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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 21

APRIL 11, 2013

Crazy for carving Carving in the Ozarks festival celebrates its 9th year in Eureka Page 3

n SWEPCO plans

n Major meth sting n A new coat for

Public meeting to be held Thursday evening

Investigation results also in K2 lab discovery

Play seeking funds to renovate statue

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new lines in county nets 25 area arrests Christ of Ozarks?

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11:49 p.m. – A caller from Victoria Woods reported three teenagers roaming around the parking lot, which she thought was suspicious for that time of night. The responding officer could not locate the wanderers.

April 2 6:37 a.m. – Carroll County Dispatch called to report a big red truck passing a car on the Leatherwood Bridge heading toward Eureka. When the responding officer located the big red truck, it was going the speed limit.

10:15 a.m. – A caller reported a small brown dog in a pink harness running around the highway near the Inn of the Ozarks. The responding officer didn’t see a dog in the area.

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Beyond bears

Carving in the Ozarks marks its 9th year

By Jennifer Jackson When David Blankenship lived in Houston, he used to drive a truck for his father-in-law’s company. His route took him to Texarkana and back on Highway 59, where three chainsaw wood carvers had their work on display.

“Carving has always fascinated me,” Blankenship said. “I always knew I would have something to do with carving.”

David is now the co-owner of Sleepy’s Cabin Decor stores, one across from Pine Mountain Village on East Van Buren, and one on Spring Street.

He and wife Beverly Blankenship are also the sponsors of Carving in the Ozarks, a two-day festival and competition that draws entrants from all over the country.

“We know carvers from Washington State to Georgia,” David said.

This year’s festival, on April 19 and 20, will be in a new location: behind Cornerstone Bank at 152 East Van Buren, formerly the parking lot for a musical theater where the bank is now. Held on the third Friday and Saturday of April, Carving in the Ozarks brings 700 to 1,000 people to town, Beverly said.

“We used to do it in conjunction with the Mustang weekend,” she said. “Now it’s a stand-alone event.”

The first event in 2005 drew about 500 people, she said, and 36 carvers came to compete. That proved to be too many, so now the Blankenships limit it to 25. This year, they include Bob King, a member of the ECHO chainsaw-carving team, and Dan Whited, both national champions.

Each carver brings two logs, 5 feet long by 2-feet in diameter, David said.

Starting at 8 a.m. Friday, they enter their netting-enclosed shelters and start their chainsaws. They have until 5 p.m. to complete that day’s piece. On Saturday, they start at 8 a.m. and work until 3 p.m. on a second carving. At 4 p.m.

Saturday the carvings are auctioned off,

David Blankenship, co-owner of Sleepy’s, is organizing the 9th annual Carving in the Ozarks festival, April 19 and 20. The bear was a birthday gift.

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

with the top three prices for each day’s work winning the awards – $500 for first place, $300 for second, and $200 for third.

“We let the auction determine the awards,” David said. “If your carving brings in the most money, you get top place.”

The auction usually brings in around $20,000, he said, which the Blankenships split the carvers. They use their half to cover expenses, then give the rest to local charity. This year, it’s the Eureka Springs Youth Sports Association.

“They’re helping with the concession stand and parking,” David said.

Members of the Skills Class at Eureka Springs High School assist with the heavy lifting – set up, tear down and load up – and also receive a donation for the program.

David isn’t a wood carver, but he See Carving, page 12

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SWEPCO plans major transmission lines across Benton and Carroll counties, new station near river

By Kathryn Lucariello Southwestern Electric Power Company has applied to the Arkansas Public Service Commission for permission to build a new 345 kV transmission line across parts of Benton and Carroll counties and to build a station northwest of Berryville, near the Kings River.

The application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need was filed Wednesday.

Potential affected landowners were sent notices by certified mail, and SWEPCO published a public notice in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, but not in Carroll County News.

The transmission line is to start at the Shipe Road station, currently under construction, west of Centerton in Benton County and extend 48 miles across to a new

Kings River station in Carroll County. The preferred route, one of six, will take the line through the northern portion of both counties, going through Garfield and Gateway in Benton County, continuing east of U.S. Hwy. 62, crossing the White River south of the town of Beaver, passing 3,000 feet north of Lake Leatherwood in Eureka Springs, crossing Hwy. 187 and 23 North just below Holiday Island, continuing through wooded areas until it runs near Silver Wings Field in Eureka Springs, crossing County Road 279 in rural Berryville, continuing parallel to the Kings River, crossing it and then making a right angle south to the new station site on County Road 143, approximately one-half mile north of Hwy. 62.

The project application said the need for additional transmission is based on a study done in 2007, which concluded that rapid

ESPD carries out major methamphetamine drug sting

By Don Lee The Eureka Springs Police Department, in cooperation with Berryville and Missouri authorities, has carried out a massive methamphetamine sting, according to a press release from the department.

In October 2012, Detective Thomas Achord arrested an individual who agreed to turn informant for the ESPD and help them purchase dangerous drugs in exchange for leniency in his burglary charge. That arrest turned into a five-month-long narcotics investigation which resulted in 25 arrests for selling, manufacturing, and possessing with intent to manufacture dangerous drugs, mainly methamphetamine. After securing the blessing of Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers, ES Detectives Brad Handley

and Achord started buying drugs. As drugs were purchased, suspects were positively identified and arrested.

Those who were arrested were given the opportunity to purchase drugs from their suppliers as informants.

As the investigation progressed, more suspects were identified and became cooperative informants to the police. Methamphetamine dealers who were known to deliver in the Eureka area were identified in Berryville, Holiday Island and rural western Carroll county as well as Barry County and Taney County in Missouri. That information was shared with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, the Taney County Drug Task Force and the Barry County Sheriff. Arrests have been made in western Carroll See Bust, page 13

population growth in northwest Arkansas would cause serious reliability issues in the transmission system, beginning in the summer of 2016.

Census figures showed 8 percent growth in Carroll County alone between the 2000 and 2010 census.

SWEPCO is the owner and operator of transmission facilities in this geographic area, said Peter Main, a company spokesman, and they were directed to build an additional line when it was determined that existing lines could not handle increased needs in this decade.

Project cost is estimated between $90,218,519 and $117,433,704, depending on which route is approved. If SWEPCO’s preferred route is approved, the project will cost $116,718,121, with $96,274,138 for the transmission line, including right-of-way easements, and $20,443,983 for the Kings River station. The project will be funded by loans and internal cash. Costs may also be shared by other electric companies who make use of the lines, Main said. He said SWEPCO residential customers may expect to see a rate increase of 51 cents per 1,000 kWh once the line is operational.

Line construction is expected to begin in March 2015 and go online by June 2016.

The ROW will be 150 feet, and towers will be between 130 and 160 feet tall.

Five alternate routes have been identified besides SWEPCO’s preferred route, labeled Route 33.

Seven factors in choosing the recommended route and alternatives were cost of facilities, health and safety concerns, engineering and technical concerns, ecological and environmental disruptions, disruptions to existing man-made uses, disruptions to future man-made uses and aesthetic displeasure.

SWEPCO hired the Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company of Kansas City, Mo., to do its route selection study and Environmental Impact Statement. The study area included areas from as far west as Bentonville and as far east as the Kings River station. It

also included parts of southwest Missouri.

The company investigated a total of 122 alternative routes. Routing criteria included residences, road crossings, public facilities, historic sites, archeological sites, flood plains, woodlands, wetlands, cropland and special species habitat, among others. These criteria were given weighted scores.

“None of the alternatives chosen would have the least impact for all criteria evaluated,” testified Stephen Thornhill, associate project manager, to the APSC. He said the preferred route had the lowest average impact score, but the score itself was not the determining factor.

“It minimized woodland clearing requirements, avoided recreational and residential development around Beaver Lake and the city of Eureka Springs, while also minimizing residential proximity.”

It also avoided considerable rough terrain, he said and will not require anyone’s residence to be relocated. The greatest impact will be cutting trees, he said.

Cemeteries located within a quarter-mile of the transmission line are the Eureka Springs Cemetery and the Gaskins Switch Cemetery at Hwy. 187 and 23 North.

All six of the routes have been broken into segments that can be combined in new ways to come up with another route, he said.

The five alternate routes are Route 62, which is slightly shorter and has lower residential impact but would require more woodland clearing, angles, transmission line crossings, floodplain crossings and would go through more rugged terrain near Beaver Lake and have additional length close to Eureka Springs. Route 86 has some similar concerns to those about Route 62.

Route 91 would be slightly shorter than Route 33 but would be higher in the nearly all the evaluation criteria and would pass through Eureka Springs, Route 108 would have to cross I-540, be 10 miles longer and have impacts in almost all the criteria.

Route 109 would extend around Bella Vista and into Missouri, adding eight extra miles See SWEPCO, page 27

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Planning rejects B&B application, OKs new public restrooms on North Main

By Don Lee The Eureka Springs Planning Commission rejected an application Tuesday night for a Conditional Use Permit for a one-unit bed and breakfast at 8 Drennon Drive. Owner Pam Ensminger addressed the commission during public comments, saying she was not entirely ready to go but planned to be open for business

by June 15.

Neighbor Richard Urdahl spoke against the application. He owns a lot that falls within 200 feet of 8 Drennon, and one condition of an application like this one is that all neighbors within 200 feet must be notified. “I purchased my property because it was residential and secluded,� Urdahl told the commission. “I bought the lot as a buffer zone. I think R-2 should remain R-2.�

The area of 8 Drennon is classified R-2, or Contemporary Residential, in city code.

Chairwoman Beverly Blankenship also read into the record a letter from Gina Drennon of 1 Drennon Drive, noting 1 Drennon is not within the 200-foot radius. “I am strongly opposed to this application,� the letter read. “Since they have moved into this home, there is a constant flow of traffic. There are already at least

“It’s a public street, first of all. Everybody in the city has right to use that street. Was there trouble with people using someone else’s driveway? You might consider putting a chain across the driveway, then.� – James Morris

three vehicles plus a motorcycle and a school bus parked along the sides of this road at all times until 48 hours before site visit. Typically a few other vehicles are parked alongside the road, often making to difficult to pass. There is no easy turnaround at this home. Despite a sign indicating the street ends at 2 Drennon and a no trespassing sign, guests use our driveway to turn around all the time. We have also had property damage to a boat trailer somebody backed into.

Prior to current residents we never saw any traffic. I’d appreciate it if you would consider all this and deny the CUP and not encourage more traffic.�

Ensminger responded, saying she had

been cleaning up all winter and had in fact had several visitors there, but said the excess vehicles mentioned in the letter were gone. “I understand what it takes to run a business,� she said. “If people staying with me do go down there to turn around, they’ll have me to answer to. I don’t believe what that letter says. Boat trailer damaged? That house is way down the road.�

Commissioner James Morris reminded everyone, including the public watching at home, that there are issues commissioners can address but some they cannot. “It’s a quiet street?� he asked. “It’s a public street, first of all. Everybody in the city has right to use that street. Was there trouble with people using someone else’s driveway? You might consider putting a chain across the driveway, then. My driveway is constantly used as a turnaround. That is just part of living in the city. Headlights shining in your windows are uncomfortable, but there’s nothing that we can do unless you want block your driveway. Everybody on that street has the same rights as anybody anywhere. Additionally, you might consider that while there are restrictions in having a B&B, parking for instance, a See Planning, page 8

Community meeting on proposed power line Thursday A meeting of people concerned about the possible construction of an electrical transmission line across Lake Leatherwood Park and the White River will be held at 6 p.m.

Thursday, April 11, at The Space, Spring Street and Pine, Eureka Springs.

The meeting is in response to the application filed April 3 by the Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) with the Arkansas Public Service Commission for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need. If approved, the

CECPN would allow construction of a 345-kV transmission line, approximately 48 miles in length, between a power station being built in Benton County and one proposed to be built near Berryville.

The preferred route goes through Lake Leatherwood Park and across the White River, according to a letter sent to property owners. The purpose of the new line and power station is to provide increased reliability and overload relief in eastern Benton County and Carroll County,

SWEPCO states.

The purpose of Thursday’s meeting to get different groups of concerned people together to discuss the economic and environmental impact on Carroll County and the response the community is going to make to the Public Service Commission, organizers say. The Space is located on the second floor above Sweet Spring Antiques on the corner of Spring Street and Pine, across from the Eureka Springs Post Office.

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Bike racks, sewage explosions and demolition by neglect on council table

By Don Lee Discussion of a demolition by neglect ordinance was put back on the City Council agenda for Monday night’s meeting, along with the ongoing problem of who caused sewage to back up into Sherwood Court at the beginning of the year. And a new bike rack is going in at City Hall!

During public comments, Teresa DeVito of DeVito’s said bicycle racks downtown would not only motivate locals to ride bikes and therefore save parking, but also would help the community “progress toward a greener and more environmentally sound city.”

Ashton Shaw agreed. “I believe people like me who are younger would benefit by the bicycle racks because we could ride to work downtown or to the library or wherever one is located,” he said. “Also, Denton West, who runs Adventure Mountain Outfitters, has said he will custom build the bike racks at no cost to the city.”

Council agreed placing the racks was an administrative function of the mayor’s office, and Mayor Morris Pate agreed. The first rack will be at the courthouse. One already exists at the Carnegie Library, and others might be placed around town if sites for them can be found.

Sherwood Court sewer disaster Bryan and Lil Hostick, owners of Sherwood Court Cottages, returned to the council table in an effort to get the city’s help in paying for a sewage backup that happened in one of their cabins sometime between the end of the year and February, while they were gone on holiday.

Public Works Duane Allen was on hand to help answer questions he and Alderman Dee Purkeypile had been researching since the last council meeting.

Purkeypile said he’d received a letter from the former owners of Sherwood Court outlining a similar problem they’d had in 2009.

“It was determined then that the city that had done a jetting operation [causing the problem],” he said. “I believe the city had been called out by another occupant ‘upstream’ of Sherwood Court and that caused their problem then.”

According to Allen, however, none of their records indicate the city did any work in the area of the problem during January, when the Hosticks indicated the event had transpired.

“We weren’t informed in a timely way about this current problem,” Allen said. “It happened in January [or earlier], but we weren’t informed of it until March. But we have no evidence we were the ones that forced it to that point.”

The reason it happened, the Hosticks had explained at the last meeting, was that there was an unknown line running from the property to the main sewer line. The line was only discovered when it backed up.

“We’re basically 100 percent sure it didn’t happen by the city by jetting,” Purkeypile said. “Private plumbers have much more powerful water jet systems than the city has.

The Hosticks have put a backflow protector on the newly discovered line, though Duane and I agree even that is not a perfect solution. A better potential solution might be to take their line around and downhill to another main. There are two other sewer mains

close.”

Allen agreed to look further back into work records to see whether the city might have done work in the area back through mid-December 2012.

The matter will be on the next meeting agenda.

Demolition by neglect Council took up the issue of a demolition by neglect ordinance Monday night. The ordinance would require homeowners to take action if their properties become badly in disrepair, to avoid situations where the buildings become so dilapidated they can’t be repaired.

Alderman David Mitchell addressed the issue. “Hopefully we can get a very workable ordinance that allows the city to move forward in a timely manner and take care of neglected properties,” he said.

The issue has a contentious history in Eureka. A similar ordinance was passed by City Council in 2008 but was defeated that November by voter referendum.

One issue that caused concern in the earlier ordinance was the idea that if one’s property fell into disrepair, a lien would be placed on it. Then no bank would be willing to lend money to fix the property, because it had a lien on it.

As Purkeypile voiced at the meeting, the only way the city would place such a lien would be if it had to do work on the property, such as removing brush or rubbish, which would create the debt to the city.

“I do understand money is involved,” said Alderman David Mitchell. “This is not picking on people because their house isn’t pretty.

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Alderman Mickey Schneider pointed out people have been known to buy a property, then let it fall down so they can demolish it and rebuild. “The demolition by neglect ordinance should keep people from doing that,” she said.

Council agreed a workshop on the issue was in order.

City Attorney Tim Weaver pointed out that North Little Rock had done an “amazing job” on the issue a decade or so ago, and that their city attorney might be willing to come address the topic with council.

Other items Council decided to hold a workshop to hash out the details of a planned town hall meeting on priorities for the council.

Ordinance 2178, dealing with outdoor sales, was passed on its third reading.

Referencing the council’s recent limousine ordinance workshop, council asked Weaver to change the taxi ordinance to include a description of “jumbo taxis” and to write a separate limousine ordinance outlining rules for operation.

“The limo isn’t a public utility, like the taxi, so there’s no certificate of necessity involved,” as Alderman Joyce Zeller put it. “It’s a completely different animal, so it needs its own ordinance.”

Council also passed Ordinance 2179, which will allow a member of City Council or other city employees or commission or committee members to sit on the Planning/ Board of Zoning Adjustment Commission to fill empty seats.

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Planning

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private property owner can park any number of cars on their property, if they want, as long as they don’t block traffic. People think granting an application like this will increase traffic, but in fact often the opposite is the case.”

Blankenship pointed out the opinions of neighbors was only one of a list of factors commissioners consider when evaluating an application; others include whether it will impact property values, create drainage problems, create excessive congestion, whether it reduces light or air on adjacent properties, and so on.

In the end, with only a bare quorum of four commissioners and with two against the application – Commissioners Ed Leswig and Denys Flaherty voted no – the application was rejected.

A visibly upset Ensminger protested the decision, saying she hadn’t known about the letter or protesting neighbor

ahead of time, and that she had been encouraged to start her own business due to the open and friendly nature of the townspeople she’d met in the two years since she’d moved to Eureka Springs.

After the meeting, Blankenship and Morris explained the appeal process to Ensminger and encouraged her to take her request to the City Council.

Other items Planning approved plans for a public bathroom that will be build by mid-summer on a city-owned lot on North Main Street. Architect Butch Berry, representing the city, explained it was a mile from the furthest point you could park on city property on North Main and the nearest public bathroom, and the project had been a long time coming.

Planning also discussed irregularities in the rules for corner setbacks and a recommendation to send to City Council regarding the city’s street vacating process.

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Passion Play seeks funds for statue

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The answer: $25,000.

That’s what Dick Kelsey, executive director of the Great Passion Play, is looking at when it comes to giving the Christ of the Ozarks statue a fresh coat of surface material. The bid, by a Springfield, Mo., company: $15,000 for labor and $10,000 for materials. But Kelsey is hopeful that the money will be raised.

“There are people who have a real interest in the statue, some because they helped build it,” Kelsey said. “It means a lot to them.”

A landmark since it was dedicated in 1966, the statue is made of 24 layers of mortar on mesh over a steel frame and weighs 1,000 tons, counting the base. According to records, the statue was last resurfaced in 2007, Kelsey said.

“It wears from the weather, and peels,” he said.

The statue is on the grounds of the Great Passion Play, which was saved from foreclosure by Randall Christy, owner of the Gospel Station Network. An administrative staff of volunteers was formed to generate interest and funds to keep the play going. Church groups showed up last month to clean up the grounds. Volunteers have also been repainting all the buildings, Kelsey said, but having them resurface the statue is not doable. The new coat, a whiteTHE

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“It’s a safety issue,” Kelsey said, “and we want it done right.”

The grounds of the Passion Play are open during business hours, giving people access to the statue. Donations are keeping it lighted at night. The play is scheduled to open for the 2013 season on May 3. As of April 3, 600 tickets had been sold for that night, and 820 for the May 4 performance, according to Kent Butler, public relations director.

To buy a new coat for Christ of the Ozarks, go to the Great Passion Play website, www.greatpassionplay.org, click on “donate now” under “donate” on the menu bar. On the online donation page, scroll down to the section for the Christ of the Ozarks statue and designate donation for statue restoration.

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I take this ... business Bridal shop handed over to new owner

By Jennifer Jackson Chris Patton-Rodgers is the new owner of a tuxedo and bridal gown rental business in town, and is inviting everyone to an open house to celebrate.

“We’ll have wedding cake,” she said.

Patton-Rodgers bought the business three months ago from Melissa Payne, who operated it out of her Eastgate Salon for 15 years.

Patton-Rodgers moved the business across town, and renamed it “I Do Bridal Gown and Tuxedo Rental.” She is issuing formal invitations to the open house on April 17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The fact Eureka Springs had 4,449 wedding last year is the reason she jumped on the opportunity when Payne called and asked if she would like to buy the business, Patton-Rodgers said. Two weeks later, she and spouse Steven Rodgers had painted office space in the New Horizon Realty office, moved and installed fixtures, hung up the apparel, created an accessories closet and were open for business. The Crescent Hotel and the Basin Park Hotel are working with her on weddings, Patton-Rodgers said. She’s also been busy renting tuxedos for high school proms in Berryville and Eureka Springs in the last two weeks. It’s fun watching the high school boys come in and try on a tuxedo, Patton-Rodgers said.

“They are usually are not excited about the idea of dressed up, but once they get it on, they grin from ear to ear,” she said.

She has about 100 tuxedos available in different styles – high-notch, low-notch and shawl collar– along with accessories, includ-

ing cumberbunds, vests and patent leather shoes. Cost is $80 for the package.

“One boy asked, “Can’t I just wear my boots?’” she said.

For $150, a bride can come in and get decked out, she said, including dress, tiara and veil. Brides usually have their own shoes, although she does have some in stock.

In addition to prom rentals and weddings, Patton-Rodgers has provided wedding outfits for a couple who were renewing their vows, she said. The couple childrens’ tuxes for younger members of the party, so she bought some. She also plans to have flower-girl dresses available for rent. Renting instead of buying is the new “green” way to have a wedding, she said.

“Buying a wedding dress is expensive, and afterwards, it just takes up space in your closet,” she said.

Patton-Rodgers also has garters and silver garter charms, including Harleys, skulls, lips, rainbows and for the expectant bride, peas in a pod. Patton-Rodgers also is a hairdresser who works out of the Grand Central Hotel salon.

In addition to wedding cake, she will be serving grilled chicken and steak kabobs at the open house.

“I want to make it as exciting as possible,” she said.

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Editorial In support of (some) picturesque ruins As has been said here before, there are warring impulses in people who butt heads often but especially in Eureka Springs. To quote my friend Vernon, “The are two kind of people in the world, those who want to tell everybody what to do and those who want to be left the hell alone.”

The demolition by neglect ordinance has been put on the City Council agenda again, and as in the past, will raise concern among those who fall into the second type.

The problem is a real one. Following a pattern of long-term neglect, a building, historic or not, becomes so dilapidated that rehabilitation no longer proves to be a viable option, and the building is reluctantly demolished on public safety grounds.

Sometimes people do it on purpose because they want the land but not the structure.

There’s a house on North Main Street with a roof falling in. It’s been there for years, gradually crumbling away. It is for cases like this that a “demolition by neglect” ordinance would come into play, requiring the owners to fix their properties before they become so dilapidated there’s no way to fix them.

The problem is that once you start getting real specific, what should be a tool for preservation and neighborhood beauty can also be looked on as unduly invasive.

Ordinance 2047, passed by City Council in 2008, attempted to do this job but went to referendum and was rejected by voters that same year.

It gave procedures for situations that threaten the structure of the building in question – holes in the roof, lack of doors and windows, sagging supports and similar problems. Economic Development Coordinator and City Preservation Officer Glenna Booth had said at the time that the HDC was willing to try to help people find financial assistance, if possible, where necessary.

Our colleague Bill Earngey wrote a column for the Citizen at the time (and spearheaded the voter referendum that

overturned the ordinance) that addressed the other side of the coin: “So, now we have a nearly finished ordinance that can require you to keep your home ‘in good repair,’” he said at the time. “It covers (1) all of the exterior portions of the structure and (2) all interior portions which, if not so maintained, may cause the exterior portions of the structure to deteriorate, decay or become damaged or otherwise to fall into a state of disrepair.’

“Notice the ‘may’ clauses, which are like reading tea leaves: might, probably, could, possibly, maybe cost you a ton of money, after you’ve been ratted out ‘by three residents at separate addresses within five hundred (500) feet of the property ...’ (None of whom need to be property owners.)

“What? Three Bozos with the architectural I.Q. of a plant, a grudge to settle and enough money for a stamp, can alert the HDC to ‘any fault, defect or condition in the building which renders the same structurally unsafe’ ... like ... ‘broken or missing windows, doors, shingles and siding ...’

No kidding? A broken window means your home is structurally unsafe?”

The devil, in other words, is in the details.

Opinions are like noses – almost everybody’s got one – and are as common.

Having said that, here’s one opinion: Avoid overzealousness. This city is a big patchwork of styles and shapes, architectural follies and alleys and tilted streets. It is full of weird nooks and stairways that go off into nothingness. It’s beautiful and people come here for that. Doing away with that falling down house on North Main is one thing, but what about the old ice house? It is a picturesque ruin. Isn’t there room here for a picturesque ruin or two? We vote for preservation not just of all the magnificent old Victorians, but also for the occasional curious mound or hint of lost foundation under an old stump covered in ivy.

Citizen of the Week This week’s Citizen of the Week is Denys Flaherty. Her nominator put it best: “Those of us fortunate enough to know Ms. Flaherty recognize her as a ray of sunshine on the Planning Commission and a sympathetic ear to anyone in need of one.

As an elder in our community, Denys represents an ideal to be aimed for: she is bright, cheerful, sensitive, and involved. We can all take a lesson from her book and we all should. She was active in city government in Boynton Beach, Fla., before joining us in Eureka, and she continues her citizen leadership here.” Thanks so much, Denys.

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think Citizen Opinion by Don Lee

“What type of shop or restaurant does Eureka Springs lack you’d like to see here?”

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Fighting SWEPCO

Brenda Proctor Michael Main Street Cafe Lawson

Mariellen Griffith

“A place that sells morel mushrooms.”

Oil Rig Drilling Supervisor

Penny Pemberton

Jake Achor

Zack Simpson

“A good fitness center of some sort would be nice.”

“I don’t get out much.”

House Fixer Goddess

“Affordable seafood!”

“Not really. I like it small the way it is.”

River Rat

Master Gardener/ Poet/Healer “Food. Vietnamese, Tibetan, Nepalese.”

Skillet Licker

Citizen Survey “What type of shop or restaurant does Eureka Springs lack you’d like to see here?” m Greek food m Olive Garden/Dixie Cafe m Movie theater m Hot air balloon rides m Hypnotherapist Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in.

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Editor: As many of you already know, SWEPCO is trying to run a 345-kva-transmission line from close to Bentonville, to near Berryville. Bottom line: no one wants it on his or her land! Be that as it may, my wife Beth and I feel that we have given quite enough to the public good.

We already have about 10 acres of our beautiful mountains given in easement to the United States of America, Department of the Interior, Southwestern Power Administration, Tract: 3008-21, Project: Beaver Dam-Table Rock Dam Line.

The proposed route by SWEPCO is route 33 which, if allowed, would cut an approximately 200’ swath through the center of our land with the lines about 250’ from our beautiful home, which is located so that we would live between two huge power lines, the one that is already here and the proposed one!

It would also go right next to, or over one of our natural caves, a very large one, that is most likely connected to Onyx cave. I know we have numerous bats that reside there. I am not a bat expert; however, the expected type of bats for this part of the country are the endangered brown bat and Indiana bat. We have a bat expert from the Arkansas Dept. of Wildlife who will be coming up to see exactly what we have.

At the very least, the electromagnetic field would, in my limited opinion, disrupt the bats navigational radar and perhaps drive them from that cave and others in the area. There is also some concern about the possible ad-

verse health affects to humans and animals. In addition to that, there is a turkey buzzard breeding ground directly across from our home about 200’ below where the power line is proposed.

The first time visitor to our home always says: “What a beautiful view!” If they are allowed to put that line in, it will no longer be such a great view, it will be turned to a huge scar in the middle of it which will be visible for a very long way, throughout our “beautiful view.” We also operate a B&B in our home, and the “view” through the dining room picture windows is our “beautiful view.”

In addition, the lines would go off the end of the airport here in Eureka Springs, Silver Wings Field, 55AR. A SWEPCO rep. indicated to me that they really don’t want to bother with an airport, as they don’t want the FAA to be involved in this. Our long range plan for the airport, with some cooperation from the neighbors, is to make our traffic pattern a standard left hand pattern which would put the proposed power lines in the arriving flight path, currently due to a court order, our traffic pattern is non-standard, right hand.

As you can see, our property would also be greatly devalued. All of this doesn’t just apply to us, it affects many, many others along the route and somehow makes the slogan, “Arkansas, the natural state,” seem ingenuous.

As far as we can determine, no needs assessment has been carried out since before this project was initiated in 2007 and much has changed since then – more effective

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“Have you ever seen a UFO? Do you have an opinion on the topic? m Yes I’ve seen one. I have no explanation for it, but it was real.: 20.4% (11 votes) m No. But I’ve always wanted to. They’re out there!: 24.1% (13 votes) m Yes. And I think the government knows about them too.: 14.8% (8 votes) m No. The odds of interplanetary travel happening are remote.: 11.1% (6 votes) m Technically, anything you see flying you can’t identify is a UFO by definition.: 25.9% (14 votes) m Yes. But I don’t think they’re from another planet.: 3.7% (2 votes)

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Sphere, Mugs videos premier

Going EAST — to Crystal Bridges – Thanks to a generous gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation, Eureka EAST Lab students were invited to visit and toured the Crystal Bridge Museum of American Art on March 13. The program reimburses the school district for the cost of transportation and a substitute teacher, while the museum also provided souvenir gift bags and lent students iPods with information about the collection of painting and sculpture on display. Chris Fischer, naturalist and ISA-certified arborist, accompanied the group in researching the landscape design of the museum grounds. Crystal Bridges was designed and built to fit into a challenge site, just like Eureka Springs’ new high school, and it is a goal of the EAST program to assist the district facilities committee in completing the landscaping and solving environmental challenges of the new campus.

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and Beverly make 70 percent of their stores’ inventory in their workshop, including furniture, plus sell wholesale to 60 stores around the country and in two catalogues. They used to own a third store in Gatlinburg, Tenn., driving to East Tennessee once every six weeks. Their original focus, selling log beds, led to choosing “Sleepys” as the name of the business.

“It’s become my nickname,” David said.

Chainsaw wood carving is not just for men. One of the carvers coming for the event is Sylvia Cook, who lives in East Tennessee. Another woman carver is coming, but not competing. While women chain-saw carvers are not that unusual, having a chainsaw carving festival in Arkansas in the springtime is.

“They are really big up north,” David said. “We are about the farthest

south.”

Most also take place in the winter, he said – one of the largest, in Ridgway, Penn., is held in February, and draws more than 1,000 carvers.

“In all the pictures, they’re in the snow,” David said.

Entry for Carving in the Ozarks is free, as is parking. Ear protection isn’t necessary – it isn’t that noisy, David said, although some people do bring earmuffs. And every year, he gets requests from bands to play at the festival.

What he tells them: “Think about it.”

Carving in the Ozarks is Friday, April 19, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m, and Saturday, April 20, from 8 a.m. through the auction, which starts at 4 p.m. Free. Registered bidders are entered in a drawing for a carving to be given away after the auction. Must be present to win. For more information, go to www.carvingintheozarks.com or call 479-253-2080.

By Jennifer Jackson people and restaurant owners, including TeIn Eureka Springs, we take art very seri- resa DeVito and KJ Zumwalt, being drawn ously. out to the street by the light coming from So intones Ralph Wilson in a ‘50s-style Basin Park. The Mugs video starts out with narration of a promotional video about John postcard views of local businesses and LarRankine’s Mugs project, giant portraits of ry Mansker at his easel, painting, then cuts to local artists that will adorn downtown during artists in town acting crazy. the May Festival of the Arts.

“We want to capture the creative energy in Then all art breaks loose. this town,” McGraw said.

The Mugs video, done in movie-trailer The goal of the videos is to use the instyle, premiered last ternet to grab people’s Wednesday night at a attention and bring video launch party to them here, McGraw “Our purpose is to promote the May Fessaid and carries out the tival of the Arts and its slogan of the Creative broadcast our creative centerpiece: the ComEnergy Project: “Viral culture and what makes us munity Sphere. The Art Events/Contagious unique. It’s maintaining a goal: to spotlight EuCommunity Culture.” reka Springs as a des“The more you talk conversation. We want tination that offers the about the sphere, the people to think about unexpected. higher the possibility what’s happening in the “Our purpose is to people will think “That broadcast our creative looks like a fun place to community.” culture and what makes visit,’’’ he said.

– Jeremy Mason McGraw us unique,” said Jeremy There are been some Mason McGraw. “It’s unexpectedly somber maintaining a convermoments in the Sphere sation. We want people to think about what’s project –- people who are moving away from happening in the community.”

Eureka Springs decorated sticks because McGraw started the Creative Energy Proj- they wanted to leave little part of themselves ect last year to