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TOPNEWS Local artist gives back
Nelson agrees to donate to nonprofits Page 3
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Commission discusses volunteer program Page 7
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ADA Committee asks for immediate move Page 16
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July 25 12:40 a.m. — A complainant advised a motel guest was in the parking lot half naked and had cut her wrists and taken some pills. Officers and EMS responded. The subject was arrested for public intoxication and was taken to the hospital by EMS for an evaluation. 1:24 a.m. — Officers responded to the hospital to assist EMS with an uncooperative patient. 5:55 a.m. — An officer responded to a report of an uncooperative patient at the hospital. 10:40 a.m. — A caller advised tree trimmers were working near the library, but the area was not properly blocked off. An officer responded and found the area was properly blocked. 11:57 a.m. — A caller reported that someone vandalized his property. An officer responded and took information for a report. 7:43 p.m. — An officer responded to an alarm at an area business and found that everything was fine. The employees were cleaning under the counter and hit the alarm button. The manager said they would call the alarm company and advise them of the mistake. 8:52 p.m. — County dispatch called to advise a man had fallen at a restaurant. An officer responded and found EMS had control of the situation. All was well. July 26 12:44 p.m. — A caller advised of a man on the front porch who possibly
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Giving back
Local artist agrees to donate percentage of sales to nonprofits By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
Jim Nelson is no stranger to giving back. Like many local artists, Nelson has donated his work to silent and live auctions for years. This year, he’s changing things up a bit. “All the fundraisers for years and years and years have been silent auctions where artists donate things and they relinquish control completely of the value of what they’re donating,” Nelson said. “They have no say in that. I’ve been trying to figure out a new model to give back.” In this new model, Nelson will sell his art at full price and plans to donate at least 50 percent of the proceeds to local nonprofits. Nelson said he’s already used the model to help Chris Epley’s family after Epley’s untimely death, as well as Five & Dime Drama Collective. Tom and Ann Hopkins, who help run the collective, recently purchased a piece of art for $1,500, Nelson said. “So they get the piece and I turn around and donate $1,250 of that $1,500 to their production,” Nelson said. When artists give in this way, Nelson said, they retain the value of their art while giving more to charitable organizations.
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Jim Nelson, left, and Good Shepherd Humane Society president Jay Fusaro finish their tour of the shelter in the new meet and greet room on Thursday, July 27. Good Shepherd is one of the non-profits Nelson has agreed to donate to in perpetuity.
“For me, a lot of this is about the making of the art. The selling of the art … well, I’m not going to give it away any-
more, and I wish more artists would stop,” Nelson said. “They’re not helping their own cause.”
Anyone can help out nonprofits through this model, Nelson said, no matter how much their goods cost. “You don’t have to sell things for $2,000 or even $500,” Nelson said. “You can sell things for a lot less, but you can use the same model.” The latest nonprofit he has his eye on, Nelson said, is Good Shepherd Humane Society. Nelson toured the shelter on July 28 with Good Shepherd’s president Jay Fusaro and shelter manager Sandra Mittler. The tour, Nelson said, was phenomenal. He said he especially loved how Mittler and Fusaro narrated the tour. “There was a good storyteller, and there’s a lot of information in the story,” Nelson said. “The shelter is going to be improving over time, which is great. They know what they want to do. There’s a plan. I just can’t imagine anybody going on a tour that wouldn’t say, ‘This place is great.’ ” Mittler thanked Nelson for his offer to help the shelter, saying the shelter wouldn’t run without generous citizens donating to it. “We don’t get government funding. We get half our money from our thrift See Nelson, page 22
Good Shepherd discusses ad sales for Doggie Style Show By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
Good Shepherd Humane Society is gearing up for one of its biggest fundraisers of the year. On Wednesday, July 26, the board met to discuss this year’s source of revenue for the fundraiser. Instead of producing the ad book to raise money for the event, secretary Peaches Spiritwalker said the board will be working with Carroll County Newspapers to run advertisements for the fundraiser in October’s Lovely County Visitor publication. President Jay Fusaro said Good Shepherd will offer ads from $100 to
$231 in the guide. “Companies can get in as low as $100 for a black and white ad,” Fusaro said. “We’re providing a range for companies, so if a company wants to say, ‘I’ll do a 1/8 page black and white ad,’ we’re going to say, ‘Great, that ad will cost you anywhere from $100 to $231.’” This will offer a better price point to businesses interested in helping with the fundraiser, Fusaro said. “We’re giving people a range, and we’re offering black and white and color,” Fusaro said. Spiritwalker suggested offering a personalized ad for $80, and the board
said that was a great idea. “An individual person could buy an $80 ad and just have their name on it, or a memorial,” Spiritwalker said. “We could charge $80 but just advertise it as a black and white 1/16-page ad in support of Good Shepherd.” Shelter manager Sandra Mittler presented the shelter report, saying the shelter took in seven dogs and five cats and kittens in June. One dog was returned, she said, and one cat was returned. Mittler said there were 10 dog adoptions and four cat adoptions in June, leaving the shelter with 40 cats and 35 dogs. Three other dogs are in foster home, Mittler said, totaling 75
animals under the shelter’s care. When it comes to fundraising, Mittler said, the shelter has received nearly $200 from the Super Saver Gift Book. The book includes coupons from various businesses, she said, and Good Shepherd receives $5 from each book sold. “If anyone wants to get the word our or buy one, that would benefit us,” Mittler said. Fusaro said he’s received questions in the community about whether or not the book is legitimate. “Yes, it is. They go to businesses, get coupons to drive business to the busiSee GSHS, page 22
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The Eureka Springs Planning Commission is considering how to bring more affordable housing to the city. On Tuesday, July 25, commissioner Tom Buford said he’s been looking into affordable housing options. Buford said he consulted with the Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA) and learned how affordable housing works. To start, Buford said, an individual must fall in a certain income bracket to qualify for affordable housing programs. “You have to have somebody who qualifies for this type of housing,” Buford said. “If they made $100,000 a year, they wouldn’t qualify. They’re capped by what they can make.” From there, he said, a non-profit involved in housing programs steps in to help facilitate everything. Individuals must enter a counseling program through ADFA, Buford said, and the non-profit would act as a developer. “It goes out and finds the site, makes sure it’s zoned properly, provides water and sewer if it’s not there, and then they build a house,” Buford said. “The person that qual-
ifies for the house will go through the training and then purchase the house.” There are several ways, Buford said, for a person to receive money for affordable housing. He said some banks in Arkansas take first-time home-owner loans, saying Cornerstone Bank is one of them. A nonprofit in Harrison, Buford said, could help prospective homeowners through the process. “You would need a nonprofit that qualifies for the funds through the ADFA,” Buford said. Commissioner Susan Harman asked if an old home could be rehabilitated for affordable housing, and Buford said he wasn’t sure. “It’s mainly new construction. I didn’t go into rehabilitation,” Buford said. “We’re trying to attract people that are buying a home for the first time and don’t make a lot of money and are looking for a place to live.” There’s a lot of risk involved, Buford said, when rehabilitating an old home to be used for affordable housing. “If you’re trying to rehabilitate one house, it’s a lot of work for just one house,” Buford said. “I don’t know of [programs]
that are really active in just single-family rehabilitation.” Harman asked if Cornerstone Bank would have a list of places suitable for affordable housing, and Buford said that would have to go through the nonprofit. “You don’t do 30 or 40 [houses] at a time. You do three or four,” Buford said. “You need a nonprofit that’s been around and will be around, because it’s too much of a risk to do a lot at one time. You want to get them owned and occupied.” Chairwoman Melissa Greene said she thought the commission should look into the subject further. “I think it’s something we need in town,” Greene said. “If we’re going to get people who can afford to live here and want to invest here, we need something.” Harman suggested getting information on the city’s website about affordable housing for those who might be interested in it. “We may not be interested in doing it ourselves … but somebody might. Having information about what’s available might give them a head start,” Harman said. The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, at City Hall.
