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Dancer brings African beat to Ozarks
Yao Angelo started learning to dance walk, they stand next to the mother and before he could walk. copy her movement. Those lessons endLike babies in Africa, he didn’t ride in ed when Angelo was 10 years old and a stroller. His mother carried him around danced at his mother’s funeral. It is true with her, tied to her back that in Africa, death is celwith material from her ebrated, with funerals lastlapa, the traditional cotton ing up to a week. dress. “The first hour, the first “Every time there is a day, people cry,” he said. celebration, people are “After that it is just a celdancing, and you are ebration. We dance all Human dancing, too,” Angelo night, sing all night.” said. “You’re behind her, All he remembers of Interest bouncing.” his father’s funeral is beStory Angelo is from the Ivoing lifted by his arms and ry Coast, where he was passed over the casket to a member of the national performance another person, fulfilling the tradition of company, Ensemble de Koteba. He is jumping the coffin when your father dies. now a traffic enforcement officer with He was two years old. After his mother Eureka Springs Podied, he was raised by lice Department. Four grandparents. When years ago, he started he was 14, he and “You see all the people the drum circle that dancing in front of me, but I a friend entered an meets in Basin Park, African dance comhave a different vision, a and in the basement petition in a nearby totally different picture in of the Auditorium town. The friend won during the winter. first place and Angelo my mind. African dance He also sings with an took third. Wanting to is a journey.” Afropop band, Ozakbe professional dancwaaba, and founders, they went home, – Yao Angelo ed an African dance packed their bags and company, Afrique traveled to Abidjan, Aya, which performs the main city, where at schools and cultural events throughout they auditioned for the Ensemble de the area. Koteba. They were accepted, and for the But when Angelo is on stage, he next 10 years, performed African dance doesn’t see the audience or even the oth- all over the world. er dancers. “There were several different theaters “My mind is traveling all over the that we did – the Waramba, the Segou,” place,” he said. “You see all the people he said. “You had to audition each time dancing in front of me, but I have a dif- to go on tour. There were five of us that ferent vision, a totally different picture in were the same height and same body my mind. African dance is a journey.” build. The last two years in the company, Where it takes him: across an ocean there was an 80 percent chance we’d be and through time. Dancing is part of chosen.” every celebration in Africa, he said – Angelo also danced on Saturday nights birthdays, weddings and funerals. An- at a dinner show at the Gulf Hotel, where gelo learned the steps at his mother’s a man who was looking for dancers for a feet – when children are old enough to Yale University theater project saw him
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Angelo Yao performs at The Auditorium in a previous show there; he leads a drum circle party at Basin Park the first Saturday of every month, except for winter.
perform. Angelo was one of the dancers chosen, and spent six months on the Yale campus, then toured the United States with the show created by the students. He met his future wife, Jenny Clay, in Vermont, where she was a student at Goddard College. They married and moved to Eureka Springs to be near her family. The dance group Angelo founded, Afrique Aya, is named for his mother, and consists of about 12 dancers. “All the steps we do are from home,” he said. “How you connect your steps is your choreography.” One of his favorite places to visit as a boy was the village where his father was from, because there was drumming going on all the time, he said. He would go there and stay with his grandparents in a hut. Everyone got up in the morning and went out to work in the cocoa and coffee fields. At night, there were full moon parties and other occasions for celebrating. “Easter is very big,” he said. To bring his cultural traditions to his new home, Angelo put on the “Africa in the Ozarks” festival for five years. He’s skipping it this year, but will have dancers and drummers in the ArtRageous Parade in May. Afrique Aya is scheduled to put on workshops and performances
at Crystal Bridges and at the University of Arkansas this spring. On Feb. 3, the group performed for the National Guard at the 188th Fighter Wing Headquarters in Fort Smith as part of Black History Month. “At the end, everybody stood up and started dancing,” Angelo said. Angelo goes back to Africa every year, and takes people with him on an African Arts safari. But he has no close family in the Ivory Coast – his older brother lives in Minneapolis, and his sister lives elsewhere in Africa. His grandfather passed away a few years after his mother. His grandmother died six months after he moved to the city. Among his people, the Baoule, the day you are born is the name you are given. His given name, Kouakou (“kwah-ku”), means “Thursday.” His mother’s name, Aya, means Friday. His mother didn’t give him a third French name, as was the custom, so she called him “angel-angel.” It was changed to Angelo by friends after he left home at age 14 to go to the city. Dance makes you travel, Angelo said. It takes you to the place you want to be, the place where you feel comfortable. “It’s not the journey you want,” he said of life, “but it’s up to you to make that journey beautiful for yourself.”
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‘I got medals, but I’m no hero’
Vietnam veteran Sonny Smith finally shares his story with Eureka Springs
tions, radio mechanic/operator,” he said. “One day this helicopter comes in and its Most people who have seen him around radio is shot up, and they have a personnel town likely know that Sonny Smith, a 35- casualty. I had to wait until they pulled the year resident of Eureka Springs, body out before I could hop in is a veteran. But only a small to work on the radio. number of folks know the de“Just as I started to open my tails of his war service, and tool box, the pilot takes off and those are the members of his the co-pilot threw a COMM American Legion Post No. 9. (communications) helmet at me The full story of the Vietnam and says ‘Put it on and man the War has yet to be told by anymachine gun, you’re our new Human one, he says, and some veterans Interest door gunner now. That dead guy are still reluctant to share their they just pulled out of here was Story experiences. our last one.’” But for the Lovely County Smith finished his tour of Citizen’s Veterans Day comduty in Vietnam attached to the 1st Cavalry memoration, Smith decided to share his sto- as a helicopter door gunner. Toward the end ry in a typed letter: of his tour, while door gunning in a fire fight, M. Sonny Smith was born in Glendale, he was hit in the leg by enemy ground fire Calif., on Aug. 20, 1950. and was later awarded the Purple Heart. After being drafted into the U.S. Army in It is not his only medal. August 1968 at the age of 18, and after basic When he first got to Vietnam, while servcombat training, field radio mechanic school ing as a squad leader for his platoon, his plaand the U.S. Army Airborne Jump School, toon came under fire from an enemy bunker Smith was sent to Fort Bragg, N.C., head- line to the front near the Cambodian border. quarters of the 82nd Airborne Division, 3rd Smith assaulted the hostile gun position, Brigade, Combat Team. There he was as- killing the enemy gun crew. More fighting signed to the 1/505 Parachute Infantry Regi- ensued, and as a result, his platoon was able ment, nicknamed “The Panthers.” to move forward and eliminate the enemy He arrived at Fort Bragg in November positions. For his actions there, Smith was 1968. A week later, he was off to Vietnam. awarded the Bronze Star. Some history: In January 1968, the 3rd “The war wasn’t like what I had learned Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division was in basic training,” he says. “The war in deployed to Vietnam, where the division Vietnam was the heat, the smell, the noise fought in engagements in the Mekong Delta and the screaming. No, I don’t have nightand the Iron Triangle, and on the Cambodian mares about who I shot. It’s what I lost that border. lingers.” After almost two years in the country, the What he lost, he said in an interview with paratroopers of the 3rd Brigade rotated back the Citizen on Monday, were most of the to Fort Bragg, N.C. In December 1969, it buddies from basic training. was the only brigade of the 82nd Airborne Among his memories: changing out of Division to participate in the Vietnam con- his military uniform in a San Francisco Airflict. port restroom as soon as he arrived home Smith was in Vietnam for 12 months and because people were making comments eight days, returning with his unit in De- and spitting on him. When he returned to cember 1969. During his last four and half his family, he realized that he no longer fit months in country, he got “volunteered” into in. becoming a helicopter door gunner, he says. Taking his saved pay, he bought a mo“My primary military occupational spe- torcycle, packed a duffle bag, went out to ciality (MOS) was a tactical communica- the highway and “turned left.” He spent By Jennifer Jackson
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Sonny Smith, who earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart during his year in Vietnam, normally doesn’t share his war experiences except with members of the American Legion Post.
M. Sonny Smith, a sergeant, E-5, was a radio mechanic/operator, helicopter door gunner and squad leader in Vietnam.
the next several years on the road, washing dishes when he ran out of money. The road trip lifestyle was his way of coping with the transition from sitting in a jungle being shot at, and 33 hours later, sitting around the dinner table with his family. “It was ‘move on and drink,’” he says. In 1978, his parents, both native Arkansans, moved to Eureka Springs when his father, Roy Smith, was hired by David Bird to be the chef of the new Inn of the Ozarks Conference Center. Locating Sonny through his sister, his father asked him to come down and work as a cook for him. Smith did, and though he still hits the road periodically, he has been a permanent Eureka resident since 1988. Most people in town remember him when he was drunk and homeless, he says. “I sobered up in 1995,” he said. “I’ve been sober for 18 years.” His drinking cost him his relationship with his daughter, who lives in Kansas; he hasn’t seen her or his grandson since his mother’s funeral in 1996. His father died in March 2005. Five years ago, Smith started riding his
motorcycle in the Veterans Day Parade, and he has done so every year since. He is a member of the American Legion Riders. He wears a U.S. Army ring and a Vietnam veteran cap. He gets a kick out of a bumper sticker that says: “I was a Vietnam Veteran before it was popular.” “Yes,” he said, “I did this, and yes, I’m proud of it.” Actually, what his war experience mostly has made him is humble. “I’m a Vietnam veteran with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, but I’m not a hero,” he said. “The real heroes are the 58,000 guys with their names etched upon a black granite wall in Washington, D.C. “So when someone calls me a hero, they had better call my buddies heroes. I didn’t do anything outstanding. I just did my part to fill that gap of time to help complete the whole picture. This country has done so much for me, having the Purple Heart is a reminder that I’ve paid my debt.” If you know a veteran, he adds, offer a smile and a simple thank you — it goes a long way. And remember that each one has a story.
