in Memphis, Tennessee.

In total, Blues Weekend acts have been honored with three Grammy Awards, five Grammy nominations, 47 Blues Music Award nominations, ten Blues Music Awards and 21 Living Blues Awards.

Grammy-winning Chicago Blues Revue Featuring John Primer, Bob Stroger, Kenny ‘Beedy Eyes’ Smith, Billy Flynn & BarrelHouse Chuck, the Chicago Blues Revue was assembled to headline this year’s Lucerne (Switzerland) Blues Festival, and was originally intended to be a once in a lifetime performance. However, after seeing their set at Lucerne, we immediately made an offer for them to perform in Eureka Springs. Collectively, the Chicago Blues Revue has three Grammy Awards, five Grammy nominations, 24 Blues Music Award nominations, and seven Blues Music Award wins!

After developing a successful career playing blues in the clubs of Chicago, John Primer played guitar for Willie Dixon’s Chicago All-Stars for a year. He was then recruited

by Muddy Waters, where he played guitar until Muddy’s death in 1983. John then spent 14 years on the road with Magic Slim and The Teardrops. He has since developed

a substantial solo career, playing around the world.

Bob Stroger literally grew up in the blues, living in the back room of a West-Side Chicago blues club that featured Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, and then played with blues legends like Otis Rush, Morris Pejoe and Sunnyland Slim. He also recorded with Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Eddie Clearwater, Louisiana Red, Pinetop Perkins and Snooky Pryor, among others.

Kenny Smith was unquestionably born into blues royalty. He grew up in the same house where Muddy Waters once lived in Chicago, the home of the blues. Throughout his childhood, Kenny was surrounded

by Muddy and his friends, which included his own father, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (1936-2011). These blues icons helped mold Kenny into the person and drummer he is today and later in life asked him to provide his famous backbeat on some of the largest and most respected stages and recordings in the world. Kenny has played over 7,500 live performances to date and has earned the right to wear that royal blues crown. His father, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, played drums for the Muddy Waters’ Band in the early 1960’s and then again from 1968 through 1980 and was featured on all of Muddy’s Grammy winning albums.

Barrelhouse Chuck is the only Chicago blues pianist to have studied under Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Blind John Davis, Detroit Junior and Little Brother Montgomery. Chuck draws on this distinguished lineage to create a blues, boogie-woogie and barrelhouse piano style that places him at the forefront of this celebrated tradition. He has played and recorded for a who’s who of the blues, including Bo Diddly, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Kim Wilson, Hubert Sumlin, Otis Rush, Louis Myers, Buddy Guy, Big Smokey Smothers among many others.

Billy Flynn grew up in Green Bay, and started playing the blues as a teenager. He was noticed at a local blues club by the legendary Jimmy Dawkins, who asked Billy to join his band. He went on to play with Jimmy Rogers, Otis Rush, Koko Taylor, Sunnyland Slim, the Legendary Blues Band, Kim WIlson, Mississippi Heat and the Cashbox Kings. Billy has also recorded with Bryan Lee, Little Smokey Smothers, Mark Hum-

mel, Willie Kent, Snooky Pryor, Big Bill Morganfield, John Brim, Jody Williams, Little Arthur Duncan, Deitra Farr, and Billy Boy Arnold.

EG Kight A veteran of the road, EG Kight has headlined at clubs, theaters and festivals, bringing her diverse musical menu to the fans in cities across America and Europe.Her nickname is the Georgia Songbird, and for good reason.

One of America’s greatest singers, EG has opened shows for B.B. King, performed on NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion”, wrote hit songs for Koko Taylor, produced a hit album for Lisa Biales and performed across American and in Europe, Japan and Mexico.

Her nickname is the Georgia Songbird, and for good reason.

The Nighthawks The Nighthawks have been playing the blues to audiences all over the world for over 40 years, and their music keeps getting better with each passing year. In 2009 they were honored with a Blues Music Award for Last Train To Bluesville, and their new album Damn Good Time is getting rave reviews and airplay around the world. Founded in 1972 by Mark Wenner, who continues to front the band today, The Nighthawks have opened for everyone from Muddy Waters to Stevie Ray Vaughn, and have headlined festivals all over the world. Some of the alumni who have been a Nighthawk over the years include Warren Haynes, Stewart Smith and Jimmy Thackery. The current lineup features Mark on vocals and harmonica, Johnny Castle on vocals and bass, Paul Bell on guitar and Mark Stutso on vocals and drums.

Cedric Burnside Project Cedric Burnside is the grandson of North Mississippi blues legend R.L. Burnside. He is the winner of the Blues Music Awards “Best New Artist Debut” for the record: ‘The Two Man Wrecking Crew’ in 2009 and “Drummer of the Year” in 2010 and 2013.

After years of touring the world with Lightnin’ Malcolm as ‘the Juke Joint Duo’, Cedric has started a new band: The Cedric Burnside Project. His first debut album ‘The Way I Am’ is coming soon, and he is touring the country playing new original foot-stomping hill-country blues music.

Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges Eugene is a nomadic musician living

his life on the road. His home is wherever the next performance takes him, and every year this is from America through Europe, to Australia with many other stops in between. Born in 1963, son of the blues guitarist Hideaway Slim, Eugene’s mother was from the Bullock family (the same as Anna Mae Bullock better known as Tina Turner).

Eugene claims he got his guitar skills from the Bridges side and his voice from the Bullocks. At five he was already playing with his father around Louisiana. At thirteen Eugene was entering R&B talent shows and has been playing ever since. Blues, Soul, Jump, Funk, Gospel, Rock and Beach music all made Eugene the seasoned and versatile performer we have today.

Victor Wainwright & The WildRoots Victor Wainwright, singer, pianist, “hepcat” from Memphis, Tennessee by way of the Savannah, Georgia; is a raucous high-octane dynamic performer and crowd pleaser with soul to spare. After earning what he calls a “double major in Boogie, a Ph.D. in Swing and a master’s in Rhythm,” the “Piana’ from Savannah” is making a name for himself in a big way. Victor won the 2013 Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year Blues Music Award, his second such nomination.

JP Soars & The Red Hots JP Soars is not a typical blues guitarist.

He has a diverse musical background that encompasses a multitude of influences. “ I love T-bone Walker, Jesse May Hemphill, Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, Muddy Waters, Johnny Guitar Watson, Guitar Slim and Louis Jordan. But I also love Tito Puente, Miles Davis, Hank Williams, Black Sabbath and Slayer.” Soars toured the globe and recorded several records with some of the most extreme metal bands in the world before finding his home in the blues! It is these attributes that are giving Soars an instantaneously recognizable style!

Selwyn Birchwood The Selwyn Birchwood Band took top honors at the 2013 Interntaional Blues Challenge, winning a chance to perform at Blues Weekend. Selwyn and his band have made a significant impact on fans throughout their home state of Florida at clubs and festivals alike as they have continuously wowed audiences with their high-energy performances rooted deeply in the traditions of the blues

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greats. Now they get a chance to do so all around the world!

Leah & The Mojo Doctors Leah and the Mojo Doctors will represent the Ozarks Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in February. They have been playing Rock & Roll since 2001. The band has received numerous nominations and awards. Leah was awarded the Ozark Music Awards Best Female Vocalist in 2004.