CAPC considers partnering with chamber on reservation system By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
Local lodging owners might soon be enrolled in a new online reservation system, thanks to the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission. At it workshop Wednesday, July 28, the commission considered working with the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce to offer JackRabbit, a real-time online reservation system, to all lodging businesses in town. Paul Miller, the chamber’s chief operations officer, recalled when he brought the idea to the commission at its regular meeting July 12. “There’s been some follow-up. We were
surprised at how many of our business lodging owners do not have an online reservation tool, which JackRabbit provides,” Miller said. A major benefit of the system, he said, is that it keeps all the dollars spent on lodging in Eureka Springs. When people book through a website like Expedia, Miller said, local lodging owners have to pay a fee. “That money goes outside of the community,” Miller said. Commissioner Dusty Duling asked if people would still use Expedia, and Miller said they would. But online booking tools like Expedia don’t have the same allure JackRabbit does, Miller said.
“Most people are booking five days out, so what we’re trying to do is capture that in real time,” Miller said. “If they come to our site, that’s money that comes back to the community.” So far, Miller said, around half of the city’s lodging owners enrolled in the chamber have signed up to participate in JackRabbit. The CAPC could offer the service to all the city’s lodging owners, he said, if the commissioners agreed to pay for the $17,000 annual licensing fee to use JackRabbit. JackRabbit would appear on the CAPC’s website and the chamber’s website, Miller said. “So everyone is represented equally, and See CAPC, page 16
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Finance director says city budget is improving By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
The city of Eureka Springs is slowly recovering from its budget problems, finance director Lonnie Clark reported Thursday, July 27. At the Eureka Springs City Council’s annual mid-year budget review, Clark said last year’s spending freeze has helped the city control expenses. The city’s expenses still exceed its revenues, Clark said, but the finances are improving. “That is really refreshing to me,” Clark said. “If you look at our bank balances … for the first time in a long time, we’ve bumped over the $4 million mark.” This means the sales tax revenue is increasing, Clark said. He recalled when Mayor Butch Berry declared the spending freeze in 2016, saying it has been successful. Alderman David Mitchell pointed out the city’s expenses and said that’s still a big concern. “This is with mayoral expense control, which is pretty severe … pretty severe, so, folks, the challenge is still upon us,” Mitchell said. “There’s no question about that,” Clark said. “It’s improving somewhat.” “It’s improving based on sales tax. Any blip in tourism, and we don’t have a strong back-up system,” Mitchell said. Clark said the city’s revenue should increase as the year goes on, saying the fire department recently cleared up a problem with Medicare billing. “Everything was approved, and we’ll get a big bump on that,” Berry said. Mitchell credited the fire department with
getting expenses under control but said it’s not easy to budget for revenue related to healthcare. “The fire department has really stepped up to plate and is really trying very hard, but it’s hard to squeeze money out of healthcare like that,” Mitchell said. Other revenue has yet to come in, Clark said, including property taxes. He said the city should receive the bulk of the revenue from property taxes in November, and alderwoman Peg Adamson said she was surprised at the city’s sources of revenue. According to a chart presented by mayoral assistant Kim Stryker, the city’s revenue sources are the sales tax (37 percent), parking (12 percent), ambulance service (11 percent), property taxes (10 percent), beverage taxes (9 percent), fines (7 percent), licenses (5 percent), franchise fees (3 percent), permits (2 percent), recycling (2 percent) and “intergov” (2 percent). “It’s interesting how the sales tax is such a high part of the chart. Then I’m looking at this … property taxes are a pittance when the whole city is made of buildings,” Adamson said. Clark said the city will receive a significant amount of revenue from property taxes, but he won’t know how much until that money comes in. The property taxes, alderwoman Kristi Kendrick said, help the city at the end of the year. “That’s where we get the money that goes into reserves to carry us through lean times during the year,” Kendrick said. “What we got last year goes into reserves. That’s what carries us through some of the lower dips at the beginning of the year.”
Holiday Island Theater Guild to hold open casting call Aug. 20, 22 The Holiday Island Theater Guild is preparing for its fall production and is looking to enlist stage veterans and new recruits to the stage. This fall’s production, a series of short vignettes, will focus on the progress of time and how it affects memory, behavior and interests. Readings for the production will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, in Room A in the
lower level of the Holiday Island Clubhouse. The production will be performed Thursday, Nov. 2, Friday, Nov. 3, and Saturday, Nov. 4. No stage experience is necessary, and you don’t have to be a resident of Holiday Island to participate. For more information, contact Elise Buchman at 347-852-5389 or elisemariebuchman@gmail.com.
Even though the expenses exceed revenues, Clark said he’s hopeful the city will catch up in the second half of the year. “There have been some discussions about sales tax projections being down or some of the revenue items,” Clark said. “I really don’t want to reduce our budgeted numbers at this point, because I feel like we’re not that far off.” “When we budgeted, I don’t think we budgeted for an increase, did we?” alderman Terry McClung asked. “We were pretty flat,” Berry said. Clark pointed to some of the mid-year budget adjustments he’ll be bringing to the council table, saying the transit department is asking to move some excess funds from vehicle insurance to employee health insurance. “They’ve had a change in the mix of personnel over there, and they need it in health insurance,” Clark said. The city recently settled its lawsuit with former firefighter Jason Morris, Clark said, and will be paying $45,000 in the settlement.
“Because the mayor’s budget and the fire department budget are both under the general fund, we won’t have to do anything besides pay to transfer it,” Clark said. Another potential expense, Clark said, is LED lighting in city-owned buildings. Clark said this lighting would save the city money quickly. The city will be replacing a police officer soon, Clark said, so the budget will include the new officer’s salary. Adamson asked why the city was hiring a new employee, and Berry said it will cut down on overtime expenses. “We can maintain the status we have. Otherwise, we’re going to be paying overtime for the police officers,” Berry said. “It’s cheaper to pay a salary position rather than overtime.” At the end of the year, Clark said, he’ll have a good idea of how to move forward on the budget. “If we come up and we’re short, we’ll have to pull from the reserves, because we, by state law, have to have a balanced budget beginning and ending,” Clark said.
