Lovely County Citizen Sept. 22, 2016

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Painting class held Sept. 15

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

GSHS pop-up shop benefits shelter n Page 3 n CAPC agrees to create 10-year plan

n CAPC sends Henke back to council

n The Aud Fellows seeking members

DeVito says plan will focus on The Auditorium’s finances

Aldermen previously rejected commission recommendation

New group hopes to create programming at The Aud

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Sept. 12 10:22 a.m. — Officers responded to a panic alarm triggered at a local business.

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12:26 p.m. — A local rental cottage reported that staff had found a firearm while cleaning a room after the guests had checked out. An officer responded and took possession of the firearm. A report was filed.

2:37 p.m. — An officer made contact with a reported erratic driver. The driver was OK and not under any influence.

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Sept. 13 12:08 a.m. — Officers and the fire department responded to an alarm at the high school. It was ruled a false alarm.

5:38 p.m. — A caller reported that a man was causing a disturbance inside a local store. Officers made contact with the subject and spoke with him. EMS addressed a cut on the man’s knee. The man calmed down and stated that he was upset over something that had happened earlier but was feeling better now.

Sept. 14 9:16 p.m. — A caller reported seeing a man walking down the street barefoot and upset. Officers responded but were unable to locate the man.

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8:06 a.m. — An officer responded to the report of a motor home blocking traffic. The officer gave the driver a ride to get gas, then took him back to the motor home.

8:43 a.m. — Officers responded to a report of a home invasion. Upon arrival, the officer determined the reporting party was having a psychological issue and requested EMS. The reporting party went with EMS to the hospital.

9:33 a.m. — An officer saw a man fall and hit his head at a local gas station. The officer called for EMS. The male subject went to the hospital.

4:22 p.m. — A caller advised that the state police had informed her that her vehicle had been stolen and wrecked. She wanted a report to be taken. She later came into the police station, and an officer took a report.

5:23 p.m. — A caller advised of a fuel spill at a local convenience store. Officers responded and discovered the employees had taken care of the spill. A driver had left the pump on and it overflowed.

Sept. 16 9:03 a.m. — A caller advised that a dog was running around a local hotel. They advised it would not let anyone get close to it.

The officer was unable to get close enough to the dog to catch it, and it ran off into the woods.

9:26 a.m. — A caller advised her car had been hit and keyed while parked at an area hotel. An officer took a report.

1:29 p.m. — The University of Arkansas requested officers be on the lookout for a female subject who had been reported as a welfare concern by her family after they were unable to make contact with her. They believed she may be in the Eureka Springs area driving a red vehicle. Information was given to officers for a be on the lookout announcement.

2:22 p.m. — An employee at a local restaurant advised of complaiVnts from customers about a vehicle outside that could be heard over the radio. An officer made contact with the subject and advised him to keep it down and move to a different location.

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Purrfect fundraiser

Holiday Extravaganza pop-up shop raises money for GSHS

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

It didn’t take long for Eurekans to fill the parking lot at Good Shepherd Humane Society’s Holiday Extravaganza pop-up shop this Saturday. The one-day holiday shop opened at noon and was swarming with shoppers within the first hour.

GSHS board president Troy Johnson said it was nice to see so many people come out to support the animal shelter.

He explained how the pop-up shop came to be, saying the Doggie Thrift Store employees have been collecting holiday items for a year to prepare for the event.

“We’ve been stockpiling and stockpiling with this in mind,” Johnson said. “It ended up being almost two truckloads, I think. It was a ton of stuff.”

Janet Chupp, manager of the thrift stores, credited the volunteers for getting the event off the ground. Chupp said she had around 100 people volunteer in various capacities, from pricing the items to helping customers on the day of the event. One of the busiest days for volunteers, she said, took place two days before the shop opened.

“We loaded the truck up on Thursday so we could get the final touches done. They got it ready. They did all this,” Chupp said, motioning to the tables of holiday items around her. “They set everything up. They processed it. It’s taken a while to process.”

There were probably 50,000 items at the store, Johnson added. He said he couldn’t be sure just how much was offered at the event because of how many small items there were.

“If you counted up the little items, I don’t know. I wouldn’t even know where to begin to put an estimate individually,” Johnson said. “Every item had to be priced and then put in boxes and carted over here and put on the tables. We wanted the store to look nice.”

Chupp said it was important to price all the items reasonably.

“We priced them for people who really like the holidays and want to go all out for them,” Chupp said. “Hopefully, we can help them the way they help us.”

Chupp pointed out one of the items available in the raffle, saying everyone who entered the raffle had a chance to win a Christmas tree made of snowmen. Sandra Mittler, the shelter’s animal care manager, said she was selling additional items as well. Mittler explained that it was her job to man a corner of the shop dedicated to the shelter, where shoppers could purchase raffle tickets for two street bikes and a bike pump. All proceeds from that fundraiser, Mittler said, will go toward the shelter’s flea and tick fund.

“You’ll win both bikes and a nice bike pump, and it’s only

Photo by David Bell

The Good Shepherd Humane Society board members, shelter employees and volunteers worked together to make Holiday Extravaganza a success.

$2,” Mittler said.

She added that the shelter offered mini-plush pet adoptions at the event.

“These are our low, no-maintenance pets. For $10, you get a pet, a blankie and a mini-adoption certificate,” Mittler said.

The most important part of the shelter’s corner in the shop, Mittler said, was the doggie kissing booth. She said the kissing booth is a signature part of most events held by the animal shelter. After all, she continued, that is the reason all these events happen.

“We’re just here to raise awareness for the shelter and all the dogs and kitties,” she said.

Johnson agreed, saying some of the shelter’s dogs were brought to the event so the community could see what the shelter has to offer. He said two people expressed interest in adopting one of those dogs, Luther, just an hour into the event.

“How we define success is like Luther’s story, by adopting out dogs and cats to forever homes. That defines our suc-

cess,” Johnson said.

“That’s our main goal in any event we do,” Chupp added.

Johnson thanked all those who came out to the event and said he was happy to see how supportive the community has been of the shelter.

“It’s terrific. The community of Eureka Springs, Holiday Island, Berryville and Green Forest are just so supportive of us. It’s great,” Johnson said.

Board member Amy Ward said she enjoyed seeing how many people attended the event.

“It makes me feel good that the community rallies around the homeless dogs and cats we take care of at Good Shepherd. It’s a very warm feeling that we’re getting this many people in,” Ward said.

For those who want to do more for the shelter, Ward said the board is always seeking volunteers.

“We’re looking for volunteers every day. Most of the board members are spending time in the thrift stores because they are shorthanded,” Ward said. “So anybody who loves animals and would like to volunteer, this is it.”

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CAPC votes to request exposure on Channel 21

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The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission could see its ads on the city’s public access channel in the near future.

On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the commission voted to request information on what it will take to run ads on the channel. Commissioner Charles Ragsdell said he’d love to see the CAPC’s ads on the channel, saying he wants to know if that can be done. He moved to make an official request of Channel 21 to run the commission’s ads, and the commission agreed to do so.

Commissioner Susan Harman discussed other kinds of advertising, asking commissioners about how the posters for city festivals are distributed. Finance director Rick Bright said the posters are placed in the kiosk at Basin Spring Park, as well as the windows of various businesses in town. Bright said the business owners can choose to place the ads in their windows. It’s easier for the business owners, Bright said, if they are given a smaller poster.

“Most people don’t have the window space, so they’re much more likely to put the small one on their windows,” Bright said.

Commissioner Terry McClung sug-

gested creating a volunteer campaign, where volunteers would take the posters around town. Harman asked how the posters are distributed to surrounding areas such as Branson, and Ragsdell said some of the posters are mailed to distributors.

“We sometimes mail up to 25 or 30 posters to a friend in a surrounding area, and they take them from there,” Ragsdell said. “They’ll distribute them out.”

Harman suggested that the commission look into sending digital files to visitor centers throughout the state.

“They could go ahead and post this information there on their digital screens, which takes out the fact that we have to print on paper. We just send them that file,” Harman said. “But you’re saying we don’t have any relationships like that, so those are the type of relationships you’ll probably want to build.”

She continued, “Then, you’ll have that digital image cycling through hotels. That saves us gas. It saves us paper.

That’s probably something we need to look at.”

Also at the meeting, Harman asked Bright to send her the text used to create radio advertisements. Bright said he would contact director Mike Maloney and get the information to her as soon as possible.

Bright presented the financial report, saying the cash balance as of Aug. 31 was $392,609.41. He said the tax collections are remitted in August, but they are July collections. He listed these collections, saying restaurants brought in $75,612, down $2,648 (3.4 percent).

Total lodging collections are $81,748, up $1,292 (1.6 percent). These lodging collections include: $15,978 for hotels, down $1,650 (9.4 percent); $42,485 for motels, down $1,075 (2.5 percent); $7,010 for B&Bs, up $176 (2.6 percent); and $16,275 for cabins and cottages, up $3,842 (30.9 percent). Bright said the year-to-date lodging collections compared to 2015 are up $44,586 (11.6 percent) and the year-to-date restaurant collections compared to 2015 are up $42,415 (10.9 percent). The year-to-date total collections, he said, are up $87,001 (11.3 percent).

Commissioner James DeVito pointed out that the revenue from cabins and cottages has been steadily increasing throughout the year.

“We’re seeing a shift towards cabins and cottages, maybe to a younger demographic, which is a good thing,” DeVito said. “That’s something to take note of.”

The commission’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, at City Hall.

Clear Spring School seeking donations for language lab

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

For the students learning a foreign language at Clear Spring School, a computer dedicated to foreign language programs could make all the difference.

High school block teacher Jessica Fitzpatrick said that’s why the school has created an online fundraiser to raise money for 10 computers. It will cost around $500 for each computer, Fitzpatrick said.

Dori Thomas, director of admissions and development, explained that the school is hoping to raise $5,500 to purchase the computers and take care of any shipping or extra fees.

Having these computers is important,

Fitzpatrick said, because the students don’t have a way to communicate with native speakers of every language they want to learn. Each student is required to study one foreign language for two years, Fitzpatrick said, and Spanish is one of the most popular languages.

“We’ve always wanted to have that student-centered approach where students can study something they’re interested in. When they study something outside of Spanish, they have to defend their choice,” Fitzpatrick said.

Student-centered learning, she said, is one of the most important things Clear Spring has to offer.

“The whole idea is if students express

a desire to learn something, you want to facilitate that to keep them engaged in the planning of their learning,” Fitzpatrick said. “I want them to understand the process of setting goal and how you accomplish them.”

It’s easier to teach Spanish, she continued, because she’s fluent in the language.

“With Spanish, we can do that together. There’s a community resource or staff members that can help, but with something like Russian or Japanese … that’s where we need to reach a little further,” Fitzpatrick said.

With more computers, Fitzpatrick said, the students will have the opportunity See Donations, page 25

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CAPC agrees to create 10-year plan for The Auditorium The Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission will have its hands full over the next few months.

The commission agreed on Sept. 14 to create a 10-year plan outlining how the proposed 1-percent sales tax will affect The Auditorium. The proposed tax would be split between the city’s water and sewer and The Auditorium, with 25 percent going toward The Auditorium and 75 percent going toward the city’s water and sewer infrastructure.

Commissioner James DeVito said Alderman David Mitchell expressed concern about the proposed tax at the city council’s last meeting, saying Mitchell was worried about the percentage of the tax allocated toward The Auditorium.