In 2008, she won the NAMA for Best Female Vocalist. Leah & the Mojo Doctors were awarded the 2009 and 2010 NAMA for Best Blues/R&B Band. In 2011 the band won the NAMA for Best Cover Band. The band can now add NAMA Hall of Fame to it’s list. Leah & the Mojo Doctors were recently honored with the title of the 2012 NAMA Hall of Fame Multi-Category Winner and Leah is the current 2012 NAMA Female Vocalist.

Buddy Shute Buddy Shute will represent the Ozarks Blues Society in the International Blues Challenge in February. Buddy was born in Memphis and began playing bars when he was 16. He drifted down to New Orleans and played with everybody.... he opened for Professor Longhair for his Birthday Bash at Tipatinas.... he played piano in a burlesque house...played with a cajun band on a riverboat...He’s been in the Fayetteville area for the last 5 years playing locally with “Kathy Cole & 4 Guys Named Moe”.

Also appearing around town Also appearing in Basin Park and in venues around Eureka Springs will be great blues acts from across the country, including The Ariels, Baby Jason, Blew Reed & The Flatheads, Blue Krewe, Brandon Santini, Brick Fields, Brody Buster, Brother Bagman, Chad Emmert, Cutty Rye, The Doghouse Daddies, Earl Cate & Them, Gone Was Here, Isayah’s AllStars, The Jones Brothers, Jones van Jones, Justin Cauble, Laurie Morvan, Levee Town, Nathan A, Randy Beach, RJ Mischo, Shawn “Lil’ Slim” Holt, Steve Jones, Terry Evans, Terry Quiett Band, Tony Trahan and more.

Blues For Kids In conjunction with the Ozarks Blues Society and the Blues Society of the Ozarks, George Hunt will present the third annual “Blues for Kids” Harmonica Blowout Saturday afternoon in Basin Park. Harmonicas will be given to the first 50 kids to join the fun.

Father’s Day Blues Picnic

at Turpentine Creek Blues Weekend ends with a Father’s Day Blues Picnic at Turpentine Creek on Sunday afternoon. Brick Fields will start the afternoon off with their gospel blues brunch.

Selwyn Birchwood and his band (the winning band from the 2013 International Blues Challenge) will perform next, and then host an all-star jam, with several bands from Blues Weekend staying over to join the fun.

Along with great blues music, there will be plenty of food and refreshments available.

There will also be lots of activities for the kids, including kite flying with Kaliedokites.

Blues Weekend is a fundraiser for Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, located just south of Eureka Springs. Turpentine Creek gives lifetime refuge to abused, neglected or abandoned wildlife, and is constantly building new habitats as funding permits. The Refuge has just finished one of their largest rescues ever, so every dollar raised goes towards supporting even more tigers and cougars. For more information, please visit their web site at www.TurpentineCreek.org.

Sponsors include The 1905 Basin Park Hotel, Al’s Happy Hens, Alpine Liquor, Best Western Eureka Inn, Budweiser / Mc Bride Distributing, Carolyn’s Ozark Swiss Inn, Community First Bank, The Current, DeVito’s, Dr. Bobs Blues Show, Eureka Springs City Advertising & Promotion Commission, Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce, Eureka Springs Independent, Eureka Springs City Advertising & Promotion Commission, Grand Central Hotel, Grand Taverne, KABF, Kaliedokites, KASU, KCUR, KKFI, KSPQ, KUAF, KUAR, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Local Flavor Cafe’, Mud Street Cafe’, Nightflying, The Oasis, Pig Trail Harley-Davidson, Pizza Hut, Premium Brands, Rapid Roberts, Sparky’s, Stone House, Saddlebock Brewery and Vacation Rentals.

Blues Weekend venues include The Auditorium, The 1905 Basin Park Hotel, Chelsea’s, Jack’s Place & Center Stage, New Delhi, Pied Piper & Cat House Lounge, Rockin’ Pig Saloon, Rowdy Beaver & The Beaver Den, Squid & Whale, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge & Voulez-Vous Lounge.

Weekend Passes and tickets are on sale at EurekaSpringsBlues.com. Hotel and ticket packages are also available at the 1905 Basin Park Hotel and Grand Central Hotel.

For tickets, a complete schedule, to volunteer or for more information, please visit www.EurekaSpringsBlues.com.

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Great Passion Play officer speaks at Post 9 Memorial Day service

By Kathryn Lucariello Dick Kelsey, COO of the Great Passion Play, was the guest speaker at American Legion Post 9’s Memorial Day service Monday at the post home at the junction of Ark. Highway 23 and 187.

Kelsey called America “an exceptional nation.”

“I believe God has blessed us because of the basic core beliefs on which our nation was founded,” he said, “beliefs which were put in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution.”

Speaking on all men being created equal and “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” he noted that the Constitution acknowledges “there is a Being greater than us” and that those “unalienable rights come from God. The government didn’t give us those rights; the government is to protect these rights.”

He said government is essential.

“Anytime you have two or more people, somebody has to be in charge. Otherwise, you have chaos,” Kelsey said.

He added there is a “fixed moral law.”

“It doesn’t matter if the government says otherwise – a moral law is a moral law.”

Jim Weatherford, first vice-commander of Post 9, explains the significance of the items on the POW/MIA table in front of the podium at the Memorial Day service Monday.

Photo by Kathryn Lucariello

He said God had given us “an exceptional nation, and I believe it is incumbent upon us to keep it that way.”

The service included numbers performed by the Holiday Island Singers and an explanation of items on the Prisoners of War/Missing in Action table.

The service was dedicated to members who had recently passed away: John C. Danner, Sr., John R. (Jack) Hill, John R. Ratliff and Paul B. Windels.

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Calendar of Events ONGOING Donations needed for Moore tornado victims Superior Abbey Flooring Center is currently taking donations for those affected by the tornados in Moore, Okla. Superior Abbey is working with the City of Moore’s Emergency Management Office. They are also receiving help from New Fitness and Attitudes Salon, as they have allowed Superior Abbey to put donation bins at their businesses and help collect items. Items needed most at this time according to the City of Moore are: Flashlights, Blankets, First Aid Kits, Hygiene Supplies, Infection Control Products, Soap, Shampoo, Deodorant, Sanitary Napkins, Work Gloves, Water, Non-Perishable Food Items, Diapers, Baby Wipes, Formula, Pet Food & Gas Cards. Donors may drop these off at any of the above locations. For up-to-date information, you can check Superior Abbey’s facebook page at facebook. com/SuperiorAbbeyFlooring.

May 30: Farmers’ Market Night Celebration The Eureka Spring’s Farmers’ Market will host a Night Celebration on Thursday, May 30 from 6 to 9 in the evening. Come out to Pine Mountain Village and enjoy the crowd with a free BBQ of sausages and produce and live music. Farmers Market continues every Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7 am to noon in the Village parking lot.

June 1: Humane Society volunteer party First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 195 Huntsville Road (Highway 23 South) in Eureka Springs will host the Good Shepherd Humane Society’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Party on Saturday, June 1 from 1 to 3 p.m. Anyone who has volunteered for the Good Shepherd during the last 12 months is invited to attend. If that’s you, come join the festivities for an afternoon of fun, food, frivolity, and fabulous door prizes.

Please RSVP at goodshepherdhumanesociety@yahoo.com or on our FaceBook page, Good Shepherd Shelter – Doggie Shop.