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Partisanship hurts all of us Every Friday evening the PBS Newshour has a feature with two very smart newspaper men, Shields and Brooks. Brooks is the conservative of the two. This Friday, he made an observation that really struck home with me. He said that ever since the era of Newt Gingrich, the Republicans have focused on taking things away from people. He could not recall a substantive Republican issue that was an effort to make average citizens’ lives better. I said to Suzanne “That’s exactly it.” They have become all about eliminating so-called entitlements, restricting voting rights, restricting immigration, defunding or underfunding protective agencies, etc, etc. What happened? The Republicans used to be bullish on Russia. Now they speak publicly about their own constituents, Democrats, liberals and progressives the way they used to speak of Russia, as the enemy. Indeed we are the new “Evil Empire.” They would have eaten everyone in the Trump campaign and administration alive not that long ago. It is heartening to
see them balking at Trump’s push to get rid of the detestable Jeff Sessions, not because he is detestable but because he followed the rule of law by somewhat recusing himself from the Russia investigations, this, in his effort to get rid of the special prosecutor. But they are also reticent about getting those involved in the Republican president’s unquestionable collusion with Russia to testify in public. Friday, my reps had no comment on Trump’s edict about transgenders being booted out of the military. Womack’s staffer assured me that he was supporting taking funding away from transgender medical treatments in the upcoming budget. Yep, let’s take something else away. How far right can the Republican pendulum swing? At this point they have surely swung themselves right out of office. Trump’s hard-core supporters didn’t care whether he buddied up to the white supremacists or the extreme religious right and I doubt they care about Russia either. They wanted revenge on those who had the nerve to elect a black president twice and if our democracy burns down, so what. We now have to determine whether
Citizen of the Week Dave Spencer is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Spencer was nominated by Janet Chupp, thrift store manager for the Doggie Thrift Stores. Spencer volunteers at the thrift stores, Chupp said, and recently repaired five chairs from scrap metal, which sold for $220. “I just can’t say enough … he is one of the best volunteers on the planet, and he’ll do anything to make a buck for the dogs and cats,” Chupp said. To nominate somebody for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor. Eureka@gmail.com.
our president was so anxious to win that he solicited and took help from our adversary or if he is just so stupid that he allowed them to manipulate him so as to weaken us with the ensuing chaos. We certainly have been reeling from the incredible incompetency, lies and mental illness in the White House and that may burn down this current version of the Republican Party, so what. Both parties need shaking up. I hope that this turmoil does not make the Democrats smug. They have been a huge letdown as well. They are big on platitudes but it is also a top-down party and they still answer to the same big money contributors that they have for so long. — MARK EASTBURN
Correcting an error Last night at the city council meeting I made a public comment about revisiting the water/sewer rates. I now realize that I made an error in my third point about bond payments. I said that the bond payment “will far exceed the cash reserve.” This statement is not true. In my preparation, I compared the 2017 bond payments of $349,920 to the 2016 comparative bank balances cash reserves of $193,907 which I obtained from the 2016 budget printed on Feb. 16, 2017. I
was quite surprised when I heard the finance director report that the end-of-year cash reserves for 2016 were $599,576. I went back and checked the small print on my copy to find that it reported cash reserves as of July 2016, not as of the end of the year. Apparently, the last five months of 2016 added $405,669 to the cash reserve, making it quite capable of covering the 2017 bond payments. My first two points, about the unfairness of the “Infrastructure and Improvement Fee” and the excessiveness of water rates that are 144 percent greater than expenses, were not affected by the error in my third point. I continue to urge the city council to study, understand and deal with these sewer/water rate inequities and problems in a proactive way. You can do this by putting these issues on your agenda now and keeping it there until you create a water/sewer commission who will keep on top of these issues for you. — ERIC KNOWLES
Everyone should serve In 1937, the year of my birth, my guru Eleanor Roosevelt wrote: “…fascism frankly states [that] certain people See Forum, page 22
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Parks commission considers Friends of the Parks organization By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
If you’re the type of person who enjoys lending a hand to improve city parks, the Eureka Springs Parks Commission has an opportunity for you. On Wednesday, July 26, commissioner Ferguson Stewart said he wants to start a group called Friends of Eureka Springs Parks. The group would help improve the parks department, Stewart said, and he’s already spoken with a few citizens who seem interested in the idea. “I talked to some locals, and they would like to see this program become a reality,” Stewart said. “What I want to do is a program to enhance the parks … a program to invite locals to participate in our parks system by having membership of this association.” There would be a cost for membership, Stewart said, and members would receive benefits such as discounts on park services and the chance to camp for free once a year. “These things are all part of the membership value,” Stewart said. “The locals basically come to me and say, ‘We understand it costs money to run the park. We want to help.’ ” As part of the group, Stewart said, members would be required to have a certain amount of volunteer hours. They would have a voucher, he said, which would be signed by a parks employee to certify the amount of hours worked. Stewart suggested giving that job to parks office manager Dove Bolerjack. “The office manager would manage the program, basically organizing the membership club,” Stewart said. “This would be able to provide us not only the resource of a group coming into the park that’s local, but it would also provide ownership of the parks in a way.” Another aspect of the group, he continued, would
give members extra benefits for referring a certain number of people to join. Stewart said this method would encourage and increase participation in the group. If Bolerjack doesn’t want to manage the program, he said, one of the parks committees could take it on. “I’d like to see a committee adopt this program, like the springs committee or one of the other committees,” Stewart said. “That would help keep it afloat.” The program should support itself, Stewart said, through the membership fees. He said he’s excited to have a group support the parks by donating time and money. “It would bring additional funds to the park, but it’s not just funds … it’s volunteerism,” Stewart said. “This program would not just be a membership card. It would be a reward program for them, as well as provide needed support for the park.” Parks director Justin Huss said he supports the idea. “I’m 100 percent on board with all this. The biggest challenge is we need a volunteer coordinator,” Huss said. “We’re about at the end of our rope with what our office manager can take on. We’ve deferred to her quite a bit.” “Really, what we need is independent individuals in the community to step up,” commission Steven Foster added. Chairman Bill Featherstone pointed out the program at Hobbs State Park, saying it’s the model Eureka Springs parks should strive for. “They’re in support of the state’s largest park, but they operate independently,” Featherstone said. “They do a lot of great work. They raise a lot of money, and they have a very specific mission.” Featherstone said the commission couldn’t take the program on without somebody in the communi-
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Song and dance
Vocal Camp orchestrates performances, friendships By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com
The Youth Vocal Camp brought Broadway to Inspiration Point last week. Camp director Kathy Hickman said students arrived for the camp, which is held on the Opera in the Ozarks campus, on Sunday, July 23, and rehearsed all week for their performances on Saturday, July 29, and Sunday, July 30. “There are two big performances that they’re working for,” Hickman said. “The first one occurs Saturday, and that is our musical show. It’s called ‘100 Years of Broadway.’ ” The piece goes through the different styles on Broadway, she said. “It starts out from the early years with Tin Pan Alley in the 1920s and then it goes into the ’30s and ’40s and all the big name composers like Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser and Frederick Loewe,” Hickman said. “All the big musicals that changed the way that Broadway was are touched on.” She said the piece then moves into more contemporary themes, featuring snippets of well-known vocal numbers. “It’s not the full vocal number of every one of those because we would be here until next week,” Hickman said, laughing. The second performance on Sunday featured solo recitals by the students and choral music. “They’re working through the week in a team effort putting together the mu-
sical production,” she said. “The solos they have brought with them. They’re something the students already studied at home, and they they practice those with an accompanist here.” The choral music, Hickman said, differs from the musical production in style. “For the musical production, there’s lot of dancing, movement and blocking,” she said. “With the choral music, you’re standing still. It’s a whole different style.” To enroll in the Youth Vocal Camp at Inspiration Point, she said students sent in CDs of their vocal abilities to determine their musical repertoire assignments. She said the CDs included one art song in English or a foreign language and one musical theater selection. “They audition but not to get accepted into the camp,” Hickman said. “It’s more to hear their voice and place them where they’re going to be in the choir.” She said this is the Youth Vocal Camp’s 12th year. “We’ve had a piano and string camp for many years. Last year was the 25th anniversary of the piano camp,” she said. “This year is the 25th anniversary for the string camp, and they run simultaneously next week. Down the road, we met other teachers and people who were interested, and they said ‘I think we can do a vocal camp.’ ” Hickman continued, “So we added it. It’s the baby of the camps, and it’s doing really well. We’ve been running it for 12
Carroll County libraries to celebrate the sun Aug. 19 The Carroll and Madison Library System is one of 75 libraries in the nation to be part of the NASA@ My Library initiative,with an event celebrating the sun scheduled from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Berryville Community Center at 104 Spring St. in Berryville. Solar system ambassador Jeff Reddekopp will talk about the science of the sun and eclipses, as well as how to appreciate and better understand its connection to NASA planetary science and exploration. All ages are welcome. For more information, call April Griffith at 479-253-3438.