December 26, 2013 – Lovely County Citizen – Page
The physics of getting kids excited
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Eureka Springs teacher’s gift of equipment grows program
“I went from eight kids in physics last year, to 15 opening week, then to 23. That’s 12 percent of the class. I am very excited!” said Eureka Springs High School physics and chemistry teacher Katy Turnbaugh. “My administration is shocked.” Excited, shocked and a little amazed. Why are so many kids gravitating to physics, a subject that has intimidated generations of students? “I have shop kids wanting to take physics,” Turnbaugh went on. She figures it’s because for a lot of students, being able to do things on a large, visible scale is exciting. These are hands-on kids who are not afraid to tackle the tough physics questions – not just theoretically on paper, but with some intensive equipment, all made possible by a donation through Turnbaugh’s connections at the University of Arkansas. Turnbaugh, who has a master’s degree from the UA and is a chemical engineer, also with pre-medical training, is a Robert Norton Noyce Fellow. Noyce, the co-creator of Intel, left a lot of money after he died to help fund practicing engineers to work in education, teaching the next generation. “Being a Noyce Fellow, I have a benefactor in the Physics Department at the UA,” Turnbaugh said. “She looks out for me.” Turnbaugh, upon hearing that the distance learning physics and chemistry classes weren’t going so well at Eureka, stepped in during the 2011-12 school year to teach them for free. The school district then hired her. “I spent $3,300 of my own money last year,” she said, “and I realized I can’t do it this year.” She called her benefactor and told her, ‘I’m going to have from eight to 15 kids.’ That’s when I thought I was only going to have 15 kids!” In September, the UA came through with $10,000 worth of equipment given directly to Turnbaugh to use in her physics and chemistry lab at the high school. That equipment includes some heady stuff: a projectile launcher that can launch objects both straight and at angles, a photo gate that hooks into a computer and allows students to measure velocity and acceleration, and force sensors. For chemistry, glass-
ware: 1,000 test tubes, clamps, beakers, bottle washers. “They’ve been extra generous and said if you need something, let us know,” Turnbaugh said. She said that what the students are learning with this equipment has applications for practical, everyday use. And what they’re doing ties in with what they’re learning in math class, such as quadratic formulas. The force sensors calculate forces, working with vectors, which students are studying vectors in math class. They work out the formulas and then use the equipment to test them, such as predicting the flight path of a rubber ball. “So we have live math in my class,” Turnbaugh said. “If it lands where they predicted, that’s a sense of accomplishment.” Turnbaugh, who bought her property on Rockhouse Road in Eureka Springs in 2004, moved here to care for a sick horse in 2005. Then she went to university. And when she graduated, she went to work for Conoco as a pipeline engineer and did that for a few years. Turnbaugh is more than aware of the bad rap the oil companies have, especially with their pipeline projects, and she said it might surprise people to know that she was “the environmentalists’ best friend.” “I reduced power on lines by 50 percent and increased throughput two to three times,” she said. “We’re always looking for ways to reduce impact on the environment.” Eventually, she retired from the petroleum industry. Although she hints at being a whistleblower in that industry, she doesn’t go into detail. Turnbaugh is an environmentalist at home, too. She says she’s “grid inter-tie.” She’s added wind power, her water is solar-heated, 65 to 75 percent of her home is solar heated, and she has a hydronic system in her floor and is planning to put in a woodfired boiler. She has 4,000 watts connected to the grid. She said she could have gone back into the field of engineering after leaving Conoco, but then she went to a graduation ceremony, and of 60 kids graduating, not one See Physics, page 17
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Eureka Springs High School teacher Katy Turnbaugh and her physics students show off some of the equipment she has been awarded by the University of Arkansas.
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December 26, 2013 – Lovely County Citizen – Page
Five-Minute films spawn new festival In June, the Eureka Springs Down- they kept the fee low –$25 to $60. Adtown Network held a Five-Minute Film mission is also reasonable – $25 buys Festival in Basin Park. The festival a three-day pass that covers all screendrew 14 entries and a large audience ings, panel discussions and award preof locals, who turned out to see them- sentations. Presentations include a talk selves and their neighbors by Bayou Bennet of Dolce on the screen. Films, Hollywood, on womThe event was such a en in film and her road to success, people came up to breaking into Hollywood Teresa DeVito, whose entry as an independent film protook best overall film, and ducer. Bennet is a former suggested expanding the resident and Clear Spring festival to include longer School student. Human films and a broader range Bob and Don Blair, pioInterest of topics than was approprineers in independent film Story ate for a general audience. distribution, will host a panDeVito took the idea of a el discussion on “The Rewinter film festival in January to the ality of Independent Film Distribution City Advertising and Promotion Com- in 2014.” The Blairs are president and mission, who approved, and suggested vice-president of VCI Entertainment. holding the festival in the Auditorium. “For filmmakers seeking a frank and The name changed to the Eureka open discussion about the best way Springs Indie Film Fest, but the spirit to approach the digital marketplace, remains faithful to it origin, as a place whether by working with a distribufor aspiring filmmakers of all ages to tor or going it alone, this is a not-tohave their films seen by the public. be-missed panel dealing with the next Special awards include the Young Film- frontier of indie film distribution,” Demakers Award and Innovative Women Vito said. in Film Award, with three finalists in Christopher Crane, Arkansas Film each category. Submitted films should Commission will present the “State of be inspiring and aim to entertain, De- the Film Industry in Arkansas,” detailVito said. ing what the commission is doing to So far, organizers have received 14 attract film productions, the incentives films, including feature-length entries, offered, and how to become part of the and more are on the way. A late dead- indie film scene in the Natural State. line of Jan. 9 has been added. Films Entries in the Indie Film Fest will be can be submitted in eight categories, judged by professional panel of including documentary, cause-related judges: actress/producer Jill Noonandocumentary, art film, drama and com- Slane and composer/producer Rod Slane; edy, either shorts (5 to 40 minutes) or news/television host Christopher Lewis feature-length (40 to 120 minutes. The and producer Linda Lewis; and Doug goal of the first festival, which takes Wynn, a film arts educator and creative place the last weekend in January, is director. The emphasis is on recognition, to have 20 entries, according to San- not cash awards, DeVito said. dy Martin of the Eureka Springs Arts The Eureka Springs Winter Film FesCouncil, who is helping DeVito orga- tival is Jan. 23, 24 and 25, 2014. Call nize it. Teresa DeVito, 479-363-8185 or go to To encourage people to enter a film, facebook.com/eurekaspringsfilm.
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Celebrating the end of DOMA
Photo by Jennifer Jackson
Eureka locals in Basin Park celebrate the announcement in June that the Supreme Court overthrew the Defense of Marriage Act – big news for many in town.
Zipline comes to Eureka
Photo by David Bell What does this do? Ozark Mountain Ziplines managers Will and Kendra Wall prepare to go for a ride on one of the facility’s ziplines. The fun begins this Monday.
Ozark Mountain Ziplines opened in for Nickell for two years. Nickell’s comMarch, offering visitors a new way to ex- pany has designed ziplines in Costa Rica, perience the local landscape: suspended Ecuador, the United States and Canada. from a cable 300 feet in the The couple moved to Eureka air. Springs in January, and hired “It is the biggest and loneight local people as guides, gest zipline in Arkansas, chosen for physical strength, hands down,” Will Wall said. personality and character Will and Kendra Wall are from about three dozen applithe managing partners of cants. Each guide received 40 Ozark Mountain Ziplines, hours of training, started with Human which was designed by Robert Interest “ground school” – instruction Nickell of Universal Zipline on harnessing, safety and proStory Technology. The Eureka cedure. Springs course is off West Van “They say the three most Buren on 30 wooded acres bisected by a important words when buying a house are gorge. Zip liners start off on an acclima- location, location, location,” Will said. tion course, five short cables that are not “Ours are safety, safety, safety.” far off the ground. Two cables connect the Another byword: natural. As few trees acclimation course to the high course. Ca- as possible were cut down to create the ble six takes the rider up to the first of four course, Wall said, and the area around cables that cross the canyon. Cable seven each platform landscaped using indigeis the longest and highest. Eight, nine and nous plants. ten also cross the canyon, for a total of 12 The zipline is closed for the winter but cables on the high course. Each cable has reopens March 1. For more information, a tensile strength of 23,000 pounds. go to.ziplineeurekasprings.com or email “You could zip your car on it,” Kendra ozarkmountainziplines@gmail.com. Wall said. Course takes approximately two hours, The Walls, who are from Winston-Sa- counting the short bus trip to and from the lem, N.C., previously worked on ziplines office at 208 W. Van Buren.
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Sphere sends artist’s career into orbit Robert Norman had carved a national to design and create a sphere, similar to the name for himself as a furniture designer for Eureka Springs’ one, to be a centerpiece of Bass Pro Shops, and the compatheir first-ever ultraviolet exny he founded, Roadside Rustravaganza, the Light the Night tics, won international acclaim party on the autumn equinox.” in the world of modern furniture That sphere met with such design. Working out his studio enthusiasm that the museum near Blue Spring, Norman also requested it remain on exhibit has developed a reputation for for a week instead of just one his paintings. But the launching night, Norman said. Followof the Community Sphere projing that request, Norman was ect last spring sent his career to asked to begin teaching classes new heights. in the adult outreach program A Creative Energy Project at Crystal Bridges. The first, Robert Norman that promotes community art “Wildlife on Wood,” will be projects, the Sphere is a sculpture that Nor- Feb.16. man designed and installed in the Basin Park The Community Sphere also brought fountain in conjunction with the May Festi- him attention from the media. KY3 News in val of the Arts. In the months leading up to Springfield filmed an interview with him that the festival, Norman held events at schools, was broadcast in April, and several newspanursing homes, bars and parks pers did articles. Sphere, as he where he invited people to deccame to call it, also increased his orate 2 to 3- feet long branches exposure with art collectors. At of wood, which he had culled a Drink and Draw night while from local woods, debarked it was still installed downtown, and sanded, and write a wish two tourists bought one of his or hope on them with metallic paintings on the spot simply beHuman markers. Norman then attached cause he was the Sphere artist, Interest Norman said. Several local clithe sticks – he aimed for more than 1,000– in a criss-cross latents also commissioned furniStory tice to a metal framework six ture and art as a result of seeing feet in diameter. When complethis work with Sphere. ed, the sphere was lifted into the fountain And in a town with more professional with a crane and lighted at night. artists per capita than anywhere else in the “The whole process put me in the public state, Norman and Jeremy Mason McGraw, eye in a greater way, which drew the atten- founder and director of theCreative Energy tion of Crystal Bridges Museum of Ameri- Project, were named Artists of the Year by can Art,” Norman said. “They invited me the Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce.
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materials is fundamental to his signature style. The Sphere also spun off the creation of smaller spheres, which were installed on the wall around Basin Park. The biggest surprise, Norman said, and the best thing that came out of the Sphere was Suzanne. “She came into the project as my girlfriend and now she’s my wife,” Norman said. “Projects like this test relationships and we passed the test. She has become my inspiration and my partner in art. My one true love.” For more information, go to www.RobertRNorman.com.