June 1: Grassy Knob Fire Dept. meeting The annual meeting of the Grassy Knob Volunteer Fire Department will be held on Saturday, June 1 at the Grassy Knob Community Center, 12307 Highway 187. Elec-

tion of officers and business matters will follow the potluck dinner, which begins at 6 p.m. Residents of Grassy Knob are encouraged to attend. For further information contact Bebe Nelson at 479-253-2065.

June 1: War Eagle Appreciation Day Saturday, June 1 is War Eagle Appreciation Day at Withrow Springs State Park near Huntsville — a day of fun events for the whole family to celebrate War Eagle Creek and honor those who are its stewards. A family-friendly educational float trip is planned to launch between 9 and 11 a.m. (pre-registration is required; shuttle service provided from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.), and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the public is invited to enjoy food, live music featuring Leon Lauber and the War Eagle Band, and educational exhibits at Crossbow Pavilion inside the park. Withrow Springs State Park is located five miles north of Huntsville off Highway 23. For more information or to register for the float trip call 479-559-2593.

June 2: EUUF guest speaker On Sunday, June 2 at 11 a.m., the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk Street, Dr. Margaret Bolsterli, Professor Emerita at the University of Arkansas, will return to enchant us once more with a reading from her recent work, titled “A Day in the Life of Felton Capstock.” Awarded the prestigious Porter Prize in Non-Fiction 2012, Dr. B will recount the telling of her work based on oral histories as curator of the exhibit at the Old State House Museum entitled, “Things You Need to Hear: Memories of Growing Up in Arkansas.”

June 3-7: Mosaic Tile Arch Workshop Artist Mike Haley will be on the Eureka Spring School of the Arts campus to work with ESSA students to create a mosaic tile arch from June 3 until June 7. This permanent installation will be created in the new Cornerstone Clay Studio, and anyone can have the opportunity to be in this event. The week before this class Susy Siegele will be teaching how to put together a mosaic tile mural. Mike and Susy have been working in clay since they first met at Texas Women’s University in 1976 where they became interested in developing clay bodies in a range of hues and shades. The instructors strive “to create work that resonates with a connection to the natural world,” they said. Come and be

a lasting part of the ESSA community with either of these workshops. ESSA is running a special tuition discount of $70, space is limited. Register online at www.essa-art.org, or by calling 479-253-5384.

June 3-7: Vacation Bible School St. James’ Episcopal Church will offer a Vacation Bible School for children ages 5-10 June 3-7 from 9 to 11 am at the church located at 28 Prospect Ave. Children will participate in a curriculum called “Praying All The Time” that uses current children’s literature, art and activities to help teach about prayer.

Contact the church office at 253-8610 to register.

June 3: Holiday Island blood drive The Holiday Island Community Blood Drive will be held on Monday, June 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Elks Lodge #1042 in the Park Shopping Center across the street from the Post Office. Free cholesterol screening for all donors.

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The canopy of trees is also important to slow down the rain, especially when heavy rains, because once the soil becomes saturated, that is when you have landslides. Carroll Electric is causing my neighborhood right now to have ditches cave in and roads wash out because they killed all the plant life around our neighborhood that was 15 feet from the wire. I have witnesses. ...

While old growth trees are the best for holding soil, even native plants have long root systems of 3 feet long once established and newer growth trees. Unfortunately the Plant Warriors that Carroll Electric hires to spray the guns killed every bit of plant life even though apparently they are supposed to just kill large trees which again we need to hold the soil. Everyone in the neighborhood has a generator anyway, and we use propane and wood burning stove so Carroll Electric Vegetative Dept. is running around killing plants for no good reason. Spraying now so won’t have to come out if a limb falls down and we don’t care if they take 2 weeks to come out because we have propane back up.

Also, when I tried to get a no spray form on their website in February, we

The Eureka Springs American Legion Post #9 will meet Monday, June 3 at 7 p.m.

The Post home is located at the junction of Arkansas Highways 23 and 187 north of Eureka Springs. All Veterans are invited to attend.

Genealogy program An introduction to a genealogy program, sponsored by the Friends of the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library, will be held on Tuesday, June 18 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Friends Room at the library annex, 194 Spring St. Admission is free. The presentation will be given by Sean Franklin of Eureka Springs, a former support representative of Ancestry.Com, an online genealogy site. A question-and-answer period will follow.

The Friends of the Carnegie Library will plan several more in-depth workshops if it is determined there is interest for them to do so. For further information contact 479-2538754. could not find it after looking for it for several hours. They jerked me around and finally got it in the mail and had to get it notarized, etc. and even then sent me a letter just recently saying they were going to spray this yeArkansas anyway because I got my notarized form in too late.

Please see Arkansas State link — http://www.geology.ar.gov/geohazards/ landslides.htm — showing how and why landslides occur. Deforestation, the culprit to many natural disasters — OK, Katrina, because the plant life holds the soil and prevents too much water getting into the soil causing it to crumble — is fifth-grade science that Carroll Electric seems to have missed the lesson on. Here is a local landslide example in 2011: 2008 and 2011 have heavy rains in ES: http://www. thv11.com/news/article/160680/0/Arkcrews-repairing-streets-after-landslide-inEureka-Springs-Historic-Loop.

One more thing, Carroll Electric says they send a form out before they spray your personal property in rural areas BUT NO ONE I talked to ever got a form even people that have lived in rural Northwest Arkansas their whole life got ppty sprayed with No Notice.

— Susan Pang Garfield

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was being abusive. She was crying and then hung up. Officers responded and arrested the boyfriend for possession of a controlled substance. I bet he wished he had kept his mouth shut.

• A caller needed to report that damage was done to one of his tree-houses. Officer took report.

• A caller advised ESPD that someone had ran off of the road on East Mountain.

Officer responded and had a wrecker remove the vehicle from the ditch. No report was required.

• An alarm went off at a bar/restaurant on Hwy 62.Officer responded, checked area and determined that the building was secure.

• An alarm went off at a local banking establishment, Officer responded and checked the area. All wassecure. The Officer spoke with the manager who said the generator set the alarm off. Sure, blame it on a generator who can’t defend itself.

• A complainant advised ESPD that she needed to file a report for harassing communications/neighbor dispute. Officer filed a report.

• A caller reported a dog running loose on Stoppel Rd. ACO advised that he would go check on it.

• On a routine traffic stop, a gentleman was arrested for DWI, refusal to submit, driving left of center, disorderly conduct and having an open container in the vehicle. One more charge and it would have been an even half-dozen.

• Rogers PD called to advise ESPD of a suicidal subject that a local resident had called in. She said her boyfriend’s exwife was texting him saying she had slit her wrist and was going to Heaven. They pinged her phone and found it to be in ES. They were advised she should be driving a white van. Officers responded. The vehicle and subject was located, she was intoxicated and had some cuts on her wrist.

EMS was notified and took the subject to the hospital.

• A caller advised ESPD that 2 or 3 guys at a church parking lot on Hwy 23 look like they were fighting and one was on the ground. Officer made contact. It turned out to be a church band horsing

around.

• A caller reported that an employee took one of their company vans and had yet to return it. They later found that the room he was staying in was cleaned out.

Officer took report for the stolen vehicle.