years now.” She said students come from different states to attend the camp. Many will attend for several years, she said, but there is always a crop of newcomers each year as well. “Some of the students have very strong community theaters and choir programs in their schools,” Hickman said. “Some of them come from very small communities where they don’t have those things, so they’re getting different exposure to things at camp.” Two of the newcomers this year, Nick Prpich and David Franco, were from the Berryville School District. “This is my first year. My choir teacher asked if I was interested, and I said ‘Yes! I would love to go!” Prpich said. “I love singing so much. Music and dance are how I calm down.” Franco said his choir teacher also approached him about attending the Youth Vocal Camp. “She asked if I would be interested, and I said ‘I don’t know; let me think about it,’ ” he said. “I went home and told my mom and everything, and she said ‘I think it would be good for you to get out and do something you don’t get to do much here.’ ” Franco said he enjoyed preparing his pieces for his submission CD. “I did the music and had a fun time doing it. My mom turned it it, and I got in,” he said. “I was more excited to get in than I thought I would be.” Abby Espinosa of Frederick, Okla., said this was also her first year to attend the camp. “I heard about the camp from my music teacher. I wanted to come, but I’ve always had other camps running into it,” she said. “So this year I settled down and decided I was going to go because it sounded fun.” Espinosa said she loves performing in musicals and singing, so the Youth Vocal Camp fits all of her interests into one week.
“I’ve enjoyed the choreography the most because I love dancing, and show choir is my favorite thing to do,” she said. Franco said he also enjoys the dancing rehearsals the most. “I think it’s interesting to learn new dance moves because I can’t dance very well,” he said with a laugh. “It’s cool to meet someone who can and learn from them.” Prpich said his favorite part about camp is meeting new friends. “It can be hard making new friends in real life, but here I get to do what I love to do,” he said. “I get to dance. I get to sing. I get to be myself.” Hickman said watching new friendships develop is one of her favorite parts about being camp director. “One of the best things I see with the students is how they bond together,” she said. “We’ve had students say ‘I met my best friend at camp,’ and, 20 years later, they’re still friends. That’s great.” Kirstin Dunn, who attended the camp for her fourth year, said her favorite part is that there are always different people and new things happening at camp each year. “There’s always something different each time,” Dunn said. “You make new friends each year.” “It’s like a homecoming when they first arrive,” Hickman said. “Last night, we went to the Passion Play, and they got to be participants in the play. They had costumes and got to perform through all the crowd scenes in the play. That’s the first time we’ve ever had a chance to do that. They were pretty excited about it.” Some students love the camp so much that they return as counselors, such as Morgan Eckhoff. “I came for eight years as a student, and now I’m a counselor,” she said. “I love watching students learn and seeing that light go off in their head when they’re like ‘Oh, that’s what you do.’ ”
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Cemetery commission appoints Sallee as secretary, treasurer By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com
The Eureka Springs Cemetery Commission voted at its Wednesday meeting to appoint David Sallee as the new secretary and treasurer. Sallee had been serving as the assistant secretary and treasurer for the commission. He will take over the duties of the secretary and treasurer until the commission elects new officers in January 2018. Bob Thomas, the previous secretary and treasurer, had submitted his resignation before the meeting. The commission voted to lift the moratorium on sales at the Old Simmons Road Site. The area had been considered as a location for a potential columbarium, a structure used to store funeral urns and cremains. Cemetery superintendent and commission chairwoman Susan Tharp said that four plots in the Old Simmons Road Site had been sold on July 1 before the moratorium was put into place at the commission’s July 5 meeting. Another customer had been sold a plot in the site, Tharp said, in 2014 before the previous sexton had measured and marked off the Old Simmons Road Site. “They told her she would get to pick her spot once they were marked off,” she said. “They gave her a contract and accepted and deposited her check. She has since picked out a spot in the Old Simmons Road Site, and we are preparing a new contract for her.” In addition to plots in the Old Simmons Road Site already being sold, Tharp said she did not believe it would be the best location in the cemetery for a columbarium.
“To me, the site is kind of far back. There are prettier sites in the cemetery and a lot better ground to build on,” she said. “The moratorium was a quick idea to hold that site open to put a columbarium there. In my point of view, we kind of jumped the gun because we don’t have the funds for a columbarium right now.” Sallee asked if there have been many requests for a columbarium in the cemetery. Commissioner Steven “Yip” Vorbeck said he knew of only two. “In my research of this, the closest cemeteries with a columbarium are in Rogers, Fayetteville and Springdale,” he said. Tharp said she did not think the commission needed to put a moratorium on an area as large as the Old Simmons Road Site and suggested they could visit the cemetery in the future to find another site for a columbarium. After an executive session, the commission voted to have Tharp approach the mayor about a shift in the hours and responsibilities for one of the cemetery’s groundskeeper positions. The commission also voted to approve the use of the cemetery by the Eureka Springs Historical Museum for its annual “Voices from Eureka’s Silent City” walking tours this October. Tharp updated the commission on the cemetery’s application to the National Register of Historic Sites, saying they are waiting on approval for a grant to fund the application fee. The cemetery commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, in the Auditorium lobby.
Holiday Island Art Guild to host 29th Annual Art Show Aug. 18-20
Holiday Island Art Guild will host its 29th Annual Art Show and Silent Auction from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, and Saturday, Aug. 19, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, at the
Holiday Island Country Club Ballroom at No. 1 Country Club Drive. About 180 pieces of art from 38 local artists will be featured at the event. Admission is free.
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Opera in the Ozarks Vocal Camp
Photos by Tavi Ellis
Students from Carroll County and surrounding states attended Vocal Camp at Opera in the Ozarks last week. Here, the students rehearse for their weekend performance.
Even before a big performance, you can kick back and have a little fun.
The students rehearse the choreography for their performance of ‘100 Years of Broadway.’
Young voices combine during rehearsal.
Hand in hand, the students work together at rehearsal.
This young singer raises her voice.
These singers relax and rehearse at the same time.
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Fraternal Order of Police Fundraiser
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Photos by David Bell
Is he a magician, a Vaudevillian juggler or comedian? It doesn’t matter to the audience at the Eureka Springs Fraternal Order of Police show Friday, July 28, at the Aud. Mike Bliss has the the crowd enthralled and laughing hysterically during his performance, which benefited the three police departments of Carroll County.
Jim McCoy of Holiday Island covers a Rubik’s Cube with his hands
Magician and entertainer Mike Bliss greets kids after his show benefiting the Eureka Springs Fraternal Order of Police.