DeVito said Mitchell asked that The Auditorium be removed from the proposed tax. This could be problematic, DeVito said.

“The ballots have already been set and you can’t take something off the ballot,” DeVito said. “It kind of snowballed from there to the point where I am asking the A&P to come up with a five- to 10-year plan based on The Auditorium quarter-center tax passing.”

Mayor Butch Berry agreed that the commission should work on the plan, DeVito added.

“I told council not to expect it by the next meeting, because the election’s not until November anyway, so we should have some time to do it,” DeVito said.

He continued, saying Mitchell reported receiving calls from concerned citizens about The Auditorium being part of the plan for the proposed tax. DeVito said he was surprised by this. He said thought The Auditorium was one of the reasons citizens would vote for the proposed tax.

“The calls I get are, ‘There’s not enough stuff going on in The Auditorium,’ that people want to see things going on in The Auditorium,” he said.

If the proposed tax passes, DeVito suggested that the CAPC get serious about bringing more shows to The Auditorium.

The $110,000 the CAPC uses to run The

Auditorium, DeVito said, could be used to improve the programing there. He pointed out that the proposed tax could bring between $250,000 and $300,000 to The Auditorium per year.

“That $110,000 to start the year off could be a sum of money that if we’re successful with the shows, we could do more shows,” DeVito said. “That seems to me like a logical step. It enhances the profile of The Auditorium. We could direct our advertising resources to shore up those shows so they do bring people to down and do provide profit for The Auditorium.”

Commissioner Charles Ragsdell expressed concern about bringing big shows to The Auditorium. He remembered when the CAPC brought Ray Charles to The Auditorium, saying the city lost money on that show.

“I do want to go through the financials on the years we did that, because I think the record shows we had our two largest declines. I do question any true long-term benefit those shows gave us,” Ragsdell said. “Is there really a budget for us to basically take and convert money … to entertainment money?”

Chairman Ken Ketelsen said he thought the commission should at least try to bring bigger acts to The Auditorium.

“I think it’s worthy of risk. History doesn’t always repeat itself,” Ketelsen said.

Commissioner Damon Henke agreed.

“I do think it’s time for us to try again.

We definitely have a risk there and an opportunity to lose our butt, but on the other hand …we owe it to everybody,” Henke said.

He suggested that the commission look at its budget and figure out which acts are affordable.

“Take the $110,000, figure out what level performer that is, spend some significant money and then calculate it out so we think it’s going to be a break-even scenario,” Henke said, addressing Ragsdell.

“If it’s not, we’ve proven what you’ve said in a modern area.”

“It’s already been proven,” Ragsdell responded.

Commissioner Susan Harman said she supports bringing bigger acts to The Auditorium, too. Harman recalled when The Magic Men performed at The Auditorium earlier this year, saying that show sold out.

“If you get the right show in there, I think there are opportunities for us to make money there,” Harman said.

“I think we owe it to the community,” Ketelsen agreed. “If this should come and these dollars free up, why not?”

Harman asked the commission to consider creating two 10-year plans, one if the proposed tax passes and one if it does not.

“I think the priority is to do the one if it passes, because that deadline is coming up,” DeVito said. “Council wants that as soon as possible. Then, we could develotp the doomsday scenario if it doesn’t pass.”

Ragsdell said he’d like to hear from Jeff Danos, chairman of The Auditorium Committee. That committee isn’t meet-

ing anymore, Ragsdell said, but it would be good for the commission to get some input from the people who were on it.

Commissioner Terry McClung agreed, saying he wants to create a comprehensive plan.

“You have to look at the building as far as what needs to be done physically, cosmetically. There’s the supports underneath that need to be addressed. There’s a lot of stuff,” McClung said. “We can project some figures that we can come up with as far as hard-driven numbers.

That’s not going to be easy, but I think we can ballpark some things like that.”

Ketelsen said the commission might need a special workshop to discuss the 10-year plan. The commission’s next workshop, he said, will focus on the budget. Henke moved to have a workshop for the 10-year plan at 5 p.m. before the commission’s next meeting, and the commissioners agreed to do so.

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CAPC recommends Henke for vacant position

By Samantha Jones

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Damon Henke will retain his seat on the Eureka Springs City Advertising and Promotion Commission if the Eureka Springs City Council approves his appointment.

The commission voted Sept. 14 to extend Henke’s time on the CAPC. Before voting, chairman Ken Ketelsen reported that Brandon Cox withdrew his application for the Position 4 seat.

“He does not want to be in the running for a CAPC commissioner,” Ketelsen said.

That left Henke and Bobbie Foster running for the position, Ketelsen said. Commissioner Charles Ragsdell said he wanted to discuss the procedure behind voting before the commission made a decision, saying the commissioners would need to nominate the applicants to be placed on the ballot.

Commissioner Terry McClung nominated Henke, and Ragsdell nominated Foster. Finance director Rick Bright explained that the ballots were blank and said the commissioners could write in the applicant they wanted for the position.

The commissioners voted, choosing to keep Henke on the commission.

The commission made the same decision on Aug. 10, voting to extend Henke’s time on the commission for the next four years. When that vote came to the council for approval Aug. 22, alderwoman Mickey Schneider said she wasn’t sure if Henke would be a good fit for the commission. She said Henke worked with the Passion Play to lobby against Ordinance

2223 last year.

“They got millions and millions of dollars of free advertising for fighting us on this to basically better [Henke’s] own pockets,” Schneider said. “He didn’t care what our people wanted. He didn’t care how our people felt. He didn’t care that in Eureka Springs we believe in equality and no discrimination.”

The council voted, with McClung, James DeVito and Bob Thomas voting to approve Henke’s renewal. Schneider and David Mitchell voted against it, and Kristi Kendrick abstained. Without a majority voting in favor of the CAPC’s recommendation to extend Henke, city clerk Ann Armstrong said the motion failed.

Henke spoke to the council on Sept. 12, saying he wanted to introduce himself. He said he owns Ozark Mountain Vacation Rentals and converted the Eureka Suites Hotel into apartments to create more affordable housing in town.

“I’ve got a lot of different angles in town business-wise. That’s really what got me involved in the government of the town,” Henke said.

He said he has served on the CAPC for two and a half years, explaining that he stepped in to a fill a position. When that position expired, he said the CAPC voted to extend his time on the commission. Henke said there was some confusion when that recommendation came to the council table. He stepped up to serve as interim director of the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce, Henke said, after former director Mike Bishop was terminated.

“I believer there was a bit of confusion on my involvement with the chamber.

I was asked to be interim director there, which I served May 2015 to January this year,” Henke said. “That was really to help with visitor services and to help with visitor flow in town.”

He continued, “I was never involved in 2223. There was never any involvement in that at all.”

Henke said Sept. 14 that he hopes he cleared up the confusion when he spoke to the council Sept. 12. He is very interested in continuing to serve on the commission, Henke said. McClung said he hopes the council will contact CAPC commissioners before voting on Henke’s renewal at its next meeting on Monday, Sept. 26.

“I don’t know what was the force behind that council meeting and why that was done. I’ve never heard of that happening before with at city council that has not approved somebody that was voted for,” McClung said.

Ragsdell encouraged Henke to attend the council’s next meeting, and Henke said he planned on it.

“I would’ve last time if I had an inkling,” Henke said.

If the council votes against Henke’s renewal again, Ketelsen said the CAPC will need to establish protocol in case similar situations occur in the future.

“I wish you the best,” Ketelsen told Henke, “but I think we’re going to have to make a real clear decision.”

Henke said he understood.

“There’s other commissions that need help in town,” he said.

Blood drive scheduled Sept. 29 in Eureka Springs

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) has issued a Code Yellow Alert for all blood types. A Code Yellow Alert means that there is less than a two-day supply of blood for patient use at area hospitals. Donors are urged to give this week at an area blood drive or CBCO donor center.

Donors to CBCO provide all of the blood for patients at 39 area hospitals.

On average, a transfusion takes place

every seven minutes. It takes around 200 donations each day to meet the area’s blood needs.

A blood drive has been scheduled from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

29, at Best Western Inn of the Ozarks on Highway 62 West in Eureka Springs.

Each donation will be awarded LifePoints as a part of CBCO’s donor rewards program. LifePoints may be redeemed online for a variety of gift

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More information on the LifePoints donor rewards program may be found at www.cbco.org.

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By Samantha Jones

Bright says CAPC is doing well

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The Eureka Springs Advertising and Promotion Commission has been busy promoting the city.

The commission has been so busy, finance director Rick Bright said, that director Mike Maloney couldn’t attend the commission’s Sept. 14 meeting. Bright said Maloney was at a trade show in Little Rock, where he said the city had a big booth. Bright offered to send a photo of the booth to the commissioners.

“It’s really cool. I’ll try to email that out to everyone so they can see it,” Bright said.

Because Maloney couldn’t attend the meeting, Bright said he would deliver the director’s report. Bright began by saying Eureka Springs was one of the sponsors of the Arkansas Culinary Classic and Iron Chef Competition. One of the reasons

city officials attended that event, Bright said, is because the state rolled out the 2017 marketing plan on Sept. 15.

“It provides state commissioners regional insight on both creative and the opportunity to cooperatively advertise with parks and tourism and their ad buys,” Bright said.

Bright continued, saying the commission has been advertising in various publications in 2016. He said these publications include “Oklahoma Magazine,” “Kansas City Magazine,” “Southern Living,” “St. Louis Magazine” and “Garden and Gun Magazine.” The advertising in “Garden and Gun Magazine,” Bright said, was especially successful.

“We got a lot of requests for information from that publication,” he said.

He updated the commission on the International Mountain Bicycling Association’s world summit, which will be

held in Bentonville from Nov. 10-12. To prepare for the summit, Bright said the parks commission is working to create a bike camp for some of the riders who visit Northwest Arkansas that weekend. The CAPC is also working on getting representation for Eureka Springs at the event, Bright said.

“The CAPC will be drawing up schedules for working the booth space over two days,” he said.

He added that the commission is working with its advertising agency on corrections to the trail map.

“They actually called today asking me to send information. They’re trying to do a trail map without seeing what they’re drawing,” Bright said. “It’s really hard for them. We’re trying to talk them through that as much as we can.”

Leading up to the IMBA summit, Bright said, there will be an essay contest

for junior high and high school students throughout Arkansas.

“Students across the state have the opportunity to take part in the writing contest that will not only improve their skills but will also help promote mountain bike tourism in the state,” Bright said.

He explained that the contest requires students to write an essay on what they like about mountain biking. The winning student will receive a mountain biking package, he said, and will get to attend the IMBA summit with free housing and meals.

In other news, Bright said a film crew will be coming to Eureka Springs soon.

He said the film will contain a variety of scenes, some shot in New York and Los Angeles.

“Several scenes have been forecast in Eureka Springs. They do want to capture the fall imagery,” Bright said.

The Aud Fellows

Group forms to create programming at The Auditorium

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

Those hoping to see more programming at The Auditorium are in luck.

A group of Eureka Springs residents have formed The Aud Fellows with the intent of doing just that. Dori Thomas explained that the group isn’t a nonprofit, saying the idea behind the group is to create more programming and activities at The Auditorium.

“We’re just a group of people that want to produce quality programming at The Auditorium. That’s pretty much it in a nutshell,” Thomas said.