• A caller reported a white pick-up truck that was westbound on Hwy 62 that was swerving all over the road. The caller was afraid to get close enough to get a license plate number because of the erratic driving. The vehicle was outside the city limits when the caller called so all info was forwarded to the state police.

• An Officer made contact with individuals who were installing hammocks in the band shell in the park. What? They were advised of city ordinances against sleeping in public places and moved on without further incident.

• A caller advised that two dogs were running loose in the area of Hale and Council. One was a golden lab and the other a reddish brown lab mix. ACO responded and checked the area but did not locate the dogs.

• A caller requested to speak with officer in reference to his cell phone and glasses being stolen from a downtown cafe. He had tracked the phone via a tracking program to a downtown area.

When given the call, the officer advised that the phone and glasses had been turned in to lost property by a female. The owner responded to the officers location and retrieved his property.

• A caller reported a vehicle vs. motorcycle accident in front of the cemetery on the east side of town. Caller advised the rider had suffered at least a broken ankle.

EMS was dispatched by CC and officers responded to report the accident.

• A caller reported a female, with strawberry blonde hair, was stumbling around the front of the elementary school. She attempted to get in the front but was now out by the vehicles. Officers made contact with the female. She said was just looking for her granddaughters economic class.

• A caller advised that he had been sideswiped by a yellow 16 wheeler that was east bound on Hwy 62 and his boat trailer is now disabled and will need a wrecker. He advised he had pulled off in the Leatherwood corners. Information was given to CCSO and State Police for

the report.

• A caller said that a chocolate lab is running around the school property.

It does have a tag with a number on it.

ACO picked up the dog and put it in the kennel and left a message at the number on the tag.

• A caller reported while she was away from her car someone had hit her vehicle and left the scene without leaving a note or anything. Witness took down the license plate number. Officer responded and an accident report was taken. County deputies made contact with the subject and advised her to come to the police department where she was issued a citation for leaving the scene of an accident.

• A caller called ESPD to report that her red-colored girls bike was stolen sometime last night and she would like to file a report. Officer took the report and said they will be on the look out for the bike.

• A caller advised that he has a number of mental issues and his friend talked him into letting them administer his medication at the correct times. He said his friend also has a key to his house and he does not feel comfortable with this. He called the friend and asked for his medication and keys back and the friend said no. Officer made contact with the complainant who stated the friend had left.

He will call back when the friend returns to the apartment. Fat chance.

• A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of a gentleman for FTA out of CCSO. No bond, must see judge.

• A caller advised that she just drove by the post office and there were about 10-15 intoxicated people yelling and screaming and pushing each other around. She said it looks like they have separated and the two main males in the middle of the fracas went up Pine St. Officers checked but were unable to locate any of the subjects.

• A gentleman from a downtown hotel called to say that there was an intoxicated white female, about 30 years old wearing blue shirt and jeans sitting on the bench outside yelling and screaming at people.

Officer responded and returned the subject to her hotel.

• CC dispatched EMS to a penthouse in the lower downtown area in reference to a female who had taken a boot to the

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face. ESPD called CCSO and they said the female had been kicked by her boyfriend in the face with his cowboy boot.

She didn’t want him to get in trouble.

Officer responded and found that this was an accident and there was no report needed.

• CCSO advised officer to watch for a black Chevy blazer driven by a male subject involved in a vehicular assault on Kings River Bridge. Heading towards town on highway 62 officer located the vehicle, stopped it and held it until CCSO arrived on scene.

• A caller reported a fender bender in the parking lot of a motel on 62. Officer took report.

• A caller reported that one of their guests had a purse, containing a lot of cash, had been stolen. Officer arrived and took report. The victim later called and said that the purse was found. No report needed. Lesson here, look around first.

• A caller reported a vehicle partially blocking Armstrong, and an emergency vehicle would not be able to get through.

Officer located the owner and had the vehicle moved.

• A caller reported a vehicle was blocking a fire hydrant and making it difficult for him to get out of his driveway. Officer located the owner and the vehicle was moved.

• Complainant advised a male, wearing only underwear, was playing a green ukulele and causing a disturbance in a downtown park. Officers arrived, witnessed his behavior and that he was wearing jean shorts upon their arrival.

• A caller from a bar on hwy 62 advised officers of an intoxicated male customer that they had cut off. She tried to get him a cab but he refused. She said he was now sitting in the parking lot in a red and black truck. The license was given to the officers. They did not see him driving but saw his car in his drive way.

• CCSO called to advise officers about an attempted suicide at a local inn. Officers responded and found that the female had flushed her boyfriends pills down the toilet because she thought he was going to take them of all. The male thought that she took them all and they got into an argument. Officer took the female to get a different room.

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Village View

Alison

By Sandra TaylorSynar Brown

‘Steal’ is an action verb

At our writing workshops in the Village Writing School, we always teach our students to use the strongest verbs they can.

Nothing incites drama like a strong, verb.

You would never use “walk,” for example, when you can use “saunter” or “shuffle” or “march.”

Whenever you are writing fiction, or engaging in oral storytelling, a strong verb will get and hold your readers’ and hearers’ attention. Strong verbs will give your yarn a life of its own, propelling it through the years into the arena of legend.

If, for example, you wanted to create high drama involving a character, you would never say, there was a misunderstanding about who owed whom money.

How boring is that? No, if you want a story to be retold, and to grow in the telling, you would say, “She stole money.” Now that has a ring to it.

Of course, you wouldn’t want to create

such a myth about a real person because that is slander.

So, whenever you are being a creative writer or an oral storyteller, it’s important that your readers and hearers realize that you are creating fiction. For in fiction, strong verbs are your ticket to high drama. When high drama is what you’re after, “steal” is the word you want.

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Alison Taylor-Brown has an MFA in Fiction and a lifetime of teaching experience from preschool to university levels. She began the Community Writing Program for the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow and now directs The Village Writing School, whose mission is to foster the development of area writers through workshops, writers’ circles, and coaching. Her column, Notes from the Village, appears weekly. To talk to Alison about your writing goals and dreams, contact her at alisontaylorbrown@ me.com or 479 292-3665.

Writing circles meet this Saturday

Editorial

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Foundation on Jim’s behalf • Mike Bishop; sponsor is Peggy Lodewyks, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Mike’s behalf • Glenna Booth; sponsor is Carol Friesen, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Glenna’s behalf • John Fuller Cross; sponsor is Dave Baker, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on John’s behalf • Mickey Finefield; sponsor is Joanie Kratzer, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Mickey’s behalf • Cathy Handley; sponsor is Michele Gann, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Cathy’s behalf • Earl Hyatt; sponsor is Peggy Lodewyks, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Earl’s behalf

• Bruce Knapp; sponsor is Jack Smith, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Bruce’s behalf • Tyler Wayne Ponnick; sponsor is his grandfather, Dave Baker, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Tyler’s behalf • Sam Ray; sponsor is Peggy Lodewyks, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Sam’s behalf • Ron Rupe; sponsor is Jack Smith, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Ron’s behalf • Archie Ryan; sponsor is Billy Batson, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Archie’s behalf • Lanny Tanton; sponsor is Billy Batson, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Lanny’s behalf • Angelo Yao; sponsor is Lynn Robert, who donated $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation on Angelo’s behalf

On Saturday, June 1, the Village Writing School will hold small writing circles for the purpose of discussing up to five pages of fiction or creative nonfiction. The circles are open to any 2012 or 2013 workshop attendees. Circles will meet at the following times on Saturday: 9:00, 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00.