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A few Citizens we will miss Editor’s Note: Following are a few of the community leaders and well-known names who have left us – one way or the other – during 2013, people who we especially will miss going into 2014. God bless them all.
People We’ll Miss Manny Ortiz
Manny Ortiz, a Eureka Springs traffic control officer, passed away March 8 at the age of 80. He was a traffic control officer downtown for two decades, and much-loved in the city. Downtown merchants placed flower arrangements on parking meters in Manny’s honor, and a community celebration of his life was held at Caribe.
Father Shaun Wesley
In July, parishioners said goodbye to Fr. Shaun Wesley, priest at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Eureka and St. Anne’s in Berryville. Fr. Shaun started a new assignment as pastor of St. Joseph in Fayetteville in August. The priest was known for his cooking – he started madrigal dinners and the Eureka Gras Mardi Gras King Cake Ball at St. Elizabeth’s – and for his operatic singing voice.
Dave and Jane Baker
Dave and Jane Baker, who started the twice-yearly Eureka Springs antique shows, retired to Lawrence, Kan., in June. The Bakers moved to Eureka Springs in 1986 and started the fall antique show in 1988. They added a spring show in 1996. David Baker was a pillar of the Eureka Springs Rotary Club, raising thousands of dollars for youth organizations, the library, restoration of the East Mountain overlook and other local causes.
DonE Allen
A goodbye party was held in August for DonE Allen, Eureka’s landscape gardener extraordinaire. Allen decided to move on after working for the parks department for 10 years, during which time he transformed the gardens surrounding Eureka’s springs and at the entrance to the city, adding arbors, planters, perennials and evergreens. An artist by profession, Allen’s goal was to create year-round color and picturesque backdrops for weddings and photographs. He worked six days a week to keep the gardens in top condition.
Reba Pyatt
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Reba Pyatt, who worked at the Bank of Eureka Springs/ Cornerstone Bank for more than half a century, died Aug. 9 at the age of 84. Pyatt was hired as a teller in July 1957 and was a fixture at the bank until she retired in October 2008 for health reasons.
Thanksgiving dinner baskets or Polar Bear Plunge – and we do those every year – Larry would make it a point to get up here and give money every single time.”
them out. “As soon as the dogs arrived at the park, they had to go see Happy,” Pam Hardesty, who had camped and worked with Mr. Jones since 2004, recalled.
Larry Martin
Floyd E. “Happy” Jones
Bella the Cemetery Dog
Larry Martin, a Eureka Springs traffic control officer for 17 years, died Aug. 28 at the age of 74. “Larry was just a fun guy. He was funny and cantankerous,” Police Chief Earl Hyatt said. “A lot of times you had to know how to take what he was saying.” But apparently, he had a heart of gold. “Every time we would do anything that was a fund-raiser, like the Flint Street Food Bank or Angel Tree,
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Floyd E. “Happy” Jones, 81, of Eureka Springs passed away on Aug. 2. As his nickname suggests, he was an outgoing, friendly man, known well at Wanderlust RV Park, where he worked for the last 14 years. Mr. Jones’ friendliness extended beyond human beings. At the RV park, he was known to always have dog treats, and eager canines awaited his twice-daily stops to hand
Born in 2001, Bella the Cemetery Dog, well-known at Eureka Springs Cemetery, died in November. She oversaw the comings and goings at Eureka Springs’ historic cemetery daily, greeting visitors and sharing lunch with the groundskeeper. Her owner, Cheryl Malone, had this to say: “Thank you, ‘Puppy B2,’ for so many memories. Your big heart and companionship will be missed.”
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Benevolent bikers
Friends pull together to help disabled Eureka woman purchase a van A group of bikers about a dozen strong her friends and family call her, helps out sits at a long table at The Lumberyard. at the front desk as much as possible. She They’re having some adult beverages, jok- enjoys meeting and getting to know the ing among themselves, and waiting on a guests, she says. In her spare time, Bri loves to read, listen to music and go to the movspecial guest. Some of the bikers look like Regular Joes ies. Her favorite genre of literature? Fantasy wearing Harley-Davidson jackets; some are fiction novels. “I like books that make me rough-and-tumble, big and mean-looking, have to go Google it to see if something in with handkerchief atop their heads, long, it is real,” she says, grinning from ear to ear tousled hair or lengthy, somewith a spark in her eye. “Anne Rice’s vampire chronicles, ‘The times scraggly beards. A few Chronicles of Narnia,’ Dan women are in the group, also Brown books, Harry Potter. I sporting biker apparel but othlove those.” erwise made up to the nines. While nothing prevents Bri This is a special day, after all. from reading or listening to muSoon, a young woman named Human Brianna Johnson will arrive, sic at home – she and her father and even the hardest-looking Interest live at the 1876 Inn – a lot prebikers will be fighting back vents her from going to concerts Story big-hearted tears. to see her favorite bands, going Brianna, 23, is confined to a to the movies – or going anywheelchair, as she suffers from a progres- where, for that matter, without her father sive degenerative nerve disease called Frie- having to tag along. Because the Johnsons dreich’s Ataxia. The disease, which general- have not been able to afford to purchase ly becomes apparent between the ages of 5 a van for Bri, Chet must accompany his and 15, strikes about 1 in 50,000 people in pretty, outgoing daughter everywhere so he can lift her out of her wheelchair and the United States. Brianna’s disease, according to medical place her in their car – every single time she experts, eventually leaves its victims unable leaves the house. To say the least, this puts to use their lower extremities or speak clear- a staunch restriction on Bri’s activities and ly, requiring them to be wheelchair-bound lifestyle – she is an independent-minded, and have assistance in most, if not all, ac- popular young woman with lots of friends tivities of daily living. Eventually, after 20 and a serious boyfriend – and it places a years or more of living with the disease, heavy burden on Chet, who works all hours many sufferers begin having serious heart of the day and night running the 1876 and problems related to Friedreich’s, often ulti- is pretty much on call 24-7. Most of their outings involve Chet taking Bri to the docmately leading to heart failure. But neither Brianna nor her father, Chet, tor and to lunch; they are not able to get out dwell on those things. Instead, they focus much, she says. on living life to its fullest now – and by all A couple of months ago, Bri cracked a accounts, they seem to be determined to, joke with Chet’s friend and fellow biker simply put, be the best human beings they Kevin Ratkovich of Eureka Springs, who can be. Chet is known regionally as a great was discussing their favorite “rides” – moand generous friend to the biking commu- torcyle models: “I need a ride, too,” Bri said. The funny-sassy young woman has been nity, hosting events for them at the 1876 Inn where he is manager, offering biker dis- thinking more about her future, and her facounts, and being on call for his guests pret- ther’s. Having lost her mother two years ty much 24-7. His giving spirit’s reputation ago to a sudden heart attack, she is naturaldefinitely precedes him. ly concerned about her father’s health now, While her dad works all the time, Bri, as and the strain of lifting her multiple times
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Kevin Ratkovich, Bobby Akers, Dwayne Crouch, Toye Kallenbach, Justin Holland, Bob Raupers, Chet Johnson and Bri Johnson.
per day and every time she wants to go anywhere. “Losing my mom was the worst thing I’ve ever been through,” Bri recalls. “She was my best friend. She was always my champion, always fighting for me. She was the mom who would kick in the principal’s door and say ‘Not my baby!’ if she felt for instance that I was not being given equal opportunities. “My dad is all I have left. He is my best friend. And I worry a lot about him staying healthy.” Back at the Lumberyard, Bri settles in at the end of the table of her and her dad’s biker buddies. Among the dozen are Ratkovich’s good friend Bobby Akers of Barling, Louie Mettille of Eureka Springs, Toye Kallenbach, and Jeanie Redwine Shane, and running around taking care of the group and discussing details is Lumberyard owner Janeen McGuire. Kevin grabs a white teddy bear bearing a “Ride For Bri” label and sticks it and a flyer in front of Bri. She begins to read it, and her eyes grow wide as a smile slowly spreads across her face. The flyer bears a photo of a van – the one that Ratkovich, Akers and Mettille have just secretly helped purchase for Bri and Chet. It also shared the details of an April 13 fundraiser – an all day party with a “fun ride,” giant raffle with tons of prizes, and live rockand-roll by Jason Gordon – that the group of biker friends organized to help cover the
$4,400 cost of the van. (The wheelchair lift system was already being installed in the van, thanks to Bri’s Disability benefits.) A few minutes later, amid laughter and chatting, and after Ratkovich explains the fundraiser and tells Bri about the van she’s about to own, the young woman excuses herself from the group, quietly. “I cried, I won’t lie … when the van was first shown to me,” she says later. “I went off alone to do it though. I didn’t want to bring the atmosphere down.” Chet, for his part, has been “very moved” since learning of his friends’ efforts to help his daughter. “He tells me all the time we have some very good friends,” Bri says, clearly very grateful and excited about getting a van. “The biggest excitement honestly is my dad’s health – I am so relieved. And this opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for me. Like girls’ night for one, and going to the movies or to shops I’m not really comfortable dragging my dad to. Or going to see the Chippendales,” she adds, joking. Ratkovich noted that Bri’s positive attitude and Chet’s generosity and hard work made them the perfect candidates for the group of bikers’ good intentions. “These are such good people, so deserving of our help” he says. “We would all be very grateful for any support for this effort. I know this community and I believe people will step up and really show this girl how much she is loved and worthy of this.”