Jeff Danos said the group has already been creating events at The Auditorium, starting with two “bad movie” nights this summer.

The first bad movie night featured “The Legend of Boggy Creek,” with “It’s Alive!” shown at the second. Danos said he was happy with how the movie nights turned out.

“Everybody came and had a great time. I don’t think anybody really left, even though we were playing bad movies,” Danos said.

The bad movie night was more than a film

showing, he said. He described the activities held at each event, including a monster maker challenge for “It’s Alive!” and a Sasquatch call contest for “The Legend of Boggy Creek.” Danos added that the Aud Fellows sold snacks based on the film being shown, such as Sasquatch jerky and Bigfoot candy.

“That’s basically to engage the audience and get them prepared for a silly night,” Danos said.

He liked showing the bad movies, he continued, because it created more of an experience for those in attendance.

“You can laugh and make noises,” Danos said.

Mackenzie Doss agreed.

“You don’t have to get into the film itself, but as a concept, it’s something you know it’s OK to laugh at,” Doss said. “In a theater, you’re usually supposed to be very quiet, so it makes it more fun. It’s like being home with your friends, where everybody talks and makes noise.”

Danos said he hoped the bad movie nights brought more locals together. The showings

were scheduled on Wednesdays, he said, so that locals could attend.

“So many of us have to work on the weekends. There’s so much going on in the community,” Danos said. “Wednesday seemed like a good night for that, and I think that’s why we had a decent turnout.”

Another perk of showing bad movies, Danos said, is that many of them are available on the public domain. He said that meant the Aud Fellows could show the movies for free, making the event free to the public.

“It just pushes that community feeling a little more. It’s not something where you’re paying a lot of money for a ticket, and everybody has to be quiet because you don’t want to ruin the experience for everybody else,” Danos said. “It’s something that’s affordable for the community. You can bring your kids and not worry they’re going to see something they’re not supposed to.”

The group’s next program won’t be so family-friendly, Danos said. He said the group will be showing “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” during Diversity Weekend in

November.

“It’s not a bad movie. It’s a cult film, and it’s kind of got its own thing going on,” Danos said.

Thomas added that showing the movie on Diversity Weekend will bring more events to town on a weekend where many people will be visiting. The showing will not be free, but Doss said it will be similar to the bad movie nights in a big way.

“People are encouraged to talk. There will be a call and response, where members of the audience can respond to a bit of dialogue,” Doss said. “If they know the lines, they can go for it. They can get up and dance.”

For those interested in joining the group, Danos said he’d be happy to have more people involved. He pointed out that the group is fairly informal, saying he didn’t want the group to be compared to other groups that have focused on programming in The Auditorium.

“I think they were a lot more formal than what we’ve been so far,” Danos said.

See Aud Fellows, page 12

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LOOKING BACK

ESSA announces fall workshops

Here is a look at the Eureka Springs School of Art’s fall workshops coming up: • One Week: Metal Surface Embellishment with John Bozeman (Oct. 3-7) Intermediate Jewelry In this class students will learn many different decorative techniques to assist in the design and production of jewelry pieces. Students will design pattern dies freehand and in Photoshop, then use acids to etch the finished design onto brass. Use of a rolling mill and the Bonny Doon corrugation tool will also be covered in this class.

• Six Weeks: Steeling Away — An Introduction to Metal Fabrication with Eric Scheunemann (Oct. 15-Nov. 19, Saturdays 4 p.m.-8 p.m.)

This workshop is meant to give students a basic knowledge of reusing scrap steel and discarded junk to create beautiful fabricated projects. Come with a project in mind or come with an open

mind — either way, students will receive a wealth of knowledge on welding, forging, studio safety and metal finishing.

• Six Weeks: Intro to Drawing: Observation 101 with Dan Morris (Oct. 3-Nov. 14, Mondays 5 p.m.-8p.m.)

This class will concentrate on moving beginning drawing students to a level of confidence in their ability to make a basic drawing from observation. The class will begin slowly, and build seeing and drawing skills though a system of exercises recognized as effective in acquiring drawing skills. The class will use a variety of media including graphite charcoal and ink. The class draw simple objects at first and move on as students progress to more complicated subject matter and lighting. It is the instructor’s hope that students will find their own personal styles of drawing during the course of the classes. Not all will try to draw the same way and the individual is always encouraged to work at their own pace.

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Support the Hoedown

To the Editor, Harvey and I were very excited to see that the Hoedown was back in Eureka Springs with our friend, Mike Nichols, as the star. We saw the show Saturday night and it is better than ever. We need a good music show in Eureka Springs. Remember the days when we had three or four of them? The Hoedown is one of the best shows we have ever seen.

It is funny, fast-moving, filled with energy and fun.

Support the show, people!! When your relatives come for a visit, take them to the show. Business people, promote the show in your shops, restaurants, and motels. Know a good thing when you see it!!

Sincerely, – JUDITH ULCH

Shop local

We are saturated by ads on every turn and we are blanketed by ads on our Internet connected devices. The final choice to spend our money is ours and I keep hearing that the economy is not getting better. There is something all of us Eurekans can do to improve the economy of Eureka Springs and that is when looking at things we all need, look first at the local merchants in our town. We have great service providers right here and the money you spend with them stays here. I use

a local insurance agent and I have been very pleased by J&J Automotive when I had to have my AC replaced recently. I know many other great examples of how our local merchants provide excellent services. So let’s all start right here and work together to help our Eureka Springs economy by looking first at local before buying anything.

— FERGUSON STEWART

Ahead of schedule

Editor, I already hate our next president!!

Thank you, – SONNY SMITH

Praise for hospital

After living at Holiday Island for 30 years, I found it necessary to be a patient at the Eureka Springs Hospital.

I’ve heard so many negative comments about the hospital. After spending several weeks there, I would like to say the hospital is old but definitely not dirty. There are people cleaning it constantly.

The nurses and other personnel were wonderful attending to my needs. I don’t think any other hospital could equal the quality of care I was given.

I also want to thank Dr. Beard for his expertise in getting me the care I needed.

I couldn’t have asked for better care.

— MARY KJELLBERG

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, Sept. 26 Grilled chicken burrito with beans, lettuce, tomato and mixed cheese, corn chips and salsa and fresh oranges Tuesday, Sept. 27 Linguine with meat sauce, Italian cut beans, peach half and tiramisu

Wednesday, Sept. 28 Hamburger steak with mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes, English peas with pimento and onion and ice cream Thursday, Sept. 29 Slice turkey stuffing and gravy, vegetable medley, ambrosia and wheat roll Friday, Sept. 30 Ham and beans, okra and tomatoes, cornbread and apple crisp

Lovely County Citizen announces additional sponsor for editorial contest The Crescent and Basin Park Hotels are partnering with the Lovely County Citizen for an editorial contest on texting while driving. The historic hotels join Windle & Associates, Common Sense Technologies, Arvest Bank and Harts Family Center to offer a $300 cash prize to the winner of the editorial contest.

The second-place winner will receive $175, and the third-place winner will get $125. Each winning essay will be published in the Citizen.

The contest challenges Arkansas students from 14-19 to write an editorial or opinion column highlighting the dangers of texting while driving and encouraging their peers to take the It Can Wait pledge. The essay question is, “Why is it important to take the It Can Wait pledge to never text and drive?” The piece will highlight the dangers of texting while driving and must include the following call to action: “Take the pledge to never text and drive at ItCanWait.com.”

The Lovely County Citizen will

choose a local winning essay, and that essay will be sent to the Arkansas Newspaper Foundation. Entries will be accepted until Oct. 7.

Last year, the state winner of the contest received $500 in prize money, an elegant lunch at the Little Rock Club with AT&T leadership, a personal tour of the capitol and a private meeting and photo with Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

Distracted drivers are dangerous.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that in 2012, driver distraction was the cause of 18 percent of all fatal crashes – with 3,328 people killed – and crashes resulting in an injury – with 421,000 people hurt.

Despite knowing the risks of texting while driving, 43 percent of teens admit to texting while driving. However, there is an opportunity to change this behavior. Ninety percent of teen drivers say they would stop if a friend in the car asked them and 78 percent say that they are likely not to text and drive if friends tell them it is wrong.

Citizen of the Week

Rachel Brix is this week’s Citizen of the Week. Brix recently finished a training program at the Good Shepherd Humane Society, where she trained both the dogs and dog techs. Brix said the goal of the training was to improve the chances of dogs getting adopted, especially the dogs that have been at the shelter for a long time. She worked with the dog techs so they could continue to train the dogs long after the program ended.

To nominate someone for Citizen of the Week, email Samantha Jones at Citizen.Editor.

Eureka@gmail.com.

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What do

think

Citizen Opinion by Cindy Worley

Fall is approaching. What is your favorite season?

Why?

Vince Emde

Barbara Leon

Mike Leon

I love summer.

I love riding my bike.

Winter. I like snow and sledding.

Summer, get to ride our motorcycles.

Scot Schulze

David DeMeo

Kevin Beliles

Fall because it is great riding weather and the scenery is beautiful.

Spring, everything is waking up and coming to life.

Summer because I get to wear my Sunday-Saturday thongs.

“Vinnie”

“Scot”

“Barbara”

“Lovebug”

“Jersey David”

“Fartmaster”

Citizen Survey Fall is approaching. What is your favorite season? m Winter m Spring m Summer

m Fall m None of these m All of these

Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in. Vote by 9 a.m. Wednesday

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From the EDITOR

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Sleepless in Eureka

f you ask my mother, she’ll tell you I never slept as a child. She’ll probably say this in a tone that lets you know just how much sleep she lost because I couldn’t quite grasp the concept of it. I think she’s over-exaggerating a bit, but it’s true that I’ve always had a problem with falling asleep when I need to.

In addition to being generally restless, I’ve got some pretty intense anxiety that usually manifests the moment my head hits the pillow at night. It’s funny because I love to sleep. I daydream about sleeping several times a day. This has worsened in the past year, because Gideon and I got one of those memory foam mattresses that feels like a cloud. I’m not convinced it isn’t actually a cloud. Our cat, BJ, would agree with me, so this is basically a fact. BJ would also emphasize how many pillows we have and how soft his favorite blue blanket is. It’s technically our blanket, but he’s claimed it and he’s the king of the house anyway.

While I’m not as obsessed with sleeping as BJ is, I am pretty fond of it. So you can imagine how disappointing it is when I go to bed after a long day and lie awake thinking for hours. This is where the anxiety comes in. I’ve found that anxiety can turn the most mundane thought into something out of a horror movie. I’ll start thinking about going to see Gideon’s family over the weekend — something both of us love to do — and end up worrying that we’ll die in a car accident. Car accidents are more likely than plane crashes, I’ll tell myself.

I’ll continue to torture myself, realizing that it’s just as likely to get into a car accident on the way to work as it is on a long car trip. At this point, my heart will start beating so fast I’ll think I’m dying. Somehow, that’s a little reassuring after I’ve spent hours thinking of all the other awful things that could happen to me or the ones I love.

When I finally stop convincing myself that I’m dying, my mind will move on to less serious matters. I’ll think of all the things I have to do the next day or the

day after that. I love my job to death, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a lot of work.

During the day, I try to do everything one at a time.