If you would like to have your work discussed in an informal, nonthreatening atmosphere and take away some useful tips on improving your writing, come to a Village Writing School writing circle. Circles will meet at both Holiday Island and Eureka Springs.

Each circle is limited to four writers.

Any visitors who just want to see what happens at a writing circle are welcome to

attend. You can also meet with Alison about your writing idea and how to get started.

For more information, contact alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479 292-3665. There is no charge.

The Village Writing School coming workshops

• Writing the MEMOIR – June 22 and also June 25 • PUBLISH! Your Questions Answered--July 27 • BLOG Right – August 17 • INSPIRE! Writing from the Soul – September 7

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The Village Writing School The Singing Chaplain With her usual feelings of guilt and dread, Rosemary keyed in a number and opened the heavy door of Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She plastered a smile on her face and spoke to each staff member and a few residents as she began her weekly Friday afternoon visit. It was more like the first chore of the weekend. Her ritual had become: visit her mother Darla at Parkview and then pick up carry-out for dinner. She usually came alone. Her husband was busy, and she didn’t want to expose the children to Parkview.

A few times Martha had come with her, but even a best friend did not understand. Martha had helped locate Parkview and assisted with the mountain of forms to be completed. Martha functioned more from the head than from the heart and thought weekly visits weren’t necessary. She thought it ridiculous when Rosemary filled Darla’s room with Elvis memorabilia. “What difference does it make? She doesn’t know you, so why would she remember Elvis?”

Rosemary remembered when an Elvis song on the radio would bring a sparkle to Darla’s eyes, and how she had loved to retell stories about Elvis. And all those scrapbooks and pictures Darla had treasured of her pilgrimage to Graceland when the world lost “The King.”

Rosemary entered the small room that Darla shared. The residents had just finished dinner, and the aides would soon be putting them to bed. As usual, Rosemary tried to engage Darla’s roommate with small talk and received the same blank start that she always received. Finally it was time to go to Darla’s bed.

The doctors called it early onset Alzheimer’s. It was something the two roommates shared.

Growing up, Rosemary had often felt that she was the adult and Darla was the child. As a teenager, Rosemary was embarrassed when friends visited and Darla talked endlessly about being the State President of the Elvis Presley Fan Club.

Many times Darla told of her first love, of actually wearing his class ring around her neck.

Rosemary just knew everyone thought her mother was “odd.” Like many mothers and daughters, they weren’t close until Rosemary married and became a mother herself. Rosemary saw how her own children enjoyed being with Darla.

Then, just as Rosemary was beginning to feel like she had a mother, Alzheimer’s happened. Too quickly their roles were reversed again, and now it would be that way forever.

For a while Darla had managed in her own home with the help of caregivers.

Then the time came that Darla could no longer function in the pink-walled sanctuary with its pictures, statues, posters and stacks of books about Darla’s idol.

Rosemary had carefully chosen the items to take to Parkview. There was the high school picture of Darla in ponytail, wearing her pink poodle skirt. There were two framed 45 records – “Love Me Tender” and “Wear My Ring Around Your Neck.” They were the first records

by Elvis that Darla had owned and her favorites. Three favorite posters and the framed autographed picture completed the treasures.

Each Friday Rosemary tried to engage Darla in conversation about The King but the blank eyes showed no recognition. If nothing else, the Elvis mementos gave Darla a unique interest that made her different than the other residents, and in a place like Parkview that was important.

Just as Rosemary was about to leave, a clean-cut man in his mid to late thirties entered the room and came across to Darla’s bed.

“Hello, I’m Steven Marshall, the Hospice Chaplain. I try to visit Darla every other Friday. Usually I come earlier in the day, but I had funeral services so I’m running late. Are you Darla’s daughter?”

In the back of her mind Rosemary was trying to remember whether they had ever met. She had heard about him – the Singing Chaplain. “Yes, I’m Darla’s

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To support our local emerging writers, the Lovely County Citizen is providing space each week to showcase a student of The Village Writing School. For more information, email alisontaylorbrown@me.com

This Week’s Writer: Joan Hirnisey

daughter, Rosemary Southern. It is nice to meet you. I try to check on her about this time every Friday.”

“It’s difficult for some family members to visit but important that you do. My experience has taught me that most patients sense that someone is with them, and I think Darla knows.” “Will you join me in prayer?” The chaplain took Darla’s hand and then reached for hers. His prayer asked for peace for Darla and that her imperfect body would be joined with God. Looking up, he smiled. “I like to sing to patients. They sometimes remember the old hymns. Do you know her favorite hymn?” Rosemary’s lips were about to form the words “Amazing Grace” when she found herself asking, “Do you know, ‘Wear My Ring Around Your Neck?’”

Steven’s clear, spiritual voice began: Won’t you wear my ring around your neck to tell the world I’m yours by heck?

His singing was that of an Elvis fan, and he made a timid attempt to be an impersonator.

In the middle of the concert, Rosemary looked at Darla. The blank stare was slightly animated, and her lips formed a smile. Rosemary’s eyes filled with tears. She hesitated and then took Darla’s hand, even though she was not as comfortable doing so as the Chaplain had been. “Does she know I’m here?” was the question in her mind. “Oh Mother, I miss you so.”

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Writing for the Inspirational Market with Linda Apple villagewritingschool.com

Free Verse Ann Carter is a Carroll County native with roots back seven generations. She has an MFA in poetry from U of A, and lives in Eureka Springs, where her book of poems, Sweetness, is available at Prospect Gallery and Studio 62.

Ann Carter

The Surrealist 1 How your frantic, hot dish Of creation takes place in a somehow Immaculate kitchen where butts mount High in a flow blue ashtray, but never spill over.

I see the product, the painted canvas But your meanings laugh in the trash.

So when you’re gone I scavenge the garbage For the waste of your art― To understand what moves you to this, Find you in what you’ve thrown out.

2 Is it early or late? I wait Through a smoky dark for the stub of your sleep.

From down the track comes the clank of the dawn train.

It will soon grind by, shake the house.

But you’ll dream on, always composed, Leave me to watch from our window and Wonder how you can sleep through this.

It’s early, or it’s late.

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Lively Entertainment

By Kristal Kuykendall

By Kristal Kuykendall

A great local act and a big music festival A great local act and a big music festival This weekend features a performance by my favorite Arkansas dance band, as well as an enormous music and camping festival and hour from here featuring national and international musical acts, including headliner Widespread Panic.

SATURDAY The state’s best dance-pop band, Fossils of Ancient Robots, brings its uniquely incredible sounds to Chelsea’s Corner Cafe & Bar on Saturday, June 1.

Fossils of Ancient Robots, if you’ve never seen them live, puts on an amazing show — full of energy, great lyrics and vocals, and a heavy synthesizer-driven rhythm that reminds me of what might happen if A-Ha (you know, 1980s hit “Take On Me�) listened to Ghostland Observatory or STS9 a whole lot and then recorded a new album or went on tour again. They also remind me a lot of The Polish Ambassador, and

even the Scissor Sisters in some ways.

I cannot stress enough how fun and contagiously energetic this group’s music is.