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State Champions! Eureka Cross Country boys take first place in state behind Andress’ leading run
HOT SPRINGS — Eureka Springs is Andress’ time was not as crisp as Parkstate champion for the 18th time in school man has seen the junior turn in during the history after winning the team title this fall regular season. But it was enough to earn a at the Class 2A Cross Country gold medal and wear it atop the State Meet at Oaklawn Park in podium. Hot Springs. “I thought he would be a litNathan Andress ran the 5K tle quicker, but he ran a fantastic course in 17:16.1 to take top time,” Parkman said. “He beat individual honors, while Jake everybody by about 20 seconds, McClung finished in third place so that’s pretty good. I couldn’t with a time of 17:49.4, Ryan be happier. It was worth missing Human Sanchez ninth and Matthew the opening day of deer season McClung 10th for the High- Interest for this.” Story landers – topping second-place Parkman hopes the team Caddo Hills by 22 points to doesn’t miss out on a return trip clinch the team title. to the top of the podium on the Andress took an early lead and never infield at Oaklawn Park next year. trailed, leading the field of 104 runners to the “I think we can do it next year,” he said. finish line 24 seconds ahead of Haas Hall’s “We have been winning all year long. I like Quinn Simkins. Andress, a junior, said the to think we were the favorites coming in. Highlanders were focused on being state Now we have to defend.” champions since the season began on Aug. The Lady Highlanders placed 10th over31. all to finish their injury-plagued season. “We have been waiting to call ourselves None of the girls finished in the top 10 inthat,” Andress said. “It has been 10 years dividually. since we won one. And we will have a comRunning in her only meet of the year, sepetitive team next year. So we will see what nior Eden Randolph was the team’s top finhappens.” isher with a time of 22:28.0. Robert Lefever finished 21st, Dalton “She had invasive surgery early this year Kesner finished 34th, Juan-Luis Palacios and was still not at 100 percent today,” Park41st, Angus Floyd 62nd and Reggie Sanchez man said. “We have battled injury all year. 71st for the Highlanders, who will lose Jake But we have everyone coming back except McClung and Ryan Sanchez to graduation Eden, who is graduating early.” in May. Nicole Morrison finished 34th at 24:08.8, “We are losing two of our great senior Corinna Green was 60th at 26:15.1, Heidi runners, so it’s bittersweet I guess,” Andress Kirk 70th at 24:21.4 and Sarah Andress 81st explained. “They aren’t just good runners at 28:44.4. Andress is a sophomore while but good friends.” Morrison, Green and Kirk are freshmen. The Highlanders won more than just a Parkman said he expects a better finish from state title this year. Eureka Springs won at the girls at next year’s meet. Shiloh Christian, Elkins, Holiday Island and In the meantime, Parkman is going to enBerryville before claiming the Bi-District joy having a banner in the gymnasium and a and Regional titles prior to the state meet. trophy in the case. First-year head coach David Parkman said “We get to put a banner and trophy in the he merely worked with the tools he was giv- school,” Parkman said. “This is the 18th en. cross country state championship Eureka “This feels good,” Parkman said. “But I Springs has had since 1986. But it has been couldn’t have done it without Hassell Bell, over a decade. This is such a great group of who was here before me. I just stepped in kids. I just tried to do as good with them as and took over.” Coach Bell.”
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Bottom row from left, Dalton Kesner, Ryan Sanchez, Angus Floyd, Mathew McClung and Jake McClung; back row, Nathan Andress, Coach David Parkman, Robert Lafever, Reggie Sanchez (holding trophy) and Juan-Luis Palacios.
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Robert J. Dole
Feb. 25, 1925 - Dec. 21, 2013
Bob Dole of Berryville passed peacefully from this life on Winter Solstice, December 21 in Fayetteville at age 88. Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Bob served his country as a radioman on a US Navy ship during World War II. Returning home safely Bob turned his sparkling wit and considerable talent into a long and successful career as an illustrator and card artist working for Meredith Publishing and for Hallmark Cards. Bob was celebrated for his wacky minimalist drawings and off centered humor. He moved to Eureka Springs in the late 1970’s and continued to work from his home near Blue Spring. Soon after arriving here he abandoned his vehicle and could often be seen walking to town along highway 62. A dedicated lover of nature he relished being outside and found joy in every season. In retirement he was successful in helping to establish Ninestone Land Trust, a 400 acre conservation land trust dedicated to preserving the diversity and natural beauty
of a piece of the Ozarks that he so dearly loved. Known affectionately as “The Real Bob Dole”, he spent his last years taking long walks or sitting comfortably on his front porch for hours and hours with a cat on his lap at “Land’s End”. To all who knew him he will be remembered as a warm, kind and gracious man. He leaves behind a brother John, in Arizona and a brother Bill, in Texas and many friends who will miss him.
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Photos by Chip Ford 10. Staffers from the 1886 Crescent Hotel and the Basin Park Hotel sport massive balloon “costumes” as they wade into the dense drum circle crowd at Basin Park, moments after the May ArtRagous Parade. 9. Mark “Sparky” Wetzel lounges in the bed of a Datsun truck during the annual Ozark Folk Festival Parade. The truck and the man as well were “yarnbombed” by local kitsch-crochet artist Gina Gallina.
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8. A fire-dancer works a flame sword across his hands and arms in a feat of fearlessness as the ArtRageous edition of Basin Park’s drum circle transitions into the night.
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7. June Hegedus poses in vintage attire before stepping out of Chelsea’s and into the streets to “work the crowd” prior to the annual Eureka Springs Bank Robbery Re-enactment. 6. Sorrow, played by Rylee Ford, consoles her mother Madame Butterfly during an early July performance at Opera in the Ozarks at Inspiration Point.
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5. A tufted titmouse swoops down from its perch to nab a snow-encrusted sunflower seed 4. Alexander Rosete, 3, catches the biggest bubble he has ever seen at Eurekapalooza, a during the heavy snowstorm in early December. Eureka Springs and the surrounding area late-September fundraiser for Clear Spring School held at Lake Leatherwood. This year’s received up to 10 inches – the most anywhere from Winter Storm Cleon, weather officials event was bigger than ever, with two stages of live music and a great turnout. said.
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3. A competitor meets the water hazard during the cycling section of the Xterra Triathlon on Lake Leatherwood in early June.
2. A swimmer cools off in Table Rock Lake as the sun sets just before the start of the annual Eagle Rock, Mo., fireworks display festivities.
1. “Oooohs” and “aaaaahs” were the order of the evening at the mid-point of the annual Eagle Rock, Mo., Fourth of July fireworks display.
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10. Taylor Little and Michaela Flanigan share a return during a match against Flippin here at home. The Lady Highlanders suffered a loss that day, but bounced back the following game. 9. Haley Comstock wipes away tears of joy as she stands alongside her mother, Carrie, during Volleyball Senior Night at Eureka Springs High School in October. 8. Embraces and high-running emotions were waiting at the end of the annual Nov. 11 Veterans Day Parade that marched from Carnagie Public Library to the Pied Piper Pub for the 21-Gun Salute. 7. In early June, the SWEPCO pole that holds up the complex web of electrical lines that span across the Main and Spring Street intersection snapped. The pole buckled under the weight of a downed tree just below Armstrong Street, pulling nearby lines down as it crashed to the ground.
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6. A massive oak lies covering much of Basin Park following severe thunderstorms in early May. It missed the Sphere installation and the doughboy statue by mere inches.
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5. After a truck breakdown, heavy June rains and complex logistics across many departments, SWEPCO linemen begin the touchy job of replacing the pole and snapped lines. 4. Sophomore Mathew McClung moves into the key to net 2 points, outmaneuvering sophomore Jacob Holloway during the Highlanders’ annual Red-White game in late September, kicking off their basketball season. 3. A wrecked driver sits with head in hands as authorities check out the damage after he crossed the center line on Highway 62 east of Eureka Springs and collided with three different vehicles, one of them head-on. Four people were taken to the hospital but none of the injuries were life-threatening, police said. State Police said he was charged with a number of offenses including a drug-related charge, and he was arrested and taken to Carroll County jail. 2. Still the King: Legendary blues man B.B. King spends some personal time with Eureka fans at The Aud recently. 1. The start of the Waiter’s Race, It was over in less than 30 seconds.
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Lights go back on at Great Passion Play When the year 2013 started, one of Eure- groups almost doubled. ka’s icons – the Christ of the Ozarks statue– “Many volunteers stepped up to get us off was dark, and the gates to the road that led to the ground this season,” said Keith Butler, a it locked. longtime board member. “Mr. Christy and On January 13, the white statue again stood I cannot express how thankful we are to all out against the night skyline, and the gates those who have sacrificed to make this season were open during the day, due a possibility.” to the efforts of Randall Christy, Volunteers also provided owner of the Gospel Station Netlandscape care through the work, and the hundreds of volunsummer, Kent Butler said, and teers who responded to the call to brought back the Christmas light save the Great Passion Play. display in December, repairing “We had over $300,000 worth the framed figures, replacing Human of volunteer labor through Ocbulbs and donating decorations Interest and labor. Called “Experience tober,” said Kent Butler, public Story relations and marketing directhe Light,” the display was open tor. “They worked as ticket takeight weekend nights leading up ers, bussed tables, passed out to Christmas, with a live nativiprograms, served as ushers, and were actors ty, music and refreshments in the Great Hall in the production and the Holy Land Tour. plus the drive-through of the grounds to see Some people came in RVs and stayed for the the lighted figures and buildings. season.” To help light Christ Volunteers stated arof the Ozarks all year, riving in January to help 70 people donated $10 “Many volunteers stepped get the grounds cleaned each, Butler said, dedup to get us off the ground up and the 550 feet icating the lighting of of stage ready for the this season. Mr. Christy and the statue for one night season. They included in memory or honor of I cannot express how adults and youth groups a loved one. The dedthankful we are to all t from churches throughications are posted on hose who have sacrificed to the Great Passion Play’s out the Midwest. “People simply facebook page. make this season a gave of their time, The Christ of the possibility.” their hearts, and their Ozark statue, which – Keith Butler hands early on,” said has overlooked EureDan Hester, director of ka Springs since 1967, volunteers. “Not to disis overdue for a paint count any of the work job due to constant exthat has happened after that, but it was truly posure to the elements. The statue was last like watching a miracle in the making.” painted in 2007. Due to its height, it’s not a The first miracle: responding to a radio job for volunteers, but requires professionals appeal, Christy’s listeners donated $75,000 in with equipment. To make a donation to the 10 days at the beginning of the year to save repainting project or make a dedication, go to the Passion Play property from foreclosure. GreatPassionPlay.org. To reduce expenses, the 2013 season, May Butler said reservations are already com3 through Oct. 26, was cut from 110 perfor- ing in for the 2014 season, 100,000 brochures mances to 80. Response was good: the play have been printed and the schedule set. Disdrew more than 50,000 people, Butler said, counted tickets ($15 for ages 17+, $5 for ages with average attendance per performance up 4 to 16) are available if purchased before Feb. 30 percent from the previous year. A five-year 1, 2014. Children under 4 free. Go to Greatsingle night attendance record was set during PassionPlay.org or call toll free 800-8822013, he said, and the number of charter bus PLAY (7529).