Finish one task, move on to the next one and eventually there aren’t any tasks left. That’s easy to do when I’m actually working, but I can’t do anything about it at midnight when Gideon is snoring next to me and the cat is drooling on my Samantha Jones forehead and I can’t move because my anxiety has paralyzed me. Of course, I can still get up. I walk around the apartment turning all the lights on. I can open the refrigerator for my nightly reminder that we stopped keeping snacks in the house two months ago. I can do all this, but I’ll have to go back to bed at some point.

Sometimes, that strenuous stroll around our two-bedroom apartment is enough to tire me out and I fall asleep immediately. Other times, I go back to thinking about all the things I can’t control for two or three more hours.

I know I’m not the first person to experience anxiety or insomnia, but I do find myself thinking about how rarely I hear other people talking about it. It feels almost taboo to admit that I have trouble sleeping because I can’t shut my brain down on command. That’s not shameful, though. It’s a fact. I’ve got anxiety. I’ve got insomnia. Sometimes, I have both at once.

Over the years, I’ve learned to deal with it. And on the days when I have trouble doing that, I’ve got all night to think of a solution.

••• Samantha Jones is associate editor for Carroll County Newspapers. Her email address is Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION Are you excited about Bikes, Blues & BBQ? m Yes: 14.7% (5 votes) m No: 73.5% (25 votes) m I’m not sure: 11.8% (4 votes)

34 votes cast

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Buffalo National River Partners’ membership meeting set for Oct. 1

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Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry signs a proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week in Eureka Springs. Pictured from left to right are with Margaret Scobee, vice regent of the Eureka Springs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Berry; Regent Judy Germani; and past Regent Fayette Schmutzler.

DAR celebrates Constitution Week

On Thursday, Sept. 15, descendants of patriots who fought in the American Revolution visited Eureka Springs Mayor Butch Berry’s office, and witnessed his signature on a proclamation declaring Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week in Eureka Springs.

Celebrating the U.S. Constitution is one of the many patriotic projects of the National Society of the American Revolution (NSDAR). In addition to petitioning Congress in 1955 to set aside a week to celebrate the Constitution, the DAR also commissioned the building of Constitution Hall, a performing arts center in Washington.

The Constitution was also highlighted at Abendschone’s Sept. 8th

meeting, held at the ECHO Community Room. Carroll County District Court Judge Dale Ramsey spoke to the members on the topic of the Electoral College, and how it affects residential elections.

The local Eureka Springs Chapter of the DAR, Abendschone Chapter, was founded in 1951. The chapter sets up Constitution Week displays each year in locations around the area. This year’s displays are at the Carnegie Library in Eureka Springs and the Berryville Library. Informational handouts regarding the Constitution and DAR are available during Constitution Week, at these locations.

For more information about DAR and the local Abendschone Chapter, contact Judy Germani at 479-253-5634.

Aud Fellows

Doss agreed.

“As a writer, I’m always told to create the stories you want to see in the world, and I think that applies to anything. If people are unhappy with what is or is not in town, create the events you want to go to,” Doss said.

“I think anyone who has that kind of inclination should definitely come on over.”

Continued from page 8

Thomas said she looks forward to hearing from people who want to create more programming at The Auditorium.

“If you want to help provide quality programming for the community, then let’s talk,” Thomas said.

Buffalo National River Partners is a non-profit all volunteer organization whose purpose is to support the mission of the Buffalo National River by providing financial resources, technical assistance, advocacy and volunteers to the park.

Members are located across the state and in neighboring states. Most people join because of their love of the river including the cultural and recreational opportunities as well as an appreciation of its natural beauty.

BNRP is a very active organization and volunteers are always needed. Some of the many activities in which BNRP is involved include: • Educational programming at area libraries • Yearly river clean-ups • Fundraising for trail-building and maintenance • Eradicating invasive species in the park • Planting and maintaining native species gardens • Assisting visitors in wildlife viewing during the fall elk viewing season • Assisting park personnel in tours of Boxley Mill • Sponsoring concerts in the park such as National Park Radio

• Assisting with the Resource Learning Centers at Toney Bend and Steel Creek • Sponsoring the Environmental Science Award at the OUR Science Fair • Helping with healthy initiatives such as Kids in the Park, Young Moms/Healthy Families • Volunteering with the Special Olympics Fun Days • Providing educational booths at Elk Fest and Turkey Trot • Shucks it’s Just 2 Bucks Fundraiser for Trail Maintenance Learn more about Buffalo National River Partners during BNRP Night at Prairie Market/Tall Grass Deli from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 or visit www.BNRPartners.org.

The annual membership meeting will be held Oct. 1 in conjunction with the Ozark Folklife Festival at Tyler Bend sponsored by the Greater Searcy County Chamber of Commerce and Buffalo National River.

The membership meeting will take place at 11 a.m. at the BNRP tent, which will be set up by the pavilion. There are many activities planned for the festival and BNRP members are encouraged to participate.

Anyone interested in BNRP may stop by the tent to learn more.

Symposium to focus on water supply and protection

The fourth annual Beaver Lake Watershed Symposium will feature updates on the Northwest Arkansas Open Space Plan, water quality trends and threats for Northwest Arkansas’ drinking water supply, and source water protection initiatives and collaborations working to protect the regions well-being and quality of life.

The symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Northwest Arkansas Realty Board at 314 Goad Springs Road in Lowell. The program is free and includes lunch, but an RSVP is required and can be made by calling 479-750-8007 or emailing info@

beaverwatershedalliance.org.

The Beaver Watershed Alliance (BWA) was formed in 2011 to proactively protect, enhance, and sustain a high quality of drinking water in Beaver Lake and its watershed. BWA represents a diverse stakeholder group from conservation, education, water utilities, technical and science, business, and local government groups working together to protect the region’s drinking water supply. To learn more about the Beaver Lake Symposium or how you can help protect your drinking water supply go to the BWA website www.beaverwatershedalliance.org

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Ready, aim, fire

Saunders Memorial Shoot sets sights on this weekend

By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com

Marksmen have their sights set on Carroll County for this weekend.

The 61st annual Saunders Memorial Shoot will be held from Thursday, Sept.

22, to Sunday, Sept. 25, at the Luther Owens Muzzle Loading Range and Park. Firing will be from noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Zoe Caywood, scoring director for the event, said the memorial shoot was started by Luther Owens in honor of his friend Charles Burton “Buck” Saunders, a nationally known gun collector and marksman.

“Saunders loved guns and had a huge collection, which is housed in the Saunders Museum in Berryville,” Caywood said. “The park and the range are owned by the city, but Saunders designated the area up on Saunders Heights in his will to always be a shooting facility.”

She said Owens was the driving force behind starting the memorial shoot because of his friendship with Saunders and their shared passion for black powder guns and muzzle-loading firearms.

“He was the one who started it. They had it up on Saunders Heights for about two to three years,” Caywood said. “Then they moved it down to where the park is now.”

She said the shooting tournament will feature matches for rifles, pistols, shotguns and trade guns.

Registration fees are $15 for Men’s Aggregate, $10 for Ladies’ Aggregate, $5 for Old Timers’ Aggregate, free for Junior Aggregate and Sub-Junior Aggregate, $5 for Pistol Aggregate and Women’s Pistol Aggregate, $7 for Bench Rest Aggregate, $5 for Trade Gun Aggregate, $8 for Trap Championship Matches, $3 for Trap Re-entry, $5 for Vintage Cartridge

Trap, $5 for Muzzle Loading or Cartridge Sporting Clays, $2 for Rifle and Pistol Re-entry Matches and $1 for Practice Targets.

“We had over 100 registered shooters last year,” Caywood said, “and we have about 100 this year.”

Traders will be selling black powder supplies and related items during the memorial shoot as well, she said. There is no charge for traders to camp or trade, Caywood said. The only fee is the $5 registration, she said, and traders can register at the shooting shack.

Caywood said the Carroll County Masons will also be providing food services throughout the memorial shoot. A full country breakfast will be available Thursday through Sunday, she said, and lunch and dinner will be available Thursday through Saturday.

“They’re serving out of the Luther Owens cabin,” Caywood said. “They will be serving those meals to benefit the Carroll County Masons.”

She said a silent auction and raffle will be held on Saturday. An unfired Thompson Center 50 Caliber Flintlock is being raffled off this year, Caywood said, along with some gift baskets.

“One of the things we have for the silent auction is a Springfield Musket in a box case. It has everything in perfect condition, including a shooting bench and all the accruements,” she said. “The auction and raffle will end at about 5 p.m.”

Caywood said the silent auction and raffle are both open to the public. Spectators are welcome for the tournaments as well, she said.

“Everybody is welcome to come walk around, go to both ranges to watch the different divisions, look at the traders, bid on the silent auction or buy a raffle ticket for the gun or one of the beautiful gift baskets,” Caywood said. “There is a lot of fun to be had.”

David Bell / Lovely County Citizen

Muzzleloading enthusiasts load their rifles at last year’s 60th annual Saunders Memorial Shoot. Most will return this weekend, Sept. 22-25, for the 61st event. Visitors are welcome.

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Holiday Extravaganza

Photos by David Bell and Tavi Ellis

The Good Shepherd Humane Society hosted Holiday Extravaganza on Saturday, Sept. 17. Items from multiple holidays were available at the event, and all proceeds went to the animal shelter.

Peg awaits her puppy kisses, but Penelope plays Magnolia, 5, shares some puppy love at Margo Pirkle and Peg Adamson load up on holiday treasures. shy. the event.

Anne Wilson gets in the Halloween spirit.

This is one of the many volunteers who helped organize the event.

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Hangin’ Out with the Locals

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Photos by Tavi Ellis

This weekend was a great time for Eureka Springs residents to get out into the community.

Hangin’ out at the Kings River Deck House, the Carroll County Off-Road Cyclists gear up to blaze a brandnew trail for private guests of the rental home.

Hangin’ out downtown on Saturday, Leslie Raw and her children Addison, 9, and Ethan, 10, take a stroll.

Adam Wagner, aka Chucky Waggs, warms up for a per- Allie, 2, looks up to her grandfather “Pop Pop” Steve Zimmerman as he belts out the blues. formance Saturday night.

Competing in a local ragball tournament to benefit the Merlin Foundation, Dannelle Lobmier Tomarchio smacks a ball into the outfield and makes it to second base.

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St. Anne’s food festival will take taste buds around the world

By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com

International cuisine will arrive at Carroll County’s doorstep next weekend.

St. Anne Catholic Church will host its “Almost Famous International Food Festival” from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Berryville Community Center.

Jennifer Feltmann, one of the festival organizers, said the event will be like an old-fashioned church festival. She said the festival will have carnival games, a dunk tank, a bounce house and a train ride.

“We will have some live music inside, but outside we will have a DJ,” Feltmann said. “If that turns into a street dance, that would be awesome.”

She said the festival also will include a silent auction featuring unique arts and crafts, donated items and possibly some puppies.

“My personal favorite part is the food,” Feltmann said. “That’s why it’s called the ‘Almost Famous International Food Festival.’ ” She said St. Anne’s congregation unites a variety of nationalities under one roof. The food available at the festival will reflect that diversity, she said.

“From El Salvador, we’ll have papusas. From Mexico, we will have tamales, tacos and enchiladas. We’ll have Guatemalan empanadas, Vietnamese egg rolls, lasagna from Italy and good old U.S. barbecue ribs,” Feltmann said.

The best part, she said, is that all of the food is authentic.