KXUA’s station manager had this to say about the group after their premiere there earlier this year: “Who knew there was synth-pop dark disco band homegrown and active in Arkansas? Also surprising was the epic length of their performance, with a seemingly endless supply of instrumental and vocal material. The six songs collected on the EP ‘Dead Letters’ exhibit diverse styles, some more successfully executed than others, but still a promising beginning to this area’s most unique band.�

Their show at Chelsea’s is open to ages 21 and up; admission is $5. Chelsea’s is located at 10 Mountain St. in Eureka Springs; 479-253-6723.

ALL WEEKEND This weekend is Wakarusa Music &

Camping Festival, held on a 650-acre mountaintop ranch a little over an hour from here down Highway 23 South, the Pig Trail.

The event draws more than 20,000 music fans of all shapes and sizes — families included — to the Ozark Mountains from all over the country, to enjoy four days of camping, floating, hiking, arts and crafts, and live music.

Wakarusa Music Festival of course offers festival-goers plenty of live music (more than 100) on Mulberry Mountain just north of Ozark, but what you may not realize — what attendees of past years’ Wakarusas do know — is that Arkansas’ largest music festival has developed a reputation for seeing that elusive thing sometimes called “Music Magic� being made on Mulberry Mountain.

For ticket information, visit www.wakarusa.com.

Following are previews of some of the headliners, which also include Eureka Springs’ own Mountain Sprout, a band we all know and love: • Widespread Panic: Everybody loves surprises, that feeling of not knowing what

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Sometimes that means taking listeners on a nice, smooth ride, and sometimes it means making ‘em hold on tight, but either way, it means the trip is gonna be worth it.

Since its inception in Athens, Georgia, in 1986, Widespread Panic has risen to elite status among American jam bands.

Following in the steps of other Southern rock jam bands such as The Allman Brothers, Panic has influences from the Southern rock, blues-rock, progressive rock, funk and hard rock genres. They are frequently compared to other jam band “road warriors� such as the Grateful Dead and Phish.

Widely renowned for their live performances, as of 2011, they held the record for number of sold-out performances at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Colorado) at 38 and Philips Arena (Atlanta, Georgia) at 17.

Having drastically cut back their touring schedule a year and a half ago, Panic shows are now considered even more of a treat by the band’s fans, and tickets are often hard to come by. • STS9: Sound Tribe Sector 9 — nick-

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named STS9 by its legions of dedicated fans — is known for mixing standard live rock instrumentation with dance-beat electronics and favoring group rhythm over individual solos. The group tours nationally as well as globally and is ranked among Pollstar Magazine’s list of top-grossing touring acts, with a large presence in the music festival circuit. The group is known for its high-energy livetronica performances and accompanying light displays.

• Snoop Lion: The rapper, producer and actor formerly known as Snoop Dogg has sold more than 30 million albums. After last year turning his focus from rap to rasta and announcing his name change, Snoop began releasing singles from his new reggae album, Reincarnated. In addition to his music career and TV shows, Snoop also coaches a youth football league and high school football team. And he always puts on a helluva show.

• Amon Tobin: The Brazilian musician, composer and producer of electronic music (Drum ‘N’ Bass is his specialty) is described as a virtuoso sound designer and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world

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— noted for his unusual methodology in sound design and music production. Allmusic.com explains that Tobin fuses hiphop and jazz compositional ideas with the bustling rhythms of hip-hop and jungle and the bent sonic mayhem of ambient and dub. Unlike others who draw from a softer, “cooler” brand of jazz, Tobin aims to maintain the heat of bop and free jazz, pairing spry, galloping basslines with complex trap set orchestration and shrill, screaming horns. His music has been featured on the soundtracks to multiple internationally produced films and TV shows, as well as on several top-ranked video games. His live concert, which incorporates the use of new video mapping techniques projected onto a large cubic structure from he performs, has received rave reviews internationally and described by Vice Magazine as “revolutionizing the live music experience.”

• Gogol Bordello: If you have seen the 2005 film “Everything is Illuminated” starring Elijah Wood, you’ve not only heard this band, you’ve seen them; they appeared in one shot in which they played a brass band and their set included the “Star Spangled Banner.” Gogol Bordello — a Manhattan-based Gypsy punk band that incorporates accordion and violin mixed with punk and dub — also contributed the eventually huge Internet hit “Start Wearing Purple” to the score of “Everything is Illuminated.” Last year, Coca-Cola’s European ad campaign featured their new song “Let’s Get Crazy.” Their shows are known for their explosive energy, raucous attitude and varying instrumentation, not to mention nontraditional — some would say pleasingly irreverent — musical arrangements. Having performed at Bonnaroo

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• Of Monsters and Men: The Iceland-based six-piece indie folk-pop band’s debut album “My Head is an Animal” peaked at No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and at No. 3 in the United Kingdom. Its lead single “Little Talks” was an international hit, reaching the Top 20 in at least five countries and hitting No. 1 on the U.S. Alternative Songs chart (Billboard). Already this year, they’ve been named a winner of the European Border Breakers Awards, which honors the best new music acts on that continent. They are frequently compared with Arcade Fire, Mumford& Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and The Lumineers.

Following is the schedule of music and entertainment for Eureka Springs venues this weekend: THURSDAY, MAY 30 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring St.,479-253-7837: Maureen Alexander, 5 p.m.

• Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479-2536723: Club Night with MC Glossy, 9 p.m.

• Jack’s Place, 37 Spring St., 479-2532219: Karaoke with DJ Goose, 9 p.m.

• Squid and Whale, 37 Spring St., 479253-7147: Open Mic Musical Smackdown with Bloody Buddy & Friends, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 31 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: Hogscalders, noon-3 p.m., Hogscalders, 6 p.m.

• Berean Coffee House, 4032 E. Van Buren, 479-244-7495: Live Music, 7 p.m.

• Cathouse / Pied Piper, 82 Armstrong St., 479-363-9976: Matt Reeves, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s, 169 E. Van Buren, 479-2535522: Watts it to ya, 9 p.m.

• Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479-2536723: Skinny Gypsies, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live!, 35 N. Main St., 479-2537020: DJ & Dancing, 9 p.m. to close • Eureka Paradise, 75 S. Main St., 479363-6574: Dance music, 8 p.m.

• Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Jukebox, 9 p.m.

• Jack’s Place, 37 Spring St., 479-2532219: Straight Shot, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

• The Lumberyard, 104 E. Van Buren,

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479-253-0400: DJ/Karaoke, 8 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main St., 479253-2525: Scratch N’Riff, 1 to 5 p.m., PoDunkers, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den, 45 Spring St., 479-363-6444: Jesse Dean, 9 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 417 W. Van Buren, 479-253-8544: Third Degree, 8 p.m.

• Squid & Whale: Smokin’ Crawdadz, 9 p.m.

• Voulez-Vous Lounge, 63 Spring St., 479-363-6595: SPiNRaD, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: James White, noon to 3 p.m.

• Cathouse / Pied Piper: Matt Reeves, 8 to midnight.

• Chaser’s: Kickin’ Kountry, 9 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Fossils of Ancient Robots, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live!: DJ & Dancing 9 p.m. to close • Eureka Paradise: Dance Music, 8 p.m.

• Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Jukebox • Jack’s Place: Straight Shot, 9 p.m.