Mike Bliss makes a balloon poodle for audience member Rivers Wages.
Erin Bennett of Eureka Springs is caught off guard.
‘Want to see me juggle six balls?’ Mike Bliss asks.
Austin McCrory of Oklahoma enjoys the show very much.
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In the early days of Eureka Springs history, an early guidebook advised visitors to equip themselves with two things — a drinking cup and a walking stick. The first and most primitive walking sticks were made out of red cedar branches and carved with a hand knife. It wasn’t long before the demand required the purchase of a lathe to mass produce canes and walking sticks. As the years progressed, the walking stick became not only a necessity to climb the hilly terrain, but also a fashion statement. Sticks of all shapes and sizes started to come into fruition, with not only the ladies wanting a fashionable walking stick, but men also obtained only the finest to coordinate with their top hat and tails. It was a sort of a status symbol because it was one way you could judge how much money a man or woman had. Today, many gift shops in Eureka Springs, (including the Eureka Springs Historical Museum), have walking sticks for sale, along with hiking maps and books. But unlike our forefathers, the walking stick’s only purpose is now to either clear a path, or aid you in reaching your hilltop destination. — Stephanie Stodden Museum Operations Manager
Senior Center Menu The Carroll County Senior Activity and Wellness Center is located at 202 W. Madison Ave. in Berryville. Lunch is served weekdays at noon. Monday, August 7 Ham, sweet potato casserole, mixed vegetables, cookie and whole wheat roll Tuesday, August 8 Hamburger steak, fries, glazed carrots, corn, bread and jello with fruit
Wednesday, August 9 Chef’s choice Thursday, August 10 Chef salad with lettuce, cucumber, carrot, tomato, cheese, turkey and ham and crackers Friday, August 11 Chicken breast, au gratin potatoes, peas and pearl onions, angel food cake and bread
Dr. Kevin Richter cuts the ribbon during an open house on Friday, July 28, at the Physicians Clinic of Berryville. The clinic, which is operated by North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, is located at 408 Orchard Drive.
ESSA continues summer session Aug. 16-18 Eureka Springs School of the Arts will have its 12th and 13th summer sessions from Aug. 21-Sept. 1, offering four workshops during that time. Gregg Thompson will teach “Let’s Get Carving!” This is a grassroots carving class taught using hand tools only (no sandpaper). All paints and finishes will be included in the class. Students will complete a carving totally in the workshop using bass wood. John Bozeman will teach “Soldering and Bezel Setting,” which is an introduction to stone setting with sterling silver bezel and tubing. Students will set cabochon, freeform semi-precious stones and round brilliant-cut colored stones. The emphasis will be on improving soldering skills. Alicia Farris will teach “Acrylics: The Impressionist’s Way,” where students will learn to loosen up their paintings and capture the essence and mood of their subject by painting in an impressionis-
tic style. Students will practice painting by seeing basic shapes, making a value sketch and using lighting and shading techniques. This class would be perfect for anyone, from the serious beginner to the advanced acrylic painter. Christie Braswell will teach “Up-cycled Journal Journey.” Using recycled cardboard and fabric, students will create and decorate a journal using mixed media art techniques. On Day 3, students will learn in the great outdoors with new journals and an excursion to Lake Leatherwood. For more information or to sign up, visit www.essa-art.org or call 479-2535384.
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ADA Committee recommends moving city meetings from City Hall By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com
If the ADA Committee has anything to say about it, the Eureka Springs City Council won’t be meeting at City Hall anymore. On Thursday, July 27, the committee met to discuss a complaint submitted by Joyce Knowles. In the complaint, Knowles writes that the council has willfully refused to move meetings from the courthouse to a location where constituents can face council members. This makes it particularly difficult, Knowles writes, for deaf citizens to participate in city government. The council began closed captioning the meetings on Youtube in March, Knowles writes, but there is a delay of one day and
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the chamber will help manage and ensure the training is in place for those members,” Miller said. Director Mike Maloney said that idea is illegal. It’s a co-mingling of private and public funds, Maloney said, which is banned on the first page of the Arkansas Constitution. Public monies can’t be used to subsidize a private business, Maloney said. “We’re not being subsidized,” chamber treasurer Jack Moyer said. “You’re paying the franchise fee for your members.” Damon Henke, who works with the chamber, said he thought JackRabbit would work best with the CAPC’s support behind it. “You need to do it across-the-board,” Henke said, recalling when the CAPC discussed the reservation system last year. “All the commissioners said, ‘This really ought to live in a chamber world.’ Now two years later, we’re back at the table. It has to be one way or another.” JackRabbit can exist at both the CAPC and the chamber, Moyer said. “If the A&P cannot find a solution to list all its collectors, then the collectors who do not participate will be at a competitive disadvantage,” Moyer said. Maloney said he wanted to talk to the Arkansas Municipal League before moving forward.
the captioning is not edited. “City council repeatedly uses lack of money as a reason for not moving out of the courthouse, but that is a straw argument, as the ADA was passed in 1990,” Knowles writes. “The city had more than adequate time to fund the move.” Knowles suggests that the city council meetings move to a location where all members face the constituents and that the city edit the closed captioning on Youtube to more closely resemble what was said at the meeting, as well as provide equipment to help the deaf at public hearings. Kim Stryker, the city’s ADA officer, read the ADA requirements to give more information behind the complaint. “State and local governments must en-
sure that individuals with disabilities are not excluded from services, programs and activities because buildings are unacceptable,” Stryker said. “I think that’s pretty much the issue we’re dealing with today.” Committee member Lamont Richie said it is the city council’s responsibility to provide accessibility to all constituents, and Stryker agreed. Some council members have pointed out that the meetings can’t be broadcast live if the location changes, Richie said. “I think the absence of live broadcast is one of the excuses given for not moving. Quite frankly, I don’t think it’s relevant in the grand scheme of things,” Richie said. “When I read the complaint, I thought it was a no-brainer that we’re not providing
accessible meeting space.” Richie said he’s tired of hearing elected officials say they’re new and getting up to speed. “It has nothing to do with anything. The person who swears oath to the office needs to be up to speed that very minute,” Richie said. “They are responsible that very minute, and it’s still not being done.” Stryker suggested that the committee recommend the council move to a more accessible temporary location immediately. “Is it that simple?” Stryker asked. “I think it is that simple,” Richie said. “It doesn’t have to be perfect. It has to be better than what they have now, but there See ADA, page 21
“I think, again, this is an issue that needs to go to a higher level,” Maloney said. “There’s a money exchange that becomes the issue. The problem is, in the eyes of some people, that is a litigable situation that could go to court.” Moyer said there should be a problem so long as the CAPC and the chamber enter an agreement to contract for service. “This is a common practice, but if you want to get a legal opinion, get a legal opinion,” Moyer said. He’s be most comfortable with that, Maloney said. “If the municipal league says it’s legal, it comes back to the table for discussion,” Maloney said. Also at the meeting, Jacqueline Wolven presented a marketing fund request for Main Street Eureka Springs’ 21 and Fun guide. Wolven said the publication is available in digital and print, saying Main Street Eureka Springs has had a tough time paying for it over the past year. If the organization can’t find a way, Wolven said, the guide will be discontinued. “We just can’t pay for it in our non-profit,” Wolven said. She asked the commission for $8,000 to print the guide, saying it’s valuable because it gives tourists an idea of where to go to hear live music. “I looked for a solution I could send out to the customer that connects live music in a simple way,” Wolven said. “I can’t find
anything that isn’t just sending the newspaper, and that’s not what I’m looking for. It doesn’t have to be this solution. I just need a solution to help connect the many constituents in my district to the tax collectors.” Commissioner Terry McClung asked why the venues themselves aren’t publishing the guide, and Wolven said there are two reasons for that. “They’re having a tough year,” Wolven said. “The second thing we have found is our ownership of the clubs is out of the area, so the front-line employee is using it, but the owner of the club doesn’t see the value because they’re not there.” Commissioner David Mitchell agreed. “If the owner of a venue is having a tough year and the owner of the venue doesn’t see the value in printed material, I have a hard time seeing the CAPC becoming the water boy for a business that can’t see the value of something front-line employees use,” Mitchell said. “Tell me how I promote live music in the district, David,” Wolven said. “You don’t have to do it,” Mitchell said. “The venue does.” Mitchell said he wanted to explore the idea on Chip Ford’s new mobile application, which the city will introduce at the end of the year. Chairwoman Susan Harman agreed. “If a local business can’t … post it in the window, then, in my opinion, it bothers me to be spending that kind of money on some-
thing when that portion of it should be their responsibility,” Harman said. “How do we make it accessible to them in a friendly way? The app will be an option for them.” “My understanding from Chip was he needs our data to populate his app,” Wolven said. Harman said she likes the guide but doesn’t like the price tag that comes with printing it. “We’re stuck on the printing costs. We’re just throwing paper away at this point,” Harman said. “I think all we want to do is serve the customer, and we want to brand live music in the district,” Wolven said. “If live music events are important to you, this might be something that’s on your plan.” In other business, the commission heard from local illusionist Sean-Paul about a marketing plan for Halloween. Sean-Paul said he’s been working with a group to brand Eureka Springs as the Halloween City, asking the commission to spend $8,000 to promote the idea. The commissioners responded positively but were unhappy with the amount of money. “I think before we make a decision, you might talk with Mike again on the numbers,” McClung said. “I don’t know that we’ll do $8,000 but we might do half of that.” The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at City Hall.