“It’s not somebody borrowing someone’s recipe or getting it off the Internet,” Feltmann said. “This is what’s been handed down through their families from their home countries.”

She said the church is taking pre-orders for the tamales, which are one of the most popular dishes at the festival

each year. Feltmann said people can order a dozen for $12 and can place their pre-orders by calling Regina Morris at the church at 870-423-3927.

“I think we sold about 5,000 last year,” Feltmann said. “You can order your dozen and set those aside to take home later.

That’s the cool thing.”

For the rest of the meals, she said the festival will have two plate sizes available: a regular sized plate for $8 and a light plate for $5. The regular plate will come with one entree, two sides, a choice of either tea or lemonade to drink and a dessert. The light plate will come with a smaller portion of the entree, one side, tea or lemonade and a dessert.

“Those desserts will also be homemade,” Feltmann said. “Our congregation will be bringing those, and we’ll have a sort of cakewalk where they’ll be giving those away.”

There will also be extra items available for $2, she said.

“So if someone has a rib plate but wants to add a papusa or an empanada, we’ll have a way for them to go through and do that,” Feltmann said.

She continued, “Restaurants can’t compare to what’s coming out at this festival, and, for the price, it’s a great deal.”

She said the festival will be taking place between the soccer field and the main building at the community center with the food being served out of the banquet hall. While the festival is taking place, Feltmann said, a soccer tournament will be held on the fields.

“There will be trophies and medals awarded for the soccer tournament,” she said. “I’m excited about that. It’s food, fun and futbol. What more could you ask for?”

Feltmann said the soccer tournament will focus on youth soccer this year, but the church is interested in expanding that to include an adult soccer tournament in the future.

She said the food festival began several years ago when Shaun Wesley was serving as the priest for the parish.

“Father Shaun was instrumental in getting it started,” Feltmann said. “He

basically said ‘We need a party, and we need food.’ A lot of it centered around a love of food and particularly a love of food from a variety of cultures.”

She said the festival was created as an opportunity to share fellowship not just within the church but with the community.

“It’s a chance for us all to celebrate together,” Feltmann said. “That’s part of why we’re having it at the community center. We want to make sure the entire community knows that they’re welcome.”

She said the money raised by the festival will go toward expanding the church’s youth program.

“We want to provide our teens with some more opportunities,” Feltmann said. “Father Joseph Archivong, our current priest, is making a huge impact on our youth and a positive impact on our community. In fact, he’s emphasizing that he is going to be in the dunk tank during the festival.”

Planning the festival also has provided great fellowship for members of the parish, she said. The organizers split up into teams to coordinate different parts of the festival, she said.

“Everyone is working so well together. It is already such a benefit to our parish just for the fellowship we’re getting out of planning it,” Feltmann said. “I hope that our enthusiasm spills over into the festival so everyone can have a really good time.”

The community has also chipped in to help, she said, with Tyson donating chicken for some of the dishes and local restaurants donating beans, rice and salsa.

While the festival runs from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., she said food will be served from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in order to give the servers enough time to clean up and vacate the building by 8 p.m.

“The festival runs until 8 p.m. officially, but, if we’re having a good time outside, we will continue until we’re through,” Feltmann said with a laugh.

She continued, “Everyone is welcome. It ought to be a really good time.”

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Health Coalition writes prescription for teen summit

By Kelby Newcomb CCNNews@cox-internet.com

The Carroll County Hometown Health Coalition will be promoting healthy choices for teenagers this October.

The group discussed the upcoming 2016 Carroll County Teen Summit at its Monday meeting. Renée Allison, aquatic and program manager for the Berryville Community Center (BCC), said the summit is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 25.

“For the teen summit, we pull all the eighth-graders in the county into one area and spend the day helping them realize the healthy choices out there,” she said.

Last year, Allison said, the teen summit had nine breakout sessions with two main speakers at the beginning and end of the day. Lunch was also provided for the students, she said.

“We did nine breakout sessions last year, but we may have to drop one this year because of the main presenters needing more time,” she said. “The breakout sessions are about 15 minutes each.”

The students will arrive around 8:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. and attend presentations until 2 p.m., Allison said. That way, she said, all of the students can load back onto buses and return to school in time for the end of the school day.

Allison said the planning committee is currently working on organizing breakout sessions and finding people to lead them.

A few slots have already been filled, she said.

“Brenda Patterson will be doing a segment on e-cigarettes and vaping because that’s become a huge issue,” Allison said.

“And Craig Hicks, the resource officer for Berryville, will be doing the drunk goggles simulator.”

Brenda Harris, a representative from Vantage Point of Northwest Arkansas, asked Allison if she would like Vantage Point to do a suicide prevention breakout session again this year. Allison said that she would be interested in having Vantage Point lead that session again.

Lisa Holt, a representative from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), asked if groups interested in providing information instead of presenting could set up tables at the summit.

“We’re not opposed to having tables set up. If ADH wants to have an informational table, we can look into that,” Allison said.

She said the the Berryville School District has offered to cover lunch expenses if the health coalition cannot find donations.

“Berryville schools did that last year as well,” Allison said. “We’re going to reach out to area businesses to see if they will donate some money towards the lunch. We will also be collecting door prizes for the summit if anyone has ideas on those.”

Last year’s teen summit had about 300 kids, she said, so the planning committee

is predicting a similar number this year.

“We will have another committee meeting at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5 at the BCC for anyone who wants to be involved in the teen summit,” Allison said.

She later gave the health coalition an update on the volunteer garden project.

The coalition still has funding from the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention (ArCOP), Allison said.

“They provide about $1,000 towards community projects,” she said. “The parks department has also received some funding from Walmart for the garden.”

Allison said BCC will have a playground built on its grounds by next spring and would like to get the garden planted in the spring.

“We will have to win Mayor Tim McKinney over, but I’m confident we can do it,” she said. “His main goal is for us to be a volunteer community garden and not a city-maintained garden.”

Also at the meeting, Allison provided dates for upcoming health clinics and classes.

Smoking cessation classes will be offered from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday starting in November at the BCC, she said, and lunch will be provided during the meetings. The classes will provide nicotine therapy and carbon dioxide monitoring.

Allison said the Mobile Mammogram

Van will be in Carroll County in October.

The van will be at the Echo Clinic in Eureka Springs on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Tyson Foods in Berryville on Tuesday, Oct. 18, and at Tyson Foods in Green Forest on Wednesday, Oct. 19.

Holt then announced the dates for upcoming flu shot clinics. She said flu shots will be offered at Eureka Springs schools on Thursday, Oct. 20, at Green Forest schools on Friday, Oct. 21, and at Berryville schools on Thursday, Oct. 27, and Friday, Oct. 28.

She said the mass flu shot clinic will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10. The location, she said, is still being decided.

“We are going to try to do it at our local health unit, but that is a tentative plan,” Holt said. “First, we have to make sure we can hold it there.”

She said ADH still has the Carroll County Fairgrounds reserved for that date and will hold the flu clinic at that location, as the department has in previous years, if the Carroll County Health Unit cannot hold the event.

“We will have more details available on all of those clinics once plans get finalized,” Holt said.

The health coalition’s next regular meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 17 at the Berryville Community Center.

Still no voting rights for HI timeshare owners

By David Frank Dempsey Carroll County News

HOLIDAY ISLAND—The Holiday Island Suburban Improvement District Board of Commissioners refused on Monday to make a decision regarding voting rights in district elections for timeshare owners. Instead, commissioners decided to take the issue up with state lawmakers in next year’s legislative session in Little Rock. Later in the meeting that decision was rescinded and a further meeting of the commissioners, attorneys and members of the public was set tentatively for Sept. 26 at 9 a.m. at the district

office.

Timeshare owners have never had the right to vote in HISID elections but there is a growing concern and an ongoing lawsuit against HISID by Table Rock Landing, a collection of timeshare owners in Holiday Island. The timeshare owners are asking for a total of 56 votes.

That amounts to two votes for each property, the same as for all other property owners. They are not asking for voting rights for each individual owner. That would amount to more than 1,400 votes.

According to HISID attorney Matt Bishop, the question is whether or not

timeshare owners are actual property owners when it comes to voting.

In other business the board approved treating and funding of a community garden as a HIISID amenity. The garden project is being led by B.J. Dennis and was originally planned to be built in a mostly unused tennis court near The Barn. That plan has been changed and the garden is to be constructed on open land in the same area. That location will require the building of a fence at an estimated cost of $5,400 to the district.

Marina operator Kolin Paulk was congratulated for his work stopping a

300-gallon fuel spill on August 27. The spill was caused by the failure of a pressure relief valve. Some fuel did reach the lake but according to District Manager Lawrence Blood the rock formation in the actual spill area trapped most of the fuel. Paulk found the leak and shut down the fuel supply after noticing a sheen on the water. The estimated cost of the cleanup operation was $25,000. The district is seeking reimbursement from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality. If they are successful then the cost to the district might be cut to an estimated $7,500.

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Local flutist featured on cover of national magazine

By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

Indigo Fischer grew up reading “Flute Talk” magazine. This month, she’s featured on the cover of it.

“I’m playing my flute on the cover,” Fischer said. “I also co-authored one of the articles inside.”

Fischer, whose family moved to Eureka Springs from New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina, said “Flute Talk” is the premier magazine for professional flutists. Professional and amateur flutists alike know about the magazine, she said.

Along with co-writing one of the articles in this month’s issue, Fischer said she is featured in another article with four other college flutists.

“We recollect on our freshman year in college and what we wish we would have known our freshman year and some challenges we faced and how we overcame them,” Fischer said.

She explained how she had the opportunity to be in the magazine, saying she attended a classical music festival in Tennessee this summer. One of the professors at the festival, Patricia George, is also the editor of “Flute Talk.”

“We had master classes with Ms. George. She was able to give us this opportunity to be featured in September’s article,” Fischer said. “I had no idea I would be on the cover. I thought the photos she was taking would be inside, but lo and behold, one of them was on the cover.”

Fischer recalled when she first saw herself on the cover. It was surreal, she said, to be featured in a magazine she has been

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reading for years.

“It was pretty astounding. I’ve been subscribing to ‘Flute Talk’ since I started taking lessons, which was the eighth grade,” she said. “So ‘Flute Talk’ has kind of been my Bible since I’ve become serious about the flute. I’ve been reading these informative articles and just been inspired by the flutists inside.”

As she’s gotten older, Fischer said she’s had the opportunity to meet some of the people she’s read about in the magazine.

“It was pretty outstanding to be on the cover of something that’s been a dream of mine since I was young. I’ve always wanted to be in an article in ‘Flute Talk,’ ” she said. \She started learning to play the flute in the Eureka Springs Middle School band, and it didn’t take long for her to realize how much she loved the instrument.

“I was inspired to play. There’s so many opportunities for expression on the flute, not only personal expression but the ability to affect people and make them

feel emotions,” Fischer said. “Music is such a personal craft, such a personal art.

It gives back to others.”

She continued, “That’s the art form that’s best at doing that, more so than the others. That’s the reason I’m a musician.

I’m happy to be a flutist. I’ve fallen into a deep romance with the flute.”

Fischer is studying flute performance at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Taking college music classes is much different from anything she’s done before, Fischer said, because it has immersed her in music.

“You’re involved with music pretty much every hour of the day. Your classes are rehearsals for ensembles,” she said.

“It becomes a lifestyle rather than just a fraction of your day, which is how it was in middle school and part of high school when I was just taking lessons.”