• The Lumberyard: DJ/Karaoke, 8 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe: Pete & Dave, 1 to 5 p.m., Afro-Disiacs, 6:30-10:30 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den: Philbilly, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Pieces of Dreams, 9 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern: City Limits, 8:30 to 12:30 p.m.

• Squid and Whale: Hippie Home Girls, 6 p.m.; RK Ellis and the AGC, 9 p.m.

• Voulez-Vous Lounge: SPiNRaD, 9 p.m.

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: Staymore, noon to 3 p.m., Chris Diablo, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Lyal Strickland, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe: Skinny Gypsies, noon -4 p.m., Bella Donna, 5 to 9 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den: Philbilly, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Squid and Whale Pub: Local Kine-Local Talent Showcase, 8 p.m.

MONDAY, JUNE 3 • Chelsea’s: Springbilly, 9 p.m.

TUESDAY, JUNE 4 • Chelsea’s: Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 • Chelsea’s: Drink & Draw with Chucky Waggs, 9 p.m.

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Notes from the Colony

Linda

By Sandra Synar Caldwell

This week I‘d like to feature Joan Baril’s story about a particularly shameful time in Canadian history. Baril was a writer-in-residence at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow last fall. She lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Her work has appeared in many magazines and she has also written newspaper columns on immigrant and women’s issues.

She blogs at Literary Thunder Bay. “The Scoop, 1955” was published in the June/July 2012 issue of Room Magazine. Room is a well known Canadian literary magazine. The story is based on an interview with an Ojibwa Indian woman who told me this story from her child hood. In Canada, government policy required Indian children to attend residential schools often far away from their parents. These schools are now closed but a commission of inquiry is investigating the many abuses connected with this educational policy.

The Scoop, 1955

By Joan Baril Snuggling deep into the canvas sleeping bag that Kookum had made for her and pulling the quilts inside it around her chin, the eleven year old girl listened to the flames cackle and hiss while a loon on the lake warbled to the stars. As she breathed in balsam from the boughs that lined the shelter and covered the floor, Bi-shan, her big curly-tailed dog, who always travelled with her and father on the trap line, shifted his weight at her feet and with a long sliding grunt, put one heavy paw across her legs. She smiled in the dark.

Then, she remembered. Tonight was Hallowe’en and she was not running from house to house with the other village kids collecting candies and playing tricks on the neighbours. A stone settled on her heart. A week ago, the day they left, her little brother Albert was making a lynx costume from a gunny sack, cutting out eye holes and tying up the

corners to make lynx tufts. On the floor beside him he’d lined up the crayons to make the long lynx whiskers and the funny lynx nose.

“Never mind, Emma,” he said, as she stood at the door of the cabin, tears in her eyes. “I’ll save half my candy for you.”

Emma sighed. Even though Father had promised her some of the trapping money as a reward, she still felt cheated. Next year, she’d be twelve and probably too big for her ghost costume. Her best friend Susan was so lucky. Susan’s mother had sewn her a complete rabbit suit with fuzzy pink ears. Tom, who lived in the cabin next door, planned to go as a space man, with a tin foil helmet covering his curly yellow hair. She’d miss it all.

Emma snuffled back a few tears, telling herself it wasn’t so bad. Hadn’t she learned to skin a muskrat with just a few cuts, enough to wiggle its skin from its body? And also, hadn’t she learned to set a fox trap, something that would be useful when she grew up and had a trap line of her own?

Another deep breath of balsam scent and cold night air with its faint smell of snow. Soon, all the village kids would be sliding down Gravel Pit Hill and then, after Christmas, school would start. She’d be one of the big girls in Grade Seven. She had a happy thought.

Maybe she could buy a sleigh with her trapping money, the fastest sleigh in the village!

Three days later, father and daughter walked the long bush road that ended at the railway and, just as Emma’s legs were getting tired, they turned south toward the village. Father’s pack was so heavy with furs, he was bent over like the spruce trees on the cliff. Just past the train station, Emma raced ahead. With the leaves gone, she could see the entire village from the tracks, ten houses snuggled along the shore of the lake, the late afternoon sun touching each slanting roof.

“Hello,” Emma called, flying down

the path. No one answered. No one was outside. How odd. The girl looked around. No one cleaning pelts, no one getting water or chopping wood, no ladies sitting in the sun gossiping and knitting fishnets or doing bead work, no kids running around, not even a dog barking a friendly welcome.

At Susan’s house, she knocked and called out, “Susan, come and see our furs,” but to her surprise, Susan’s mother opened the door, and then, staring at her as if she’d never seen her before, yelled in a mean voice, “Go away. Why should you be here?”

Reeling back in shock, Emma stumbled off the steps and flew home. In the kitchen, her mum sat at the table, eyes puffed red, face swollen. Kookum was lying on the couch, her face to the wall.

She didn’t move as Emma ran in, even when she called her name.

Leaping to her feet, her mum grabbed her and hugged her so tight, Emma thought she’d break in two. “She’s the only one left,” her mother cried as her father came through the door of the cabin. “The last child.”

“What happened?” Emma said, breaking free of her arms. “Where’s Albert?” She looked around the cozy room for her brother. “Where’s Annie?” Annie was her big step-sister who always got her something to eat when she got home.

Her mother’s sobs and screams filled the kitchen. “All far away. You’re the only one. Except for that Tom. His white father saved him.”

Emma felt a jolt, as if she’d fallen through the ice. Her brother and sister gone? What could have happened to them? What about Hallowe’en and her candies? She ran outside, puzzled and upset. Next door, she spied her friend Tom sitting on his front porch step, staring out at the lake.

“We’ll be the only kids at school, Emma,” he said. “They took all the children in the village but my dad wouldn’t let them take me. They came on the train and showed everyone a paper that said all of us had to go to a far-off school and live there. Bob the Bully ran into the bush but one of the men chased him and caught him and carried him to the

train. Susan screamed and screamed.

They were all so scared.”

Emma sat down beside Tom, covering her face with her hands, hearing Susan’s screams twisting inside her, as if she were the one being carried away.

“Did they take Susan’s sister Eva, and Walter too?”

“Yes, all of them.”

“What about Big Fred and Little Fred?”

“Yes, and my cousin Eddie and his sister.”

“Even little Cora?”

“Yeah and she was really bawling.

And so was her grandmother.”

“But not you?” Emma asked.

“My dad stood on the porch step and wouldn’t let them inside. My ma and I hid under the bed. They said the school was really nice with nice teachers but my dad still wouldn’t let them take me.”

Her brain was having a hard time, as if it were sinking in deep, deep snow.

No Susan. No more playing dolls. Nobody to help her with her sewing. And if her big sister Annie wasn’t around, she’d have to do her cooking, and clean all the fish and keep the fire going too.

She already looked after the brat next door but now, for sure, she’d have to watch other babies and little kids while their mothers worked the fish nets.

“When will they come back, Tom? Did they say when they’ll come back?”

“They’ll write letters,” said Tom. “And they’ll be here for Christmas.”

Emma dragged herself home. Across the lake, the setting sun covered the water, darkening the reflections of the leafless trees. As she walked the last few steps, she felt as weightless as the wind.

No letters ever arrived. No one came home for Christmas. In January, her big sister, Annie, staggered in the door.