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Thousands of people from all over the country stood by the Great Passion Play early this year – either through donations or volunteering on-site – to help them get back on their feet financially so the season could open in early May. In March and April, hundreds of volunteers of all ages – including students on spring break – came to help clean up the grounds. Here, members of a 19-person youth group from Immanuel Baptist Church in Rogers rake the last of the leaves from the hillside above the Passion Play stage.
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was an engineer. “I thought, oh, my God. I felt called to do this.” The “this” was teaching. But it’s not just teaching; it’s looking to future curriculum in the sciences. To that end, Turnbaugh is involved with a consortium of Southern states that is deep in the “next generation of science standards, and it’s not the Common Core,” she said. It goes beyond that. “We’re writing our own curricula,” Turnbaugh said. “It’s one-third theory, one-third engineering and one-third traditional problem-solving. “I don’t know how average science teachers will teach this,” she continued. “It’s challenging me – and I’m an engineer!” She said they’re attempting to take it to a new level – a “good one.” “We’ll see where we go.” She said the curricula won’t be ready until the 2015-16 school year, but she’s
thinking now about how to implement it. This year, Turnbaugh is teaching physics, pre-AP (Advanced Placement) physics, AP chemistry, pre-AP chemistry and physical sciences. “Next year, we’ll add AP physics, and if we can get it worked out through the state, I will teach pre-engineering. It’ll be an elective. That was a condition of my teaching here. I have 10 kids asking!” She said that when it starts to look good for engineering, she’s going to talk to university engineering departments and ask what they need to have kids be ready to come. And when she says “ready,” she means kids who could go on to MIT or Georgia Tech. For Turnbaugh, students should be well-rounded and have art as well as science. And science should be tempered with ethics, she believes. “They should have ethics behind the technical substance,” she said, “so they can differentiate and make wise choices for the society and our planet. It’s a fine line, and a delicate balance.”
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Village View
Alison By Sandra TaylorSynar Brown
In the novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, the main character pops in and out of many decades at random. The Village Writing School’s holiday project with the residents of Peachtree Village and Green Acres retirement centers feels like that. On these two pages, you can be in a 1918 Kansas oil boom town and a 1931 Toledo department store, and you can visit the decade when aluminium Christmas trees changed color as a light wheel rotated. Time travel now . . .
The Winner Is…
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• Holiday Story #5 • Miriam Jaschke as told to Cris Senseman he slight, well-dressed woman sitting town. It was a long walk - she could see her across the table looked perplexed. breath and feel her nose reddening in the cold She couldn’t recall just one memora- December air. ble holiday - there had been too many wonTiedtke’s Department Store had been a fixderful and special times in her life to name ture in Toledo, Ohio since 1894. The Tiedtke only one. Contemplating Christmases past, brothers had moved their store into a grand she shuffled the deck of Christmas memories building on Summit Street, downtown, in as she thought, trying to deal a special mem- 1920. To a seven- year old, the building was ory card, just one, out of the deck of her 91 cavernous - as big as a city block - six stories Christmases. high with seven acres of merchandise. She looked up, smiling, her bright blue They sold everything there - groceries, eyes shining. clothing, accessories, toys - you name it, you “Tiedtke’s!” (pronounced Tit-skees). “My could get it at Tiedtke’s. It was a popular desdad and I walked all the way downtown to tination for middle-class families. It wasn’t Tiedtke’s one Saturday in December, a cou- the only department store in town, but it was ple of weeks before Christmas. It was 1931. the most fun. “I’ll meet you at Tiedtke’s,” I was seven.” was a catchphrase for young and old. She and her father were going to Tiedtke’s, An outing to Tiedtke’s was always special, just the two of them! Her eleven-year old even more so at Christmas time. The store brother, Robert, wasn’t interested in the trip, was decorated “all out.” People lined up which was good because he wasn’t invited. outside to shop and sightsee, waiting in the Miriam Brotje was born in Toledo in 1924 cold to enter the “shopper’s carnival.” The into a middle-class family. Her father, Robert first floor resembled a circus midway. Rows Brotje, and mother, Martha Marie Ernestine upon rows of stalls were filled with fresh, Wolfe Brotje, were first generation Ameri- reasonably priced meats, fruits, vegetables, cans born of German immigrants. The fam- and dairy products. There was a long soda ily lived on N. Erie Street, north of Cherry bar, a hot dog stand, popcorn stalls, a bakery Street, where most of the German families and the C-Way Cafeteria. How many stores lived. Their house on N. Erie Street was the had a buttermilk bar? Tiedtke’s did! nicest on the block, and her father was proud Every year, Tiedtke’s sponsored a Christof the work he had done to make it so. Ev- mas gift giveaway for children. Only kids erything was within walking distance of her could win the prized gift, and it seemed house – her school, the majestic St. James like every child in Toledo entered, fingers Church, and downtown. They didn’t need a crossed, as they slipped their entries into the car and didn’t have one. box. Tiedtke’s never announced what the In December, the mean temperature in prize would be, but every kid wanted to win Toledo is about 30 degrees, and 1931 was – it was the winning that counted. Plus Tiedtno exception. Miriam wore what most girls ke’s was a quality store, with a reputation for wore from November to April – long under- quality merchandise at fair prices. The prize wear, a dress (or skirt and blouse), a sweater, was always a good one. socks, sturdy shoes, a heavy coat, a scarf, a The special drawing was going to be held hat and mittens. that day. Miriam and her father set out for downMiriam stuck close to her father as they
entered the store, happy to be out of the cold. Tiedtke’s roasted, ground, brewed and sold its own “special blend” of coffee beans and the rich smell of freshly-brewed coffee greeted them. A pipe organ played Christmas music. Vendors barked their wares to passers-by. Fruit vendors juggled oranges and lemons. Housewives haggled with sales clerks about the price and freshness of foods. There were a thousand conversations going on at once – high school girls giggling, mothers coaxing their children to the clothing department. Miriam and her dad made their way to the soda bar. By tradition, she had a root beer (the best in town!) whenever she went to Tiedtke’s with her dad. That accomplished, they set out to enter (win!) the contest. Miriam’s dad wrote her name on a slip of paper and dropped it in the entry box. Nearby, they saw a wooden children’s desk and chair, with a slanted top that opened. There was room for crayons, pencils, paper, books in the desk, even space for a child’s myriad
treasures. It was a great prize for the 1931 drawing! The crowd of parents and children waited anxiously for the name of the winner to be announced. The air was thick with hopeful anticipation and excitement. The winner was …. Miriam Brotje! Miriam stood there for a moment, stunned, eyes wide. Whose name had they called? People were looking around, searching for the winner. She turned and hugged her father, and people congratulated her as they made their way to accept the prize. The crowd dispersed quickly, leaving Miriam and her father to enjoy the moment. Somehow the walk home didn’t seem as cold or as long as the walk downtown. Miriam ran into the house and told everyone she had won the Christmas prize. Her mother, grandmother, and brother congratulated her and marveled at her luck. Miriam smiled until she fell asleep that night. Her holiday was complete, and Christmas was still to come!
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Alison Taylor-Brown has an MFA in Fiction and a lifetime of teaching experience from preschool to university levels. She directs The Village Writing School, whose mission is to foster the development of area writers through workshops, writers’ circles, and coaching. Her column, Village View, appears weekly. To talk to Alison about your writing goals and dreams, contact her at alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479 292-3665.
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The Village Writing School Christmas Gold • Holiday Story #6 • Alice Lock as told to Alice French El Dorado, Kansas, is probably best known as the place where President Obama’s maternal grandfather grew up for a while. But to Alice Lock, it’s the place of her childhood memories, back in the times when neighbors were neighbors, when the land spewed oil and the dust-thickened wind never stopped blowing. h-ooh-ga! Ah-ooh-ga!” grew from 1000 people to 20,000, mostly oilMy dust rag froze on the bu- field workers and their families. Unpainted reau top, and I listened. shacks were thrown up all over, so they’d have “Ah-ooh-ga! Ah-ooh-ga!” The horn blared some place to live. The shacks were lined up again. in rows and not very pretty. Our dirt roads had “Mamma, Mamma! Daddy’s here. It’s a ruts as deep as me, and we had great big pipes gusher! It’s a gusher! Mamma, come on!” running everywhere. We couldn’t help but be When the oil came in outside of our town of covered in black oil sometimes, on our shoes Eldorado, Kansas, Daddy came to get Mamma and hands, and then we’d get smudges on our and me and all the neighbor kids he could fit faces. It was a mess, but we didn’t mind. Someinside his brand spanking new Model T Ford. thing important was happening in our town. We Mamma grabbed blankets to wrap us up and were all happy, all the time. Oil was gushing, some loaves of bread from the cupboard and and money was flowing. It was grand. off we went. Mamma turned all our extra rooms into Everyone went out to the field to watch the bedrooms for the oil workers. Our house was gusher shooting straight up in the air for as far as crowded as could be. I had to sleep on a cot as I could see. We lined up on the road with the in Mamma and Daddy’s room. Cooking for horse-and-buggies and horseback riders and all those men kept me and Mamma busy, but I people on foot. Townspeople always rushed out didn’t mind. When they came home, they joked to see the gushers, standing around, gossiping around with me and played games and such. and arguing and telling tall tales. Sometimes, Back then, I started wearing boys’ overalls inwe’d stay all day. stead of the dresses that Mamma made me. In warm weather, there’d be big outdoor When we finally got home from watching parties all over town. Whole neighborhoods the gusher, Daddy carried me up to bed. gathered to celebrate. Everyone brought food. I heard him tell Mamma how glad he was for Potato salad, roast beef, bread, pickles, canned today’s crude. He told Mamma she could go to goods, and lots and lots of pies. There might the piece goods store next week and get whathave been some whiskey, too. I know there was ever she wanted. lots of music and dancing and games. To Daddy, the fresh oil meant Black Gold These were the boom years when our town and a prosperous, happy Christmas for me.