Fischer attending an arts boarding school in Michigan during her junior and senior years of high school. Even though she hasn’t lived in Eureka Springs for a

couple of years, Fischer said she still considers the city her home.

“I come home to Eureka for breaks. I say I grew up in Eureka Springs,” Fischer said.

She explained how it felt to grow up in such an artistic town, saying she enjoyed seeing so many artists immersed in their work.

“It was just very inspiring to be surrounded by people who are loving what they do and unabashedly being artistic and sharing that with others,” Fischer said. “It’s a culture that is very extroverted and not afraid to be their quirky selves.”

It’s important, she continued, for artists to share their work openly.

“You have to find your own voice. You can’t be afraid of it. You really have to put your heart on the table for everybody to see, so growing up with that … that’s definitely shaped my music,” Fischer said.

Both of Fischer’s parents are local artists. Her father is Chris Fischer, a photographer and former landscape architect, and her mother is Mary Tait, who makes handmade curtains.

“I’ve been surrounded by a family of artists and creative minds who are constantly working on projects and having innovative ideas about art since I was a child,” Fischer said. “I think that’s a really big reason why I chose to pursue an artistic field. Neither of my parents are professional musicians, but they understand the importance of all art forms.”

Fischer described how she feels when she returns home to Eureka Springs, saying she’s always happy to see how supportive the community is.

“Since I really started taking my music seriously, I’ve had members of the community support me every step of the way,” she said. “The community has just pushed me forward and kept me going.

I’m so lucky to have grown up in a small town that values students and values the arts. Without Eureka, I don’t know where I would be.”

For more information on Fischer’s music, visit www.IndigoFischer.com.

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The benefits of selenium

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nlike many well-proven supplements, selenium has crossed into the realm Jim Fain of acceptance by the conservative establishment. It is such a non-assuming mineral that I suppose it poses no threat to anyone. Selenium has been on the market shelves for decades and has been a potent yet quiet healer.

When I talk about selenium, I really mean the kind of selenium found in food (yeast-based) or selenomethionine. These are readily absorbed by our system and cause no interaction with Vitamin C. The yeast-bound selenium is the most common and is easily found on store shelves at 200 micrograms (mcg)/tablet. Using very little selenium daily does a great deal. Absorbable selenium is also found in onions, garlic, broccoli, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, mushrooms, wheat germ, liver, tuna, seafood, chicken and bran, though the amount in each may vary based on the soil content (at least in the plant sources) of selenium.

Modern science has clearly shown it as being important in the fight against colon and prostate cancer. I usually suggest that men supplement with 200-400 mcg daily if over 50 years and both men and women if there is family history of colon cancer. Other benefits are many, such as causing Vitamin E to be more effective, as well as enhancing the enzyme glutathione, which does so much that books have been written on it alone. Other benefits include proper growth and development, help in preventing strokes, angina and endometriosis, helping control epileptic seizures, decreases blood platelet clumping, aids fertility in men, helps reduce wrinkles, reduces asthma attacks, stimulates immune function, lupus, may protect against cataracts and macular degeneration and is one of the strongest antioxidants.

A couple of other fascinating facts have to do with HIV and the Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Studies at the University of North Carolina suggest a lack of selenium in the cells may activate the AIDS virus. Gastroenterologists who treat Hepatitis C will often suggest supplemental selenium as a sort of “birth control” for the virus, which causes this potentially fatal illness. Selenium clearly impacts viral infections. With all of the weird viruses in this strange time, it is good to know of this unassuming helper from the earth.

Wisecrack ZODIAC ARIES: Monday will be the cherry on top. Enjoy it, just don’t dig to see what’s under all that whipped cream, unless you really like kinky surprises.

Remember, the universe doesn’t ask what your favorite flavor is.

TAURUS: If you’re tired of walking the straight and narrow, buy a unicycle. You’ll discover fascinating ditches, bumps in the sidewalks and road rash. Try not to cry when all the hipsters laugh at you.

GEMINI: You get everything you want. New car? Boom. Big raise? Boom. Winning lottery ticket? Boom. Revel in it all, before the alarm clock goes off and you wake up.

CANCER: That embarrassing gaffe you made on Tuesday comes home to roost. You didn’t whack the golden goose, but you hurt its feelings. Pucker up and kiss some feathered butt to get back into its good graces.

LEO: You’ve got the plan, now you need the hustle. Don’t over think it; who needs an elaborate scheme when you can just set up a card table and play a little three-card monte?

VIRGO: Every dog has his day, but the smart ones have their own Instagram accounts. Wheedle an endorsement deal for your photogenic pooch, and he’ll pay for your retirement.

LIBRA: Words can have style, humility and grace, but yours stumble around drunk with their fly open and bragging about it. Expand your vocabulary past the four-letter stage, and Oprah might finally pay attention to your emails.

SCORPIO: Some say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but you know the truth: if something doesn’t do you in, it should run.

Good thing you’ve been practicing your sprinting and ass-kicking.

SAGITTARIUS: Thursday will be your day. Wear it well, like that silly hat from the theme park that your whole family hates. You have

the style to pull that look off and make everyone envious in the process.

CAPRICORN: Relax.

Take a deep breath. Hold it until your eyes cross. Still not getting your way? Try stomping or shrieking in a grocery store, that seems to work for toddlers. Watch out for the massive hand swat from karma, though.

AQUARIUS: You’ve asked for a

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By Beth Bartlett

sign. Here it is: keep off the grass.

Use solid wood and quality paint, and that sign should last you for years to come.

PISCES: Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it. Lottery millions are hard to handle, and those gorgeous celebrities are high maintenance. Soon you’ll be asking for quiet time and some cheap macaroni & cheese with Spam on top.

CROSSWORD Puzzle

Answers on page 25

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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

Sept. 22: Driver Safety

An AARP driver safety class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Cornerstone Bank in Holiday Island. The class fee is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. For more information call Sonny Carter at 479253-2853.

Sept. 22: Music Meet and Greet

The Carroll County Music Group will host a meet and greet session for three special people at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Sun Fest Market meeting room in Holiday Island.

Sept. 24, 25: Pig Roast

The Farmer Community will have their annual pig roast from 11 a.m. until dark on Saturday, Sept. 24, and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at the community building approximately five miles south of Berryville on Highway 21. Signs will be posted. All donations will go toward the upkeep of the Farmer Cemetery and Community Building.

Sept. 24: Dixieland Cache

The Holiday Island Rotary Club will host a GeoCaching event from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24. GPS coordinates of the search locations will be provided upon registration. All locations will be in Holiday Island, and registration will be at the Holiday Island Memorial Park. The first place team will receive a $75 prize. The Dixieland Band featuring Charlie and all the stars will perform a free show from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

A meal will be served from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for $8 per guest. For more information visit HolidayIslandRotary.com.

Sept. 24: St. Anne International Food Festival

The “Almost Famous International Food Festival of St. Anne” will take place from

2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Berryville Community Center. The event will feature all kinds of food, the church’s famous tamales, games for children, bouncy houses, a dunk tank and much more.

Sept. 25: EUUF Service

Stay-at-home theologian Chuck McNeal will speak to the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, about using the principle of love demonstrate by a non-dual non-local Jesus to examine the body, the world and other illusions.

Sept. 25: Fall Potluck

The Friends of the Barn will be holding a fall potluck at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25, at the Barn on Shields Drive in Holiday Island. Doors open at 1 p.m. Ice, tea and water will be available, but guest should bring their own been if desired. Entertainment will be provided by local musician Catherine Reed at 2 p.m. Guests are asked to bring a dish to share. Donations to the Barn Fund and the entertainer are appreciated. For more information contact Ken Brown at 479-253-8934 or Susan Smith at 479-253-5136.

Sept. 26: Metafizzies Meeting

The Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society (Metafizzies) will feature a group discussion on spiritual topics at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, at the Heart of Many Ways at 68 Mountain St. All are welcome.

Sept. 27: Fire Auxiliary Luncheon

The Holiday Island Fire Department Auxiliary will hold its first luncheon and business meeting of the 2016-17 season at noon Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the Clubhouse ballroom at 1 Country Club Drive. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. for social time.

The cost is $8, and reservations must be made by Friday, Sept. 23. Reservations

can be made by calling Peggy Arnhart at 479-363-6235. The auxiliary holds several fundraisers to pay for equipment, training and supplies for the Holiday Island district and rural fire departments, and membership is open to both men and women.

Sept. 27: Blue Skies Book Study

St. James Episcopal Church will study “Love That Boy” by Ron Fournier from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, at downstairs at the church at 28 Prospect St. Ann Helmer, licensed clinical social worker, will lead the discussion. A copy of the book is available through the Carnegie Library.

Sept. 28: GSHS Board Meeting

Good Shepherd Humane Society will have a board meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at LeStick Restaurant at 63 Spring St. in Eureka Springs.

Sept. 28: ‘War Room’ Showing

The Holiday Island Community Church will hold a free showing of “War Room” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 188 Stateline Drive.

Sept. 30: Bible Reading Marathon Meeting

The planners for the Carroll County Annual Bible Reading Marathon will meet at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Church in the Grove on the Passion Play grounds by the Christ of the Ozarks to discuss what’s new for the 2017 marathon. For more information call 870-350-0865.

Oct. 3: Holiday Island Blood Drive

The Holiday Island Community Blood Drive will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 3, at the Elks Lodge No.

1042 at 4 Park Cliff Drive in the Holiday Island Shopping Center. There will be free cholesterol screening for all donors.

Oct. 13: Free Folk Concert

Still on the Hill will be unveiling a concert and CD devoted to the history of the Buffalo River at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Eureka Springs Auditorium during the Ozark Folk Festival. The concert is free to all, and Still on the Hill will also be giving away 100 CDs.

ONGOING MEETINGS

The Holiday Island Community Church at 188 Stateline Road is offering a new Bible study from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons on”Walking with God in the Desert.” It is a seven-part DVD series shot in the Holy Land. The series goes along with Pastor Jeff Timm’s sermon on the “Storms of Life.” The Bible study will run weekly through Wednesday, Sept. 14.

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.

Griefshare is holding a 13-week grief sharing session starting from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays at Faith Bible Church in Suite C of the Holiday Island Shopping Center. This is a Bible-based, non-denominational support group for people that have lost a loved one, no matter how long ago it was. For more information call 479253-8925.

Berryville’s Alcoholics Anonymous chapter meets at 7 p.m. each Thursday at the Community of Christ Church at 501 Orchard Drive. The meetings take place in the basement next to the lower parking lot of the church. For more information call 870-929-6236.

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Harvest of feral hogs illegal on many public areas Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

In an effort to eradicate hogs, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has passed regulations against hunting them on wildlife management areas it controls. The regulation was enacted on some WMAs during the 2014-15 hunting season and has gradually spread to include nearly all AGFC WMAs in the state.

At first glance, it does seem a bit backward that the AGFC is working to eliminate hogs on property it controls, but will not allow hunters to harvest them, but the situation is much more complex than killing a couple of pigs.

For decades, the AGFC allowed harvest of feral hogs during any open season with weapons legal for that season on wildlife management areas. Coyote season enabled hunters to be afield nine months of the year with high-powered rifles to pursue feral hogs. But feral hog populations continued to rise.