She’d run away, walking over a hundred miles to get back. One day, Emma asked her about the school but she didn’t say very much, only that everyone wore the same clothes and no one was allowed outside the walls. She almost never saw her brother Albert or any of the other kids. Then she stopped talking and shook her head.

The Scoop had hollowed her out just as it had hollowed out the entire village.

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The Natural Way The many benefits of green tea Iced green tea blended with spearmint or peppermint is refreshing and delicious especially as the days heat up Jim Fain and we get more sun exposure. Most everyone knows of the long-term damage to the skin caused by sunburn and the increased chance of skin cancer. Accordingly, many know about wearing hats, protective clothing and sun blocker. But some don’t want the chemicals in commercial preparations. Refreshing green tea to the rescue.

An article attributed to the American Cancer Society says that green tea may help prevent cancers due to the high levels of antioxidants, it goes on to say that drinking the tea may prevent skin cancers. Splashing on the skin is beneficial as well though they suggest drinking the tea first and foremost.

Green tea extract in capsule form is a more potent and inexpensive supplement than just drinking the beverage.

You can imagine just how much you would have to drink to get the full benefit of let’s say four easy to swallow capsules. Besides, you can wash them down with a blend of tasty green tea.

Green tea has a wealth of scientific data supporting healthful benefits. Cancers of many kinds are reduced and in places where people drink it plentifully, prevented at least according to statistics. Breast, prostate, stomach, pancreas, colon, lung and esoughageal cancers are specifically mentioned in the Physician’s Desk Reference for Supplements. Additional benefits for arthritis and gout are mentioned as well as being able to burn off stored fat.

But back to skin cancers and natural sun protection.

The old grannies would be following food plans according to the season and summertime gives us a wealth of fresh fruit and veggies. Granny would have us eating lots of these highly nutritious and rich in antioxidant fresh foods. These are good sources of many vitamins and minerals, too. As usual Granny was right. When you supplement with beta-carotene you get a natural sun protection factor due to the fact that excess comes out through the skin. Antioxidants naturally found in all of the summer fruit and veggies have strong anti-cancer benefits, too. Support your local markets.

Wisecrack Zodiac ARIES: If there’s a lump in your throat, it just means once again you’ve bitten off more than you can chew. Have someone do the Heimlich and start over with a smaller fork. Or a spork.

TAURUS: You are sensual and thrifty, which means that scented massage oil you whip out on special nights is just generic vegetable oil and cheap perfume. As long as you and your sweetie aren’t too close to an open flame, it’s all good.

GEMINI: Friday holds a spot of good luck for you, along with a freckle of fortunate timing. Keep up the sunscreen, though, so you don’t get the back-slapped sunburn of despair.

CANCER: You say there’s no place like home, but how do you know until you get out there and do some comparisons? Go wild and wake up in new, exotic places. After a few walks of shame, you’ll know how good it is to be home.

LEO: Honesty may be the best policy, but a few flexible white lies will cover a larger section of your rear. Sometimes the truth, like spandex, needs to be stretched in order to spare some feelings. A baggy top wouldn’t hurt, either.

VIRGO: Having visitors is fine, but you also need some downtime.

Wear a loose bathrobe and open up to let them know how you feel. They laugh, they leave – doesn’t matter what order it’s in, as long as it happens.

LIBRA: No matter what embarrassing and painful situation you find yourself in, always Google it to know you’re not the only poor sucker out there. At least you’re not the only one prying an angry badger off your belt buckle on Sunday morning.

SCORPIO: Even the best-laid plans can go awry, which is why you need to buy them a few drinks first.

Once your goals have a couple of appletinis, they’ll take you straight to the top.

© Beth Bartlett, 2012 Want more? Visit Beth at www.wisecrackzodiac.com

SAGITTARIUS: You’ll have an opportunity at work to move forward when someone from Maintenance replaces the front wheels on your office chair. Now you can beat everyone at hallway racing and win that promotion.

CAPRICORN: While you set out to be a Renaissance Man, you just don’t have the talent. You’re more of a Dark Ages Man; whips and chains excite you, and you’re always on the lookout for a good rack.

AQUARIUS: Forget about the light at the end of the tunnel; you

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can’t even find the train tracks.

At least you won’t be run over by the 3 p.m. Express while you’re lost in the forest.

PISCES: Others are focused on the locked door, but you’re the one who notices the back gate is open.

Use that keen observation to find a shortcut in your career path on Tuesday and you’ll be sipping margaritas inside while your co-workers keep knocking.

Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. The rabbit in Winnie the Pooh 8. Moss-like alpine plant (Texas Star) found in some Eureka Springs beds 13. Put back for later 14. Thomas who wrote Common Sense in 1776 15. Final stages in insects’ lives 16. One of 16 in a pound 17. Plea on your knees 18. Eagle aerie or a mare’s hoax 20. The Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is #17 on this street 21. Got pep 24. Ryder cup elevator 25. Ancient 26. Some UA Greeks for short 28. Milan’s La _____ opera house 31. Happening 32. Enticing pair of words 34. Chelsea’s rocks 35. Bop or converse 36. Hide of a Mako 41. Time of your life 42. Type of list, (2 wds.)

43. Doc bloc 44. Short supercharged engine 46. Either pea or ape, e.g.

49. Spic and span 50. What an odometer records 51. Waste maker 52. Strew; defuse DOWN 1. Native American’s social group 2. Strong males 3. Basis upon which your ES Water Department bill is calculated 4. Tilly or Ryan

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5. Paid player 6. Flattened; tied 7. Fix the clock 8. Random test for a sample 9. Water, (Fr.) 10. Cute kitchen table 11. Definitely not 49 A 12. Most likely to inherit the Earth 19. Make a lap 22. Starlet’s dream 23. Type of bag, (Brit.)

27. Words following Xmas or New Year’s which mark their beginnings 28. Mar

29. More than one blood clot 30. Electric units 33. Surprised expression 34. Satirical 37. The sixth U.S. president 38. Gold unit 39. Icon 40. Newborn’s title giver 45. Baseball need 47. Mode starter, (2 wds.)

48. Understand; obtain

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dom in his proposal and agree to come to the negotiating table.

After the sheriff finished delivering his quarterly report, JP Larry Swofford — usually a critic of Grudek’s administration — delivered an uncharacteristic compliment.

Swofford remarked that he had recently witnessed a traffic accident worked by Cpl. Joel Hand.

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Hand, facing a two-year-old civil rights lawsuit for allegations that he used excessive force and arrested a man without probable cause almost three years ago, has been a lightning rod for criticism ever since he first made headlines. Much of this, the sheriff maintains, has been politically motivated.

However, last Friday, Swofford had only praise for Hand’s handling of the accident. “He did one of the most professional jobs that I have seen in a long time,” Swofford said.

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Mustangs offer quite the car show The 19th Annual Mustang Weekend brought 140 registered Mustangs into Eureka Springs over the weekend – 200+ were estimated to be cruising the streets. 120+ Mustangs rumbled through downtown in the parade on Saturday with event organizer Jim Post leading in Jim Dorion’s Mustang Police Car. “It just gets bigger every year!”, said Post – who, along with his wife Terri, have run the events for the past 5 years. The Best of Show went to Eurekan Betty Owens and her flawless ‘64 ½. “Bigger, better and fancier cars are coming to Eureka Springs every year!”, exclaimed Post.

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