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Five & Dime Drama Collective seeking scripts
Five & Dime Drama Collective of Eureka Springs is soliciting scripts for its 2017 Fall Performance Series, which will present several short works, either as staged readings or productions with limited sets and costumes. Either a 10-minute play or a one-act would fit the production formation. \Authors from throughout Northwest Arkansas are encouraged to submit new (not previously produced), short dramatic performance scripts that are compelling and through-provoking, as well as entertaining. Authors must be willing to collaborate with the creative team in the production process. An open forum will be held at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Eureka Springs Carnegie Library Annex at 192 Spring St., where the producer, director and cast from past productions will discuss the type of scripts that best fit the format and how the production process works. Anyone interested in writing a script or participating in other ways is welcome to attend. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 1, with selections being made by mid-September and the producing scheduled from late October to early November in Eureka Springs. The venue has not yet been determined. Guidelines for script submissions can be found at FiveAndDimeDramaCollective.org.
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First United Methodist Church to host Parents Night Out Aug. 4
First United Methodist Church at 196 Huntsville Road in Eureka Springs will have Parents Night Out from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4. Parents are welcome to drop off their kids from 2-12. The kids will have fun with games, crafts and dinner, parents get the evening out by themselves and it’s all free.
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CALENDAR of events Send calendar entries to Kelby Newcomb at CCNNews@cox-internet.com. The calendar is reserved for events sponsored by non-profit entities, benefits for non-profits and free events. First priority will be given to organizations providing a public service, such as rural fire departments, schools, churches, hospital auxiliaries and services for senior citizens or veterans. Submissions should be timely. Calendar listings should not be more than 30 days in advance of the event. The calendar is sometimes edited to fit the available space in the print edition. See the full calendar online at www. LovelyCitizen.com.
Aug. 4: Parents’ Night Out
The First United Methodist Church of Eureka Springs will have its Parents’ Night Out from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, at 195 Huntsville Road. Parents can drop off children ages two to 12 for a night of fun, games, crafts and a picnic-style dinner. Parents get the evening out to enjoy by themselves, and it’s all free.
Aug. 7: Holiday Island Community Blood Drive
The Holiday Island Community Blood Drive will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at the Elks Lodge 1042 at 4 Park Cliff Drive in the Holiday Island shopping center. There will be free cholesterol screening for all donors.
Aug. 7: Metafizzies Meeting
The Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society (Metafizzies) meeting will feature videos on the Kabbalah at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. All are welcome.
Aug. 9: Israel Trip Presentation
Travelers for the Lord, Kathy Warren and Jane Williams, will present a free presentation on their trip to Israel at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the First Christian Church at 763 Passion Play Road in Eureka Springs. The event is open to the public.
Aug. 10: Eureka Springs Open House
Eureka Springs Elementary School will hold a Back-to-School Open House from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. It’s a chance for students to tour
their classrooms, meet their teachers and bring their school supplies. Staff will be available to assist with signing up for car tags and lunch accounts. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria.
Aug. 12: 2nd Saturdays Eureka Springs
2nd Saturdays Eureka Springs will feature Brick Fields and many other musicians from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, at 2006 CR 266 in Eureka Springs. The theme for August will be street tacos. Attendees are asked to bring their own lawn chairs, beverages and a dish for the potluck supper. The event is free, but there will be a donation box to help cover the costs of musicians.
Aug. 13: Back to School Shoe Distribution
The Rotary Club of Eureka Springs in partnership with Samaritan’s Feet will hold a Back to School Shoe Distribution from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, in the Eureka Springs High School cafeteria. All students who receive free or reduced-price meals are eligible to pick up a new pair of shoes. Students from Berryville, Eureka Springs and Green Forest schools are eligible. There will be 300 pairs of shoes available in a variety of sizes, and they will be handed out on a first come first served basis.
Aug. 25: Carroll County Fair Poultry Testing
Carroll County Fair and Livestock will test all poultry shown at the fair from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, at the Carroll County Fairgrounds. Poultry will not be eligible for entry at the fair without a NPIP certificate, which will be issued at the time of testing. On the day of entry, the NPIP certificate must
be presented at check-in. Waterfowl are exempt. For any questions or more information, email CarrollCountyFairgrounds.com or call Sherry Ream at the Carroll County Extension Office at 870423-2958.
Sept. 16: Community Yard Sale
A Community Yard Sale sponsored by Carroll County 4-H will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Carroll County Fairgrounds. Booth space is $20, and admission is $1 per person. For more information and pre-registration for booths, call 870423-2958.
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A Universal Worship Service will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. every Sunday at the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. in the downstairs meeting room to celebrate the world religions with candle lighting, readings, music and prayer. All are welcome. There will be Shamantha and Tonglen meditation practice under the guidance of Khentrul Rinpoche at 5:30 p.m. every Monday. For more information or directions, call Alece at 479-244-6841 or Gary at 479-244-6840. Rabbi Rob Lennik will hols Shabbat Services the first and third Friday of each month at the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. in Eureka Springs. For more information, call 479-6339221 or email rblennick@gmail.com. The Eureka Springs Carnegie Library hosts a weekly Song and Story Time for toddlers and preschool children and their caregivers at 10:30 a.m. every Wednes-
day at 194 Spring St. The Good Shepherd Humane Society (GSHS) holds its monthly board meeting at 1 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month in the shelter’s meet-andgreet room. All are welcome. 2nd Saturdays Eureka Springs will be held on the second Saturday of each month through November at 2006 CR 266 in Eureka Springs. Each time, music will start around 5:30 p.m. and last until around 10 p.m. Everyone is asked to bring their own lawn chairs, ice chests with their own beverages and a food item to share. Each month’s potluck supper will have a theme, and certain foods will be provided. The event is free of charge, but there will be a donation box to help cover the costs of musicians and supplies. St. James Episcopal Church holds community suppers from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Sundays. Meals are provided by local restaurants. St. James is the church with the red door located at 86 Prospect Ave. on the Historic Loop. Meals are served downstairs in the undercroft. A support group for those with Parkinson’s and their caregivers is held at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month at ECHO Community Room. For more information email Sally at SarahG@arkansas.net or call 479-9811587. New Day Fellowship will host a prayer night from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday at 440 Passion Play Road in Eureka Springs. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend this quiet time and meet with God for prayer and meditation.t
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f course I support our local organic farmers and the healthy/fresh produce we get year-round. It is true we all need to get our nutritional needs met first through Jim Fain food choice. You can be sure I do this at my home. But therapeutic levels of a nutritional supplement may be needed for wellbeing that just can’t be found by eating good food. Choosing the right supplement and the right amount is the key to, perhaps, avoiding synthetic medicine. These days, information is stunningly easy to get on any topic, making it difficult to sort out differing supplement claims. Even the simple questions of when to take the supplement, with food or not, combining multiple supplements and interaction with medications, sometimes seem unclear. Reminding yourself that supplements are food and not a prescribed drug helps sort this out. Knowing the best time to take supplements is best determined by your own eating schedule. Most supplements are best taken with food but a very few should be between meals. Most supplements digest the best when taken with meals. When you eat, your digestive system is going into full gear, so you will get the best benefit. Exceptions to this would be individual amino acids (aminos have “L” in front, like L-Tyrosine or L-Theanine), SAMe and some romantic enhancement supplements. Of course stimulant supplements are best not taken before bedtime and sleep/sedation supplements need to be taken before bedtime. Also, as with anything, allergies happen, this is very uncommon and rarely severe. Most of us swallow multiple supplements each day. Unlike prescribed drugs, there is little to worry about in terms of interactions. Think about it as though you’re eating at a buffet. Combining food like veggies, bread and protein is only based upon what you want to eat and how you feel after eating. Food supplements are simply more potent sources of certain foods. If taking multiples of supplements, separating (dividing) the dose is best, especially if you want to keep a high level of the nutrient going all day long. The general rule of food supplementation and using prescribed drugs is that if they do the same thing then don’t use the supplement, as you can overdo. An example of this is using SAMe or 5HTP for depression while taking Paxil or Effexor. This is not a good thing. Of course with your doctor’s agreement the supplement may work better for you, so a trial can be made. Additionally, a small handful of supplements need extra care such as naringin, creatine, kava and ephedra, so extra guidance with these is a good thing.
Wisecrack ZODIAC ARIES: All the world’s a stage, and you just found the loose board. Not everyone can get applause for slapping themselves in the face while dancing, but you do it so well. Take a bow. Carefully. TAURUS: Take to the skies, and you’ll see how tiny everyone—and their problems—are down on earth. Your only problem is landing, which would have been easier if you booked a plane ride instead of shooting yourself out of a cannon. GEMINI: You shine like a diamond, which can really screw with oncoming traffic while you’re driving. Throw a blanket over yourself until you get home; after that, you’re the neighbor’s problem. CANCER: Thursday brings a problem for you to solve. It’s one of those math word problems, so make sure you have two dozen melons, three easygoing friends and a mad wombat on hand. LEO: Enjoy the milk of human kindness too closely this week and you’ll get squirted in the eye. Maybe it’s time to switch to the soy latte of human indifference. With sprinkles, of course. VIRGO: You can’t cover up what you did Friday night, but you can buy your friends’ silence by doling out your HBO and Netflix passwords for a few weeks. A season of ‘Stranger Things’ should cover what you did to that parking meter. LIBRA: You’re looking fine and you know how to work it on Saturday. Blow a kiss to the haters, because that’s the most action they’ll see in years. SCORPIO: No good deed goes unpunished, and you’re the one in leather with the whip to make it happen. Sometimes even the best karmic opportunities feel a little naughty. SAGITTARIUS: Watch out on Sunday; a leopard can’t change his spots, but he might need a change of shorts after you surprise him in the parking lot. Plan on wearing track
shoes. CAPRICORN: Your coworkers know something you don’t. Could be an approaching layoff or the new wifi password. Either way, annoy them by burning popcorn in the microwave until they confess. AQUARIUS: Everyone laughed when you tried to reinvent the wheel, but your tinkering does give you a shiny, new flying sau-
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cer. Kick it into turbo and find some aliens different like you. It’ll be worth it. PISCES: Everyone likes telling you what you should do, and you give them space in your head, rent-free. Time to kick those inner voices to the curb and listen for your own muse. Offer it a lozenge or a nice cup of tea; it’s probably hoarse from shouting over the crowd for so long.
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also has to be a plan to have a permanent relocation so every week we don’t have people schlepping tables all over the place.” If the meetings move to the lobby of The Aud, Richie said, that’s exactly what will happen. Stryker pointed out that the city council isn’t the only group that will be required to move; all city meetings should meet in an ADA-accessible space, Stryker said. “Moving it here would show good faith that something is being done,” Richie said. Richie said he wants to be sure the committee recommends that the city find a permanent place to move by January 2018. “Their feet can be held to the fire,” he said. Committee member and Eureka Springs alderman Bob Thomas asked if the committee would like to have a more regimented timeline for the council to follow, such as a deadline for selecting the permanent location and another deadline for getting contractors into place. “If the council and the mayor do not act at the next meeting, they’re wasting another two weeks. You guys are in charge,” Richie said. “It’s not up to me to tell you how to do it. If you cannot convince your fellow council members of the urgency or if you try to convince them and they’re not hearing it, it’s on them.” “This is part of convincing them to me,” Thomas said. The committee agreed to the recommendation, which states that the city council will move meetings immediately to an interim space and will meet deadlines for moving to a permanent space. These deadlines include choosing the permanent site by Sept. 1 and getting bids from contractors by Oct. 1, Stryker said. Knowles said she’d like to require elected officials to face constituents at meetings, and Stryker added that to the recommendation. The committee moved on to the other complaints, recommending to edit closed captioning on Youtube when the city receives a FOIA request, make sure all elected officials are wearing microphones during meetings and allowing for frontrow seating for those who need it.
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nesses and then they use Good Shepherd as kind of a marketing tool,” Fusaro said. “We get $5 for every book to help them sell the books.” Mittler described the events coming up in August, saying the shelter will attend Brashears’ Dog Days of Summer on Aug. 12, visit Autumn Hill Assisted Living on Aug. 24, attend the VW Festival on Aug. 26 and attend the Eureka Springs Farmers Market Dog Days of Summer event on Aug. 31. Thrift store manager Janet Chupp delivered the thrift store report, saying the Berryville Doggie Thrift Store has lost six volunteers over the last month. Chupp said she needs more volunteers and asked anybody interested to sign up. Fusaro updated the board on Cocktails for a Cause, scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at Eureka Live. “It would be great if all of us could be there. If you could bring one person, that’s terrific,” Fusaro said.