“Hunters were not able to harvest enough hogs to keep the population in check, and the idea of a near year-round hunting season on public land may have caused some hunters to dump hogs on new areas in order to hunt them later,” said Brad Carner, chief of the AGFC’s Wildlife Management Division. “We have to change the direction of feral hog management on our properties, and trapping has shown much more effective at removing hogs completely from a property.”

Complete removal is the key to hog

eradication. Pigs are so prolific that unless 70 percent or more of a population is removed, the pigs that are left will repopulate the area within a year.

“Sows can have two litters per year with up to a dozen piglets per litter, and a young female is sexually mature at six months old,” said J.P. Fairhead, feral hog program coordinator for the AGFC. “Shooting one or two hogs during a hunting season really has shown to have little to no effect on the overall population.”

In fact, shooting a few hogs may actually hurt the situation. AGFC biologists have switched their tactics toward setting large corral traps on WMAs and areas with large hog problems. Instead of trying to catch or shoot one or two pigs and scattering the rest of the pigs on the area, biologists are baiting entire family groups of pigs into the traps and eradicating dozens at a time.

“We have removed 6,802 hogs on our areas since 2013 through this new trapping method,” said Fairhead. “But our trapping efforts are almost nothing when the pigs are constantly disturbed by people hunting them. We need the pigs to be relaxed before they become susceptible in the large groups we need to make a dent in the population.”

Some WMAs owned by other agencies, but cooperatively managed by the AGFC for hunting still allow hunters to take a hog if it crosses their path during a firearms deer, bear or elk season, as man-

power for trapping in those areas can be limited.

“We have tried to gradually phase hunters into the new philosophy of not shooting hogs on our WMAs,” said Jeff Crow, AGFC director. “During the first year, many areas owned by the (Army Corps of Engineers) still maintained the old standard of allowing hunting during any open season, but they have also adopted the method of only allowing harvest during firearms deer, bear or elk seasons.

He hope that the continued limitation of hog hunting on public lands will prevent more illegal dumping of hogs on public land for sport.”

These regulations concerning hog hunting on individual wildlife management areas were changed during the annual regulations cycle in May. However, much of the focus on regulations during that time frame were focused on the recent discovery of chronic wasting disease in Arkansas and on changes to mechanical decoy regulations and access times on WMAs

for waterfowl season.

Crow says regulations may be somewhat difficult to interpret, but AGFC staff continues to make an effort to lessen the learning curve. “We understand that this is a new way of thinking that goes against what we’ve had in place for decades and our wildlife officers have been asked to show discretion in issuing warnings or citations about hog hunting on these WMAs,” said Crow. “But we have seen enough positive results from the trapping efforts when the pigs are not spooked by hunters to continue this new course of action to eliminate hogs currently on our property and remove the incentive for hunters to dump more on public land in the future.”

Visit www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/ HuntingRegulationsFeralHog.aspx<http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/ HuntingRegulationsFeralHog.aspx> for more information on feral hog regulations and the threat they pose to native wildlife and habitats.

Palette to Palate

Presidential debate watch party scheduled for Sept. 26

Eureka Springs for Hillary will hold a watch party for the first presidential debate at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, in the Carnegie Library Annex. Bring light snacks.

Breakfast with the Firefighters scheduled for Oct. 8 Breakfast with the Firefighters of Holiday Island will be held from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Holiday Island Country Club Ballroom. It will cost $6 for adults and $3 for children under 12.

Photo by Tavi Ellis

Hilka Zimmerman teaches her very first painting class Palette to Palate, organized by Maureen Stanton-Alexander of Eureka Springs School of Art. The soldout class was held at Basin Park Hotel on Thursday, Sept. 15.

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LIVELY Entertainment THURSDAY, SEPT. 22

• Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring, 479-253-7837: Catherine Reed, 5 p.m.

• Cathouse, 82 Armstrong St., 479363-9976: Opal Agafia & the Sweet Nothings, noon to 4 p.m.; Blues City Limits, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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

• Eureka Live, 35 N. Main, 479-2537020: Happy Hour, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Green Screen Karaoke, 9 p.m.

• Farmers’ Market, Pine Mountain Village: Los Roscoes, 9 a.m. to noon • Grande Taverne, 37 N. Main St., 479-253-6756: Jerry Yester, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169, 169 E. Van Buren, 479-253-7122: Moonshine Mafia, 5:30 p.m.; Bike Night w/ The George Brothers, 8:30 p.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard), 105 E. Van Buren, 479-253-2500: DJ Karaoke with Stan & Special Guest Danny, 8 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main,479-2532525: Doghouse Daddies, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den, 47 Spring St., 479-363-6444: Terri & Brett, 9 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 417 W. Van Buren, 479-253-8544: Jimmy Garrett Duo, noon to 4 p.m.; Michael Tisdale & the Union, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 23 • 2 Wheels, 2250 Hwy 23S: Pat Ryan Key, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring, 479-253-7837: Michael Dimitri, noon; Michael Dimitri, 5 p.m.

• Brews, 2 Pine St., 479-244-0878: Opal Agafia, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Cathouse, 479-363-9976: The Homewreckers, noon to 4 p.m.; Magnolia Brown, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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

• Eureka Live, 35 N. Main, 479253-7020: Happy Hour, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Mystery Drag Event, 9 p.m. $5 Cover

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• Grande Taverne, 479-253-6756: Arkansas Red, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169, 479-253-7122: Moonshine Mafia, 5:30 p.m.; Tightrope, 8:30 p.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard), 479253-2500: JAB, 8 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main,479-2532525: Doghouse Daddies, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den, 47 Spring St., 479-363-6444: Terri & Brett, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Terri & Brett, 9 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 417 W. Van Buren, 479-253-8544: Michael Tisdale Duo, noon to 4 p.m.; Blew Reed & the Flatheads, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 • 2 Wheels, 2250 Hwy 23S: Lori Locke, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

• Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring, 479-253-7837: James White, noon; James White, 6 p.m.

• Brews, 2 Pine St., 479-244-0878: Buffalo Gals, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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• Cathouse, 479-363-9976: Brannon Barrett Band, noon to 4 p.m.; Leslie Sorrano Band, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Chelsea’s, 479-253-6723: Cadillac Jackson, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live, 479-253-7020: Mystery Drag Event, 9 p.m. $10 Cover • Grande Taverne, 479-253-6756: Jerry Yester, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169, 479-253-7122: Moonshine Mafia, 5:30 p.m.; Tightrope, 8:30 p.m.

• Legends Saloon, 479-253-2500: JAB, 9 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main, 479-2532525: Pete & Dave, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den, 479-363-6444: Jimmy Garrett Duo,1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Blackwater Acoustic, 9 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 479-2538544: Terri & Brett, noon to 4 p.m.; Terri & the Executives, 7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 25 • Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring, 479-253-7837: Jeff Lee, noon; Jeff Lee, 5 p.m.

• Berean Coffee House, 150 Passion Play Rd., 479-244-7495: Kate Hurley, 7 p.m.

• Cathouse, 479-363-9976: TBA, noon to 4 p.m.

• Eureka Live, 479-253-7020: Green Screen Karaoke, 7 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169, 479-2537122: Band TBA; Happy Hour, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): TBA, 7 p.m.

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Carroll County Community Foundation to award Giving Tree Grants to 16 nonprofits working locally Eureka Springs, ARK (September 20, 2016) – Carroll County Community Foundation, your local affiliate office of the Arkansas Community Foundation, is pleased to announce over $26,000 in Giving Tree Grants awards for nonprofit programs in Carroll County. Sixteen area organizations will receive grant awards from the foundation at the annual Grant Awards Ceremony to be held on Thursday, Oct. 6, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Carroll Electric Cooperative meeting room in Berryville. Nonprofits, foundation founders, fund holders, donors, past and present board members and friends of the foundation will be honored guests.

Everyone is cordially invited to join us at this event as we celebrate the good work being done in Carroll County.

“Giving Tree grants are funded by contributions from local individuals and families. We invest their donations in endowments that provide a permanent source of funding for charitable causes in our communities,” said Heather Larkin, president and CEO of the Arkansas Community Foundation.

“Every year, at our Grant Award Ceremony, attendees hear all about the inspiring work these recipients are doing in and for Carroll County,” added local executive director, Janell Robertson. “This year we had over $67,000 in requests, though only $26,000 to grant out. Our grant committee had to make some very difficult decisions. The more we grow this endowment, the more nonprofits we can support.”

This year, the foundation is offering a special incentive for individuals to help us grow the Giving Tree Endowment with their IRAs. A dollar-for-dollar match will be provided for IRA Charitable Rollover gifts made to the Carroll County Community Foundation Giving Tree Endowment. The IRA Charitable

Rollover allows account owners age 70-1/2 and older to direct transfer up to $100,000 each year to qualified charities without treating the distribution as taxable income. Transfers must come directly from an IRA to the qualified charity. If you’d like more information about this special incentive to grow your local Giving Tree Endowment, call 479-253-8203 or email carrollcounty@arcf.org The dollar match pool is limited to $150,000 and is on a first come, first serve basis until depleted.

“This is an opportunities that does not come around often,” said Robertson.

“Can you imagine how quickly we could grow our local Giving Tree Endowment and support more nonprofits with this dollar for dollar match? It would be such a blessing for so many.

The Carroll County Community Foundation makes grants through the Giving Tree program twice a year. The upcoming spring grant cycle, which begins on Jan. 10, is known as our YAC cycle and focuses on programs that support youth and children in Carroll County.

Arkansas Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization that fosters smart giving to improve communities. The foundation offers tools to help Arkansans protect, grow and direct their charitable dollars as they learn more about community needs. By making grants and sharing knowledge, the Community Foundation supports charitable programs that work for Arkansas and partners to create new initiatives that address the gaps. Since 1976, the foundation has provided more than $140 million in grants and partnered with thousands of Arkansans to help them improve our neighborhoods, our towns and our entire state. Contributions to the Community Foundation, its funds and any of its 27 affiliates are fully tax deductible.

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Historical museum announces dates for living history tours The Eureka Springs Historical Museum has announced the dates for the 8th annual Voices from Eureka’s Silent City living history tours at the city cemetery.

This year’s performances will take place from Thursday, Oct. 20, to Saturday, Oct. 22, as well as Friday, Oct. 29 and Saturday, Oct. 30.

The one-hour walking tours will depart every 20 minutes beginning at 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. This year’s theme is “Sweet Successes and Twists of Fate.”

Some of the characters were pillars of the community and started from humble beginnings. Many helped to shape the history and myths of Eureka Springs.

This year’s performance will feature residents who played an important part in that heritage.

The tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. They will be available soon at the museum at 95 South Main St., all Cornerstone Bank locations and at the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce at Pine Mountain Village. Tickets may also be purchased at the parking site on the performance dates.

Free parking will be available at the former Victorian Inn property on Highway 62 East, with a free shuttle service to the nearby cemetery. There will be no parking at the cemetery.

This event is a fundraiser for the Eureka Springs Historical Museum. For more information, contact Stephanie Stodden at director@eurekaspringshistoricalmuseum.com or call 479-253-9417.

Master Naturalists accepting applications for training classes

The Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalists are now accepting applications for the 2017 training classes.

The classes fill quickly.In the past, most classes have been held in Benton County. This year, a second series of classes will be offered in Washington County. The Benton County class will start Jan. 21. The first Washington County class is Jan. 28. Classes will be held on Saturdays through April at both venues.