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• Holiday Story #7 • Claude and Vera Harris as told to Pamela Rathbone am not sure where the expression, up the car with “Christmas in July” came from, but I their children, Linda, Phyllis, and Steam thinking just maybe this is it. . . phen, and headed out for the local KanFor Claude and Vera Harris, Christmas sas City T.G.&Y. store. was something definitely on their minds T.G.&Y. was what at the time was on a hot July day in the mid-1960’s. called a “dime store,” and was much Planning ahead and budgeting were the like today’s Dollar General. The chilkeys to a happy Christmas, so one Satur- dren perused the toy aisles up and down, day afternoon, Claude and Vera loaded and down and up again, while Vera was
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This Week’s Writers: Alice French Cris Senseman Pammie Rathbone making mental notes of what each child was especially drawn to. Sometime later, Vera returned to the store alone and placed the items into a program called “Will Call,” which was a delight for many parents on a limited budget. For a small down payment, Vera was given a green ledger card, the chosen items were safely stored, and monthly payments were set up. Every month, Claude and Vera toiled away at their jobs, he at the Guarantee Title Company, and she at the local elementary school office, scrimping and saving to scrape together the monthly installment on the precious gifts for their children. Month after month went by, until December arrived and the green ledger card was stamped “Paid in Full”. The gifts were picked up and hidden away in the Harris home, just waiting for that most wonderful day of the year. With the first of December, things were gearing up for Christmas. The children started the countdown on the Advent Calendar, and excitement grew with each passing day. Everyone participated in decorating their home, starting with putting up the brand new aluminum Christmas tree that was all the fashion in the 60’s. The children loved to lie under those shiny gleaming branches, as the color wheel reflected a mesmerizing kaleidoscope of ever changing magical colors, blue, green, yellow and red. The mantle above the cheery crackling hearth was decked out, as each child carefully hung his socks, in anticipation of the fruit, nuts and candy to come. When Christmas Eve arrived, milk and cookies were set out for Santa, after endless discussions on whether Santa liked oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip best. Wait-
ing atypically impatiently for bedtime to come, they count the presents, which had already been counted and shaken dozens of times. After being tucked in, and lights turned off, whispers and giggles could be heard, then quiet, as they listened for the sound of reindeer hoofs alighting on the roof, and the accompanying sleigh bells that would herald the arrival of Santa. Eventually, the last little eyelid closed for the night, and Claude and Vera began the arduous, “elf assembly line,” putting together toys, one after another, after another, finally collapsing in an exhausted heap in the wee hours of the morning, only to be awakened in a couple of hours to the cheers of “Merry Christmas!” Weary and bleary eyed, they joined the children in the living room. How it was worth all those trips to the T.G.&Y, to see the expressions on the faces of their beloved children, Linda proudly perched on her brand new bicycle, Phyllis riding around the tree on her red tricycle, and Stephen, speechless with wonder, at his magnificent green pedal car. More gifts followed with wrapping paper flying through the air. Once all the gifts had been exchanged, opened and admired, the family all got dressed and attended the Lutheran Church Christmas service and then returned home for a fabulous feast! The rest of the afternoon was busy with the children playing with their new toys and eating treats from their stockings. Christmas night found the Harris family retiring with dreamy smiles, thankful for the love, happiness and joyful memories they will treasure for years to come. Thank goodness for T.G. &Y, “Will Call,” and Christmas in July!
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Lively Entertainment By Kristal Kuykendall
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More options for New Year’s Eve
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e don’t know about you, but we are really looking forward to New Year’s Eve and a new year that will hopefully bring better luck for all of us. It’s been a crazy, challenging year! Here’s to ringing in 2014 with your family and friends. More announcements have been made since last week’s report on New Year’s Eve options in the region, so here are some more recommendations to consider. (To review the first installment, visit www. LovelyCitizen.com.) FAMILY CELEBRATION Pine Mountain Theater For the third consecutive year, Pine Mountain Theater in Eureka Springs will present “A Family New Years Eve Celebration” for those who wish to bring in the New Year in a family environment. The show begins at 8 p.m. and will present music and comedy entertainment up to
midnight. Mike and Dale Bishop and all of the regular Pine Mountain entertainers will be performing a wide variety of music including country hits, rhythm and blues classics, nostalgic and classic rock n roll, and gospel music. In addition to the Pine Mountain Show, special guest performers include “Unashamed Gospel Bluegrass,” a popular regional group that performs southern and traditional Gospel music in acoustic bluegrass fashion; and Arkansas native Carl Acuff Jr., a variety entertainer that has toured extensively throughout the United States. In addition to four hours of great music and fun traditional black eyed peas and cornbread will be served, and as always the theater features free popcorn. Tickets are $15 for adults, children under 12 are admitted free. The box office will open at noon Tuesday, Dec. 31. For
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tival, Yonder Mountain String Band Harvest Fest, also held at Mulberry Mountain Ranch near Ozark. Also performing that evening will be Springfield’s own favorites, Honky Suckle. Honky Suckle, based in Springfield, is comprised of four talented musicians in upright bassist and vocalist Dave Smith; Kyle Young on harmonica and vocals; drummer and vocalist Adam Howell; and Eric Howell on the resonator, guitar, banjo and vocals. Yes, that’s four vocalists. And we’ve heard this group at Chelsea’s and at Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Music Festival; they do not disappoint. Blending rock and punk influences with roots music’s raw power, they offer a level of heartfelt intensity seldom heard, particularly in a “bar band.” The NYE party at Outland Ballroom begins at 9 p.m., admission is $10 (we’d advise buying your tickets in advance if you can, call 417-869-7625) — and it’s open to All Ages. Outland Ballroom is located at 324 South Ave., Springfield.
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December 26, 2013 – Lovely County Citizen – Page Andy Frasco brings his explosive energy to George’s in Fayetteville on NYE.
ANDY FRASCO George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville Andy Frasco, the 25-year-old Los Angeles native singer/songwriter/band maestro/entrepreneur/party starter/everyday hustler, and his band of gypsies “The U.N.” have been dubbed “Party Blues with a touch of Barefoot Boogie.” Frasco’s shows can be described as infectious, entertaining, and feel good. His performances are recognized as orchestrated chaos, inciting frenzied, undeniable good times, dancing, and perhaps even a good old-fashioned “freak out.” Touring independently across the U.S. and Europe since he was 18 years old, Frasco first got his taste of the music industry managing and promoting bands when he was 16 years old — booking bands like Hello Goodbye, and working with labels such as Drive Thru and Atlantic Records, as well as venues like The Key Club in Hollywood, Calif. Since his start, Frasco has embraced a DIY attitude and work ethic, making the road his home; averaging 200+ dates a year over the past five years, trekking over 200,000 thousand miles spanning the country dozens of times over, blowing minds and building a loyal following everywhere he goes. In 2011, Frasco was named the “New Artist to Watch” at Hatch Fest European Independent Film Festival, Orion Music
Festival and Sundance Film Festival. He has shared the stage and jammed with artists such as Leon Russell, Galactic, Jackie Greene, Gary Clark Jr, Jakob Dylan, Butch Walker, The Flobots, Deer Tick, John Mayer, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Fishbone, Luke Nelson, Corey Smith, and more. This year, Frasco has rocked the stages of some of the finest clubs and festivals in the U.S. and Europe including Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Festival, String Cheese Incident’s Festival at Horning’s Hideout, Hatch Festival, Seattle’s Fremont Fair, and Sundance Film Festival to name a few. Word is spreading about Andy Frasco & the U.N.’s explosive and incomparable live show. We can honestly say that Frasco’s opening show at this fall’s Yonder Harvest Festival was the best live performance we have seen at any festival on Mulberry Mountain for at least the last two years. Unbelievable. If you’re not convinced, check out this video of that show: http:// youtu.be/CJh5cyfXy10. Sitting in with Frasco on NYE will be a number of renowned Northwest Arkansas musicians, including guitar virtuoso Isayah Warford of Isayah’s Allstars, trumpet phenom Jeff Gray of Eureka Springs, and more. Also performing as a supporting act on New Year’s Eve will be Fayetteville-based group Don’t Stop Please, which includes Berryville native Anna
Horton of Handmade Moments. Tickets to Frasco’s NYE extravaganza are $12 in advance, available online through www.GeorgesMajesticLounge. com, or call 479-442-4226. This show will almost certainly sell out, so make your plans now if you want to go. George’s is located at 519 W. Dickson St. just off the UA campus. ••• Following is the full schedule of entertainment at Eureka Springs venues over the coming week, including New Year’s Eve: THURSDAY, DEC. 26 • Blarney Stone, 85 S. Main St., 479-3636633: Open Mic, 8 p.m. to midnight • Squid & Whale, 37 Spring St., 479-2537147: Open Mic & Pie night, 8 p.m. FRIDAY, DEC. 27 • Blarney Stone: Karaoke, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Cathouse / Pied Piper, 82 Armstrong St., 479-363-9976: Josh Jennings Band, 8 p.m. • Chaser’s, 169 E. Van Buren, 479-2535522: Live Music, 9 p.m. • Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479-2536723: Chucky Waggs and Company, 9 p.m. • Eureka Live!, 35 N. Main St., 479-2537020: DJ & Dancing, 9 p.m. to close • Eureka Paradise, 75 S. Main St., 479363-6574: DJ & Dance music, 8 p.m. • Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Juke Box, 9 p.m. • Jack’s Place, 37 Spring St., 479-2532219: Karaoke with DJ Goose & Maverick, 8 p.m. to midnight • New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main St., 479253-2525: Richard Burnett, 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Den, 45 Spring St., 479363-6444: Terri & Brett, 8 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 417 W. Van Buren, 479-253-8544: Live Music, 7 p.m. • Squid & Whale: Live Music, 9 p.m. • Voulez-Vous Lounge, 63 Spring St., 479363-6595: Lola Van Ella Burlesque, 8:30 p.m. ($20 ticket) SATURDAY, DEC. 28 • Blarney Stone: Down Day, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Cathouse / Pied Piper: Josh Jennings Band, 9 p.m. • Chaser’s: Live Music, 9 p.m. • Chelsea’s: Foley’s Van, 9 p.m. • Eureka Live!: DJ & Dancing 9 p.m. to
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close • Eureka Paradise: DJ & Dance music, 8 p.m. • Henri’s Just One More: Juke Box, 9 p.m. • Jack’s Place: Karaoke with DJ Goose & Maverick, 8 p.m. to midnight • Legends Saloon (Lumberyard), 105 E. Van Buren, 479-253-2500: The George Brothers, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • New Delhi Cafe: Pete & Dave, 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Den: Terri & Brett, 8 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Matt Reeves Band, 7:00 p.m. • Squid & Whale: Live Music, 9 p.m. • Voulez-Vous Lounge: Lola Van Ella Burlesque, 8:30 p.m. ($20 ticket) SUNDAY, DEC. 29 • Blarney Stone: Pro Football Game Day • Chaser’s: Pro Football Game Day • Chelsea’s: Ratliff Dean, 7 p.m. • Eureka Paradise: Local night • Jack’s Place: Pro Football with Dylan • Rowdy Beaver Den: Open Mic with Jesse Dean, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. • Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Pro Football Game Day with free pool • Squid & Whale: Pro Football Game Day MONDAY, DEC. 30 • Blarney Stone: Pro Football night • Chaser’s: Pro Football night and pool tournament • Chelsea’s: Springbilly, 9 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 31 • Blarney Stone: Champagne Toast, featuring Brick Fields, 9 p.m. • Cathouse / Pied Piper: Live Music/ Champagne Toast/Cathouse Girls • Chaser’s: Game Challenge night • Chelsea’s: Fossils of Ancient Robots, 9 p.m. • Jack’s Place: Live Music, 9 p.m. • Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): Champagne and Breakfast, featuring Dirt Road Dogs, 9 p.m. • New Delhi Cafe: Foley’s Van, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Rowdy Beaver Den: Rock in the New Year, featuring Third Degree, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. • Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Rock in the New Year, featuring Ride Shy, 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. • Voulez-Vous Lounge: Champagne Toast, featuring The Big Dam Horns, 9 p.m. ($15 ticket)
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Calendar of Events Q&A for HI residents
tion, call Paul Kiessling at 479-253-2584.