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stores, but everything else comes from donations and grants,” Mittler said. “It’s part of what keeps us going — a big part.” The shelter uses donations for pretty much everything you could imagine,
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will tell other people what they shall do to be happy and those people have nothing or little to say about it.” Also, she wrote in her daily column My Day about the anti-Semitic and Fascist Father Charles E. Coughlin who spewed hatred via radio and had a 200,000 white working-class following who planned to overthrow the government by force, the elimination of the Jews and the installing of a dictator. Of his “Christian Front,” she said: “How strangely muddled in their thinking people of this kind must be, or
The board moved on to the financial report, with treasurer Mark Minton reporting that revenues were low in June. The expenses were under budget by $932, Minton said, but the revenue came in $11,000 under the budget. “It wasn’t quite enough to offset our revenues,” Minton said. Revenue was budgeted for the Doggie Style Show, Minton said, but that revenue won’t come in until the fall. He said this is a big reason the revenue fell short in June, and Fusaro agreed. “We assumed we would be doing some sales throughout the year, and we just decided not to do that. That hasn’t happened,” Fusaro said. “As a result, it’s going to come in the last two months of the year. But based on past history, that’s why we built the budget like that. We thought we would sell some in each quarter.” He continued, “Now we’ll know better for next year. That’s definitely a timing issue.” The board’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the meet and greet room at the shelter.
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ty offering to help organize it. “I commend you for taking it this far, but to take it all the way, these kind of things need somebody to be the ringleader,” Featherstone said. “This is highly successful in other areas, and it’s past time for us to get something going, too.” There’s a Friends of Leatherwood account, Huss said, that still has $257 in it. The commission can’t spend that money, he said, but a volunteer group could. Featherstone told Stewart to keep investigating the program, saying it’s important to get it going in Eureka Springs. “It can really fill a void. As we increase our amenities, maintenance is going to become a bigger and bigger issue,” Featherstone said. “It’s going to be a more pressing thing on us. In a couple of years, our trails system is going to be much more so than it is now.” He added, “There’s different offshoots of this that can take place, like
adopt-a-trail. That could be a whole separate program. It could come under that umbrella. Everybody has different interests. They can find their area and plug in.” Also at the meeting, the commission agreed to consult with the Eureka Springs Preservation Society on where to move the Spanish War Memorial and appointed commissioner James Weaver to the treasurer position. Huss presented the director’s report, saying the parks have been improving financially during the summer. That improvement is apparent across the board, Huss said. In June, he said, parks brought in more than $1,000 over the projected revenue for the month. That’s nearly $4,000 more than the revenue from last June, Huss said. “This is one month. This is just June,” Huss said. “I think we’ve got a really good chance in 2017 of our total revenue being doubled from 2015, which is pretty darn good.” The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, at City Hall.
Mittler said, from food to utilities to vet services. “It could be a special type of food that’s not budgeted or we just need to upgrade something,” Mittler said. “There’s always a need, always. There’s a never-ending list. We’re never going to stop improving, so the donations are always going to be need-
ed.” Fusaro said he’s grateful to Nelson and others who donate their time and money to the shelter. “I think it’s just tremendous, and it’s an honor. For Jim to call us unsolicited and just out of the blue … I think it’s terrific,” Fusaro said. “It shows what he thinks of Good Shepherd and what
he wants to do to help the community. We’re privileged that important local business people want to participate in what we’re doing here.” The reason why he chose to help Good Shepherd, Nelson said, is simple. “My wife and I love animals. That’s the short answer,” Nelson said. “And we can help, so we do.”
else how easily they must be led by people who can make them think whatever they desire.” Well, the Italian dictator and Fascist tyrant Benito Mussolini, Hitler’s friend, forbade Italy’s newspapers to run anything written by Mrs. Roosevelt. The Catholic priest Father Coughlin continued spreading horrid lies about her and the New Deal. Unfortunately, things have not fundamentally changed. The right-wing media Fox News, some radio commentators and some churches continue to spread falsehoods and justify budding Fascism. Mrs. Roosevelt wondered how people who called themselves “Christians” could be
so full of hate. I wonder, in 2017, how people who call themselves “Christians” could consistently support an egotistical bully like Trump who recently decided to ban all transgender people from serving in the military. I know the Bible verses the fundamentalists cherry-pick to justify their hatred. Lies. I have heard their justifications for discrimination. Lies, their fear of LGBTQ people. Lies, their obsession with public bathrooms. Lies, their deceitful words — “I don’t hate gay people, I just hate what they do.” All lies. Eleanor Roosevelt admonished us to look at a person’s actions, not the words.
I agree, but I would add that hate-filled words often encourage other haters to carry out actions against those they so gleefully hate. I am not fond of any military because violence and war never solved any problem; however, I do understand why young people go into the U.S. military to get training, to have a place to live and three meals a day, to have a purpose and to do something for their country. If a person is trained and able, she/ he should be allowed to serve in the military. Even fundamentalist Christians should be allowed to serve. — TRELLA LAUGHLIN
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Carroll County schools schedule open houses
The start of the new school year is fast approaching, and Carroll County students can soon take a first look at their new classrooms. Eureka Springs The Eureka Springs School District will hold freshman registration will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3. Eureka Springs Elementary School will hold a Back-to-School Open House from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. It’s a chance for students to tour their classrooms, meet their teachers and bring their school supplies. Staff will be available to assist with signing up for car tags and lunch accounts. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria. The first day of school for Eureka Springs students will be Monday, Aug. 14. Green Forest The Green Forest School District will hold a Kindergarten Registration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3. Parents will need to bring proof of residency, their child’s birth certificate, immunization history and contact information If parents have a child who will be 5 on or before Aug. 1, they are asked
to come register and be ready. Any elementary students needing to register for the 2017-18 school year are encouraged to come register at the event. For more information, call 870-438-5205. Green Forest schools will hold Open House from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. The first day of school for Green Forest students will be Monday, Aug. 14. Berryville Berryville elementary and intermediate schools will hold a drop-in Open House from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14. Berryville Middle School will hold Returning Student Registration for seventh and eighth graders from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14. Sixth Grade Orientation will be at 5:30 p.m. the same day. Berryville High School will hold Senior Orientation at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8. Orientation for sophomores and juniors will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14. Advisory Orientation will be at 2 p.m., and freshman orientation will be at 6 p.m. The first day of school for Berryville students will be Wednesday, Aug. 16.
Carroll County Music Group to celebrate 10th anniversary Aug. 13 Carroll County Music Group of Eureka Springs will be celebrating 10 years of supporting artistic endeavor in Northwest Arkansas at its annual meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13, at the First United Methodist Church in Eureka Springs. Musical entertainment will be provided by area students, the Mills String Quartet, members of the Methodist Chancel Choir and the Ozarks Chorale, followed by a potluck dinner. Carroll County Music Group is a non-profit organization that supports music education and performances by providing scholarships for students to attend music and theatrical camps
through the area. All are invited to attend.
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Cruiser Night
Photo by Tavi Ellis
The cyclists attending this month’s Cruiser Night make their first stop of the evening for a refreshing drink and a bite to eat before cruising off to their next destination. The purpose of Cruiser Night is to gather with friends, enjoy the streets of Eureka Springs on two wheels and show patronage to locally owned businesses.
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