Area experts will provide hours of combined classroom and field instruction on various ecological and environmental topics. Training will include techniques for observation and identification of trees, plants, insects, birds, mammals, fungi, reptiles, amphibians, fish and non-living ecosystem features, such as rock formations, astronomy and stream and lake ecology. Participants must attend 40 or more hours of training for graduation to earn the title of Master Naturalist. The cost is $135, which includes

training and materials.

To become a certified Master Naturalist, participants must complete 40 hours of volunteer time annually and pay annual club dues of $30. After the first year, eight hours of advanced education hours are required every year to maintain certification.

Volunteer activities are wide and varied, such as planting and maintaining rain gardens, clearing and maintaining trails, clearing invasive plants and planting natives, water quality testing, helping with educational programs, building and maintaining wildlife habitat projects and leading nature hikes. The group volunteers in partnership with a number of environmental-minded agencies and organizations, as well as Arkansas state parks. There are volunteer activities available for all ages and skill sets.

To apply for membership, visit wordpress.ArkansasMasterNaturalists.org. For more information, email nwamnContact@mn4Arkansas.org

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CROSSWORD ANSWERS

Pet of the Week This very pretty, very small, 14-monthold shorthaired black female is “Little Bit” (#66). Unfortunately, her owner had too many cats. Little Bit is extra sweet-natured with dogs as well as people. She would do best in a one cat household. She’d very much love to be your pet. Little Bit has her shots and is spayed. She’s one of 40 homeless cats waiting to be adopted at the Good Shepherd Animal Shelter on Highway 62 east of Eureka Springs. The shelter is open from noon to 5 p.m. every day but Tuesday and Wednesday. Call the shelter at 479-253-9188.

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Riparian Planting Guide of the Ozarks to assist landowners The Beaver Watershed Alliance (BWA) recently published a Riparian Planting Guide of the Ozarks to aid landowners who are interested in enhancing, replanting or restoring riparian (streamside) areas on their property. The guide was created as part of an Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and Environmental Protection Agency section 319 grant to work with 2,000 streamside landowners on War Eagle Creek, a tributary to Beaver Lake the source of drinking water for the region. The guide covers types of native plants for riparian or streamside areas, consideration for management, tools to use and where to find what is needed to increase the health of riparian areas.

Healthy riparian areas serve many roles by filtering pollutants from water, providing wildlife habitat, preventing streambank erosion and increasing property value. While developing the guide, BWA staff established more than 200 water quality best management practices, including establishment of riparian buffers with more than 50 different landowners.

Partners in the development of the

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publication are the Northwest Arkansas Master Naturalists, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Watershed Conservation Resource Center, Arkansas Game and Fish Stream Team, Natural Resource Conservation Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, Association for Beaver Lake Environment, Ozarks Water Watch and Beaver Water District. The guide is available in print from the Beaver Watershed Alliance and can be found online at www.beaverwatershedalliance.org.

Beaver Watershed Alliance is formed of a diverse stakeholder group representing agricultural, recreation, conservation, water utility, business and private landowner perspectives who all work together for the benefit of Beaver Lake and its watershed. To learn more about BWA, best management practices for water quality or how you can become involved in voluntary watershed protection go towww. beaverwatershedalliance.org or contact BWA at 479-750-8007 or info@beaverwatershedalliance.org.

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Good Shepherd to hold board meeting Sept. 28

The Good Shepherd Humane Society will hold its monthly board meeting at 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 28, at LeStick Restaurant at 63 Spring St. in Eureka Springs.

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to study the language they’re interested in the same way their peers are studying Spanish. She said online programs offer students the chance to hear and communicate with native speakers, making it easier for them to understand the language they are learning.

“If we have a good set of computers that can be dedicated just to language, we can use all the interactive programs where they can hear more native speakers in those different languages,” Fitzpatrick said. “There’s actually some internet pro-

grams where you can Skype with people from other countries and get more authentic primary source material.”

Learning a foreign language matters, Fitzpatrick said, because it’s makes your brain healthier.

“It’s good for your brain, the more languages you speak, but it also helps you understand another culture. You learn more than the grammatical aspects of language,” she said. “It creates better global understanding, which makes everyone better.”

To donate money to Clear Spring’s language lab, visit http://www.gofundme. com/ClearSpringSchool.

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ceiving a call from a woman who advised she wanted the National Guard, the governor and the U.S. Marshal’s Office to be informed of the electromagnetic radiation being emitted here in town. An officer responded to do a welfare check on the woman. She was accompanied by another woman who was escorting her home. All was well. We think we might know this woman.

10:53 p.m. — A caller from a local pub reported an intoxicated man on the balcony causing a disturbance. Officers responded and got him a ride home.

Sept. 17 8:26 a.m. — A caller advised that a vehicle was blocking the roadway.

1:33 p.m. — A caller advised that a vehicle was weaving all over the road in front of him. An officer responded and arrested the driver of the vehicle for driving while intoxicated and refusal to submit to a chemical test.

3:30 p.m. — A caller advised they had found a syringe lying on a rock in a parking lot. An officer responded and disposed of the syringe properly.

4:37 p.m. — A caller from a local business requested a report to be taken from an earlier accident. An officer responded and took down information.

5:20 p.m. — A caller reported a hit and run. The driver hit the reporting party from

TRANSITION He was the sweetest dog. He came to live in Eureka Springs, with Stan and Billy when he was 8 weeks old, the cutest little fluff ball. He was a part of Eureka, walking in parades or watching from the sidewalks.

We were so fortunate to have him in our lives, to love him and be loved by him. He would have been 9 in November.

Baxter died suddenly early Friday morning Sept, 16, 2016 from a pulmonary embolism, a complication from surgery he had several weeks earlier. He will be greatly missed by his daddys, neighbors, best cat friend Buster, best dog friends Daisy, Chloe and Kona.

It’s time for all doggies to go night night, I told him that every night except

behind and took off. When the officers arrived on the scene, they reported no damage. The driver later returned to the scene and stated he did not see any original damage and went on. All was resolved.

9:56 p.m. — A caller advised that a man was pouring gas into a vehicle, but most of the gas was pouring onto the ground. Officers responded but did not locate the vehicle.

Sept. 18 8:11 a.m. — A traffic stop for violating the city noise ordinance led to the arrest of subject for a warrant from the Rogers Police Department.

9:26 a.m. — An officer responded to the report of a young male child seen by himself at a local apartment complex. The mother located the child before officers arrived. The officers determined that the boy was safe.

1:14 p.m. — An officer made contact with a woman who was sitting on a bench and selling her items inside the city limits.

The officer advised the woman of the ordinances. She did not have the correct permits and packed up her stuff.

5:33 p.m. — An officer responded to a report of damage to a parked truck and took a report.

Sept. 19 3:14 a.m. — An officer responded to an alarm and checked the building. Everything was secure, and there was no sign of attempted entry.

Baxter

Passed Sept, 16, 2016

Luana (Shook) Wilkinson TRANSITION Alise Feb. 2, 1929 – Sept. 17, 2016 Alise Luana (Shook) Wilkinson, 87, of Denton, Texas, and previously from Holiday Island, passed away on Sept. 17, 2016. She was born on Feb. 2, 1929, at home in Oklahoma. Alise was preceded in death by her parents Nettie Clara (Cole) and Hugh Thomas Shook; her brother, Hugh Thomas Shook; and her nephew, Mark Shook.

Alise attended the University of Arkansas, where she met her future husband, Mitch, at a Westminster social gathering.

In 1952, she graduated from ‘The U of A” with a degree in Home Economics.

She taught Home Economics at the high school level, where she was a favorite — earning the nickname “Teach.” In 1955, she attended McCormick Theological Seminary and completed her master’s in Christian education. In 1956, Mitch and Alise married, moved to Dallas, and made their home for over 30 years.

Committed to lifelong learning, Alise attended Texas Woman’s University. She completed her master;s in occupational therapy in 1976 and practiced for more than 20 years. Alise “retired” to Holiday Island, spending over 25 years making new friends, obtaining her Master Gardeners, learning, building and teaching the dulcimer, traveling the world with Mitch and creating folk art (paper cuttings, apple head dolls…) which she gave to friends and family. Committed to her faith, Alise remained actively involved in her church and renewed old and built new friendships. Alise had the gifts of cooking and hospitality, and she loved people.

She welcomed friends and acquaintances who didn’t have family into her home during the holidays; or pretty much any time. Some special friends that impacted Alise’s life were Marietta, Nancy, Jerry, Cindy , Cruz and many others.

She is survived by her husband of more

than 59 years, Mitchell Malloy Wilkinson; her daughter, Valorie Grace (Wilkinson) Frederico; her son, Theodore (Ted) Mitchell Wilkinson; sister-in-law, Wanda Shook; niece, Sherry (Shook) Barragan; and many great nieces and nephews. Surviving his grandmother is Joseph Paul Frederico. Paul is Alise’s beloved and only grandchild. She actively invested love, time, and support into his life. He will miss his “Granny” dearly.

Visitation is planned for 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Bailey Funeral Home in Junction City, Ark. Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Scotland Cemetery in Junction City and under the direction of Bailey Funeral Home, El Dorado, Ark., Memorial service in Eureka Springs will be scheduled for a later date. To honor Alise, please consider making a donation to First Presbyterian Church Eureka Springs, C/O Alise’s Flower Garden Fund, P.O. 636, Eureka Springs, AR, 72632 and look for those that are alone and welcome them in.

Carroll County Bible Reading Marathon to start planning Sept. 30

the night he died.

Night night Baxter, your daddys love you.

Those interested in helping plan the Carroll County Bible Reading Marathon can meet at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at Church on the Grove on the Passion Play grounds

by Christ of the Ozarks. Call 870-350-0865 for more information.

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Fresh paint

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Donna and Kelly Mulhollan are the musicians behind Still on the Hill.

Still on the Hill to host free concert Oct. 13

Fayetteville folk duo Still on the Hill will perform a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at The Auditorium at 35 South Main St. in Eureka Springs. The concert will feature a new collection of songs celebrating the rich history of the Buffalo River, the only free flowing river in the state. Still on the Hill will be giving away its new CD, Still a River, to the first 100 people that arrive.

New trail in town

David Bell / Lovely County Citizen

A mixture of mortar and paint are sprayed on the Christ of the Ozarks statue on the Great Passion Play grounds in preparation for a fresh coat of white paint.

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• Rowdy Beaver Den, 479-363-6444: Terri & Brett, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 26 • Chelsea’s: SprUngbilly, 9:00 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169, 479-2537122: Happy Hour, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Oscar’s Cafe, 17 White St., 479981-1436: Buffalo Gals, 5:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 27 • Cathouse, 479-363-9976: Los Roscoes, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Open Mic, 9:00 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169, 479-2537122: Happy Hour, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): Game Night: Texas Hold’em and Pool Tournament, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 • Eureka Live, 479-253-7020: Happy Hour, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Grub & Pub Club 169: Happy Hour, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Wild Women Wednesdays, Ladies Night • Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): Ladies Night

(479) 244-5811

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The Crescent Hotel has been working on the Crescent Trail Spur, which leads from the top of Crescent Mountain down to Harmon Park. The new trail is a key part of what will soon become the Harmon Park Loop, a 1.4-mile loop that includes the Crescent Trail, Spring Garden, King Street and Harmon Park.

Call Garrett Brown or visit our website: TailsAndScales.net

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