Jan. 11: Elks Hoop Shoot
The Eureka Springs Bereavement Support Group will meet on Friday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Flora Roja Community Acupuncture Clinic, 119 Wall St. The group is for bereaved parents, and it uses image-making in an art therapy approach to grieving. Workshops are facilitated by Linda Maiella and board-certified art therapist Budhi Whitebear. For more information call 479-253-1229 or 479-790-0400. A donation of $10 to $35 is suggested.
Attorney Timothy Hutchinson, who represented David Bischoff in Bischoff v. HISID, will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Clubhouse to answer questions about the lawsuit settlement. The public is invited. The annual Elks Hoop Shoot will be held at noon on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Eureka Springs Middle School gymnasium. The Hoop Shoot is a free-throw shooting contest for boys and girls in the following age groups: 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13. The schools participating will be Berryville, Cassville, Eureka Springs, Green Forest and Huntsville. The winners from each school will compete in Eureka Springs to determine a winner in each age division. Trophies will be awarded to each 1st- and 2nd-place shooter. The winners will advance to the state Hoop Shoot to be held on Feb. 1 in Hot Springs. For more informa-
Jan. 17: Bereavement Support Group
Jan. 23-25: Calling filmmakers for Winter Film Festival
The 2014 Eureka Springs Winter Film Festival is seeking submissions of independent films. The festival is scheduled for Jan. 23-25, in the historic City Auditorium located at 36 S. Main Street. The ESWFF aspires to promote and encourage independent filmmakers of all ages and celebrates
Transition PAUL WILLSON, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was born December 26, 1931 in Morristown, New Jersey, youngest son of Albert Newton and Virginia (Beggs) Willson. He departed this life Saturday, December 21, 2013 in his home with family by his side in Eureka Springs, at the age of 81 years. Paul graduated from Siloam Springs High School in 1950. He was an All American football player and attended the University of Arkansas on a full athletic scholarship. He also proudly served in the U.S. Army. Paul worked for Phillips Petroleum Company as a transportation analyst, retiring in 1985. He then managed the Country Mountain Inn of Eureka Springs until 1993. He was a devoted, loving husband and father. A kind,
the art of filmmaking in the community and beyond. Film categories are drama, comedy, documentary, art film and animation. The length of film can be from five to 30 minutes. Deadline for submissions is Dec. 31. The entry fee is $25, and the film format is digital. For more information, please visit our website, eurekaspringswinterfilmfest.com, or call Teresa DeVito at 479-363-8185.
Feb. 21-23: First Responder Conference
Eureka Springs Fire and EMS is proud to once again host the annual Midwest First Responder Conference. This conference is a special three-day event designed for those who serve in any fire and EMS response capacity. The event starts on Friday, Feb. 21 at the Eureka Springs Conference Center at 207 W. Van Buren. Don’t forget to ask about the Midwest First Responder Conference to get the conference rate at the conference hotel,
the Best Western In of the Ozarks. Conference registration fee is $25 and T-shirts are $10. Anyone can print the registration form and mail it the Eureka Springs Fire Department. Please keep in mind that the cost increases to $35 after Feb. 15. The cost of the shirt is $15 on conference day.
March 15: Honorary Survivor Walk
David Stidham, also known as Mile Walker, is planning a “walk” dedicated to cancer survivors beginning at 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, with an alternate date of March 22. The walk will begin at Grandview Baptist Church on to Highway 62 toward Eureka Springs, with a return walk back to the church. David is seeking supporters for his walk. If you would like to sponsor David financially, you can contact him at 870-423-4548 or 870-480-2496. All funds collected go to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.
Paul Wilson
December 26, 1931 – December 21, 2013 generous and humble man of few words but great wisdom. Paul appreciated each day of his life and the beauty of nature in everything around him. He enjoyed spending time with his wife Patricia, his family and friends, playing golf, watching football, and throwing golf balls for his beloved dog Parker to retrieve. Paul never met a stranger and he brought joy to all who had the honor of knowing him. Paul is survived by his beloved wife of 54 years, Patricia Ruth Willson; his children: James and Kimberly Willson of Lawton, OK, Robert & Sherie Willson of GA, Gary Wayne & Charla Willson of Eureka Springs, Teresa & Brian Bennett of Fort Lauderdale, FL and Ron & Krista Willson of Nashville, TN. Paul is also survived by his brother, John and Betty Will-
son of Neosho; sister, Barbara Willson of Eureka Springs; son-in-law, Dywane Fugett; ten grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and many nieces and nephews who loved him dearly. Paul was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Virginia Willson; his brothers, Don & Fred Willson; and his beloved daughter, Linda Carlyle Fugett. A Memorial Celebration of Paul’s life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, December 27, 2013 at the Holiday Island Baptist Church with Pastor Steve Ward officiating. Cremation is under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to “Campers on a Mission”, c/o Holiday Island Baptist Church, P.O. Box 3129, Holiday Island, AR 72631 or to the Good Shepherd Humane Society, 6486 Highway 62 East, Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com. © Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. 2013
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The Natural Way Time to juice up with Vitamin D
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inter is in full force and is early this year. No one Jim Fain knows if the situation is peaking or will last through the traditional February and perhaps March or April. For sure, right now is the time to begin adjusting your supplements and herbals. It’s time to ramp up the amount of vitamin D if you haven’t already. I personally take 2,000 iu/day but you can do much more especially if you’re prone to colds/ flu or light complected. This is good to do to keep respiratory diseases at bay. Otherwise, this is what you can do. Did you know tropical red Hibiscus (Hibiscus sabdariffa) tea though traditionally used to ease indigestion also relieves colds and flu? Hibiscus is also a natural source of Vitamin C. This can be added to my favorites for both ailments, Elder tea straight (colds) or blended with Peppermint (flu) and is very effective at stopping or preventing them. Cheap, too! I like brewing the tea in large amounts, as drinking more is the way to go. How I brew leaves, flowers and herbs: (Rooibos, Green, Chamomile, Lavender, Hibiscus, Elder, Peppermint etc.) is as an infusion - Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. of the tea. Steep 10-12 minutes. Strain - or use a very clean or dedicated Mr. Coffee type makerplace 1 oz or more of herb in the basket to 1 full carafe of water - try a second batch with the same herb. Be sure to use a strong immune booster like mushroom extracts. I’d go high value if the going gets rough. I’d then take large amounts of Monolaurin and maybe combine it with grapefruit seed extract capsules. I’d also drink large amounts of Elder tea (mixed with peppermint if I got a fever) every day. I’d stay away from crowds; wash my hands a great deal, keep tissue paper around to catch sneezes and use herbal disinfectant like Mrs. Meyers soap on door handles, keyboards and telephones. Soap and water is one of the best germ killers/ disinfectant. Aromatic herbs or essential oils can ease stuffy noses and chest congestion. Certain homeopathics can be very helpful with oscillococcinum coming to mind. A good night’s sleep, healthy diet, extra vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate) and a good multiple vitamin goes a long way. In some cases a visit to the ER or to your MD is in order... use everything to your best advantage. For me and my family, this time of the year is especially about love, here is wishing all of it in abundance to you and yours.
Wisecrack Zodiac Aries: As the year comes to a close, your best bet for a good 2014 is to buy looser shorts and less duct tape. You’ll see why by Valentine’s Day. Taurus: That after-Christmas glow lasts for a few more days. It could be that loving family spirit, but most likely it’s due to your Grandpa’s secret recipe egg nog made out in the shed. Gemini: If your kids can’t get enough of the Hunger Games, drop them off at the store with your returns and wish them luck. May the odds be ever in their favor. Cancer: Don’t worry if you have no one to kiss on New Year’s Eve. The neighbor’s goat doesn’t mind the lipstick, and it looks rather stunning in sequins. Watch out for beard burn, though. Leo: In every year a little rain must fall, but you’re really starting to prune up. Take heart, because those water wings can come off in the new year. Virgo: It’s a time of reflection, so feel free to take a long, hard look at your life. Just don’t do it if you’re near tequila or Facebook, because no one wants to see your sad, drunken posts competing with their own. Libra: Resolutions, like fortune cookies, are made to be broken. Feel free to tackle world peace and those last, pesky ten pounds, but don’t sweat it if you end up in stretch pants and hiding from the world in a blanket fort by March. Scorpio: The problem with the road not taken? Terrible wi-fi. You’ll find enough adventure this year without forging a new path through the unknown, and you’ll do it from the comfort of Starbucks. Sagittarius: Relax if Santa didn’t give you what you wanted; sanity and self-esteem are very hard to stuff in a stocking. But he did give you pictures of Tom Hid-
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dleston on the Internet, and that’s almost as good. Capricorn: When you feel that life is crumbling around you, grab a trowel and some spackle. Life in the new year may be patchworked, but it’s your unique creation. Even if you did slap it together on a Saturday afternoon. Aquarius: Love is all around you. Better get a surgical mask in case it’s catching. Find a mask with Hello Kitty printed on
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it, and it will do double duty in keeping the love bug away. Pisces: It’s fine if the scales fall from your eyes, just don’t step on them and see where two months of Christmas cookies ended up. For the sake of your butt and your world view, keep those rose-colored glasses on through 2014. Answers on page 25
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Donations flow into Turpentine Creek
Donors included Ellen DeGeneres and When 2013 opened, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge was in the middle of the Portia de Rossi, who sent a check for biggest rescue effort in its history: trans- $5,000 to help relocate the Riverglen tiferring 30 aging tigers and four cougars gers. The donation was matched by the from Riverglen Tiger ShelInternational Fund for Animal ter near Fort Smith to TurWelfare, which pledged up to $40,000 in matching funds for pentine Creek. Moving that many large animals, two at habitat construction and veterinary expenses. After Tanya a time, was time-consuming Smith, head of TCWR, made and exhausting. The refuge the announcement about the also organized an appeal for IFAW match, Kelly Breslau donations to buy materials Human and build 20 new habitats. and Leslie Meeker, owners of Interest Voulez-Vous Lounge and The The response, according Story Fine Art of Romance lingerie to curator Emily McCorshop in Eureka Springs, domack’s report in the December newsletter, was phenomnated $5,000 to Turpentine Creek. A local donation of $20,000 put enal. “Over 900 people stepped forward to the effort over the top. In one year, TCWR staff cleared and donate, allowing TCWR to made strides in development,” McCormack said. “It enclosed a 4-acre field with a perimeter marks the most accomplished year we fence, then built 20 enclosures inside to house most of the new arrivals at a cost have witnessed.” of $238,000. Many of the animals also had serious health problems that had to HELP WANTED be attended to. For their contribution, members of the Eureka Springs Partners The Lovely County Citizen is in Wellness donated free chair massages growing and we are looking for to staff who had participated in the Rivthe“Right” Person erglen rescue, including Rebekah Clark Review our questions below; if your and Alexa Pittenger. answers match ours ... let’s talk With more big cats to care for, TurpenYES no tine Creek increased its intern program I have high energy and feel my best when profrom 12 to 18 people, which required ductively crossing things off my “to do” list. adding four mobile homes for on-site I consider myself a planner and I take pride housing. Turpentine Creek now has the in my ability to multi-task, prioritize and work smart. largest number of tigers of any refuge in the United States, vice-president Scott I like to work with people. I am creative. Smith said, and is the second-largest tiI keep my commitments by going the extra mile. I can’t help but think of different ways to solve problems and make processes more efficient. I prefer to work independently and I push myself to achieve pretty lofty goals. I want to work in a laid-back, relaxing environment with typical 9 to 5 hours.
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Kelly Breslau and Leslie Meeker, owners of Voulez-Vous Lounge and The Fine Art of Romance, present Tanay Smith, right, with a check for $5,000.
ger refuge in terms of acreage. Once the Riverglen cats were settled, TCWR staff concentrated on completing plans for a new habitat for Bam Bam, a grizzly bear who had been raised in captivity. Bam Bam had lived at the refuge for six years in a zoo-like double enclosure in the original compound. In November, he moved into his own building with access to a large backyard with an in-ground swimming pool, waterfall, climbing tower and slide. Next on the list to get new digs is Willy the Lion. Turpentine Creek is also working on a design for an onsite veterinary clinic on Rescue Ridge, where the new enclosures were built, to serve the refuge’s aging tiger population. The refuge also hopes to develop a 13.6 acre-site on the property with the goal of getting all the animals out the original compound and into habitats where they will have space to roam. “We also need to be ready for the laws that are changing in many states, which will increase the number of exotic cats and bears presumably being homeless in
the next year,” McCormack said. A big boost: Tigers in America (tigersinamerica.org) is offering a 50 percent match on donations to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge to build habitats. To donate, contact Tanya Smith (tanya@ turpentinecreek.org). To get the match, donations must be made through Tigers in America in care of Turpentine Creek, Smith said. Due to support in 2013 that exceeded expectations, Turpentine Creek changed lives forever, McCormack said. “What was witnessed this past year was beyond remarkable!” McCormack said. “Let’s do it again. If we build it, they can run!” Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Christmas. Admission fees help allay the cost of animal care, and $15, $10 for seniors, veterans and children 3 to 12, with discounts for groups. The refuge is located seven miles south of Eureka Springs on Highway 23. (www.turpentinecreek. org).
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1:46 p.m. - Officer responded and took a report for accident with telephone pole on Wall Street. Can you hear me now? Dec. 18 10:44 a.m. - Complainant came to the department to file a harassing communications claim. Officer responded, spoke to subject in question and advised her to stop all contact with him. 11:10 a.m. - Caller requested a welfare check on child nearVan Buren Street. Officer responded and child was fine. 11:40 a.m. - Complainant reported Christmas ornaments stolen from their house. There is no officer response or address listed, so we at the Citizen presume this happened at no place and no action was taken by police. Halloween is a better holiday anyway. 2:00 p.m. - Caller from Van Buren Street caught two shoplifters and let them go, then called the police to ID the subjects in her videos. If only there was a more simple way to identify those kids. 8:45 p.m. -ADT security reported alarm at Treasures of the Pacific. Officer responded, but it was a false alarm. Dec. 19 4:48 p.m. - Tom at the Fire Department advised police that a lady reported the front DoorstoSparky’swasopen.Officerresponded and checked building the doors were shut. Tom then replied, “made you look.” 8:13 p.m. - Officer responded to reports of multiple cars illegally parked on Armstrong Street and issued citations. Dec. 20 8:22 a.m. - Officers were dispatched to a mobile home park for domestic disturbance.
The boyfriend was gone upon officer arrival, the girlfriend did not want to file any charges and the crime was reported by a third party. Why does this sound so familiar? 11:10 a.m. - Caller reported stray dog bothering people in the cemetery.Animal control responded and returned dog to owner with a warning. 12:14 p.m. - Caller requested officer take report on an employee stealing alcohol. Upon officer arrival complainant declined charges and requested subject not return to the property. It is so much easier to just fire them, than try and help. 3:21 p.m. - Complainant came in to report stolen package from FedEx; officer took report. 4:49 p.m. - Caller reported vehicle blocking road way onWall Street. Officer responded, but vehicle was gone upon arrival. 5:52 p.m. - Officer responded to and took report of accident on Rockhouse Road. Dec. 21 4:40 p.m. - The sheriff’s office reported and accident on Spring Street. Officer responded and no report was necessary. 8:33 p.m. - Officers were issued a “be on the lookout” for a maroon van after receiving reports of erratic driving. Dec. 22 12:38 a.m. - Caller from local tavern was reported two fighting females to police, but then hung up. Officer called back to discover a female had assaulted the bartender. Officer took report, but did not make contact with the assailant. 11:49 p.m. - Anonymous caller reported domestic disturbance onWashington Street. Officer responded, discovered dispute was only verbal and advised parties to keep it down.
Pet of the Week Roger is a super nice 7-month-old red heeler. Although not yet housebroken, he is smart and should be easy to train. Roger gets along well with other dogs and loves attention. He is neutered, has had all his shots and is ready for that forever home. For more information, call the Good Shepherd Humane Society Animal Shelter at 479-253-9188 or stop by the shelter on Highway 62 East in Eureka Springs. Shelter hours are noon to 5 p.m. daily except Wednesdays.
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2013 Year in Review
Firsts: New festivals, events debut There’s always something happening Eureka. That was never more apt than in 2013, when a variety of festivals, retreats and events made their debut. In January, Doug Phillips and Josh Mollenkamp started the Eureka Springs Youth Theater. Mollenkamp, a graduate theater student, and Phillips, a former college classmate, offered three, eight-week sessions, teaching taught stage skills, monologue delivery and character development to students 12 to 18, free of charge. A second session held in the summer, ending in a public presentation, and the third in the fall, was geared to the production and performance of an original one-act play, which was cancelled due to the snow storm. In February, Quinn Withey organized a Martin Luther King Day observance at the Auditorium, which began with a procession from Basin Park featuring the “Give Peace a Chance” sound sculpture created by Ranaga Farbiarz. The observance included a video of the March on Washington and performances by local musicians. In March, Jeff Danos expanded Eureka’s zombie-themed calendar with the addition of Zombie Tag in Lake Leatherwood City Park. The weather turned out to frightful, but 100 people showed up for the park-wide game. Danos’ zombie events benefit the local food bank. On March 30, the Saturday before Easter, Eureka Springs held its first Celebrate Jesus parade. Organized by Laura Nichols, the parade was the fulfillment of a vision that Nichols had in 1971, when she ran a street ministry for hippies in Eureka Springs with spouse Dale Nichols. The vision was of people gathered on the hills of Eureka Springs praising the Lord. In July, the Eureka Springs Preservation Society revived the Grand Illumi-
nation, a tradition of lighting the city’s businesses and homes with lanterns for the Fourth of July. The lighting festival spanned two weeks, starting with a kick-off party at the Crescent Hotel and ending with the awards announcements at Eureka Live Underground’s patio, where lighted balloons were released. In September, Jeannine Rainone of Beaver Lake held the first Beading in the Ozarks retreat at the Inn of the Ozarks. The retreat featured three internationally-known bead designers. In September, Mayor Morris Pate and the Eureka Springs Arts Council organized the first Motorcycle Art Show and Sale during Bikes, Blues and Barbecue weekend. On Folk Festival weekend in October, Paula Fargo Butler held the first Fargo Run, a walk and 5K run in memory of her brother, Greg Fargo, a Eureka Springs resident who died in a car crash in 2011. Bill King organized Our Big Fat Gay Wedding on Fall Diversity weekend, Nov. 1, 2 & 3. Events included a rehearsal dinner, bachelor/bachelorette party, recitation of vows in the Basin Park band shell, wedding march up Spring Street and reception at the hall above Sweet Spring Antiques. Hilary Fogerty, with support from the Lovely County Citizen and Pied Piper owners Fatima Treuer and Latigo Treuer, organized the first Great Ozark Beard-Off in November. Held Thanksgiving weekend, GOBO drew hirsute contestants from the competitive beard circuit, with proceeds benefitting prostate cancer awareness, prevention and treatment. The Beard-Off included a parade and contests for best elder beard, most growth during No Shave November, best bearded band, best bearded workplace and the Grizzly Adams award for best overall beard and body hair.
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Organizers and participants in Eureka’s first-ever Great Ozarkan Beard Off facial hair festival have some fun with a winner of one of the beard competitions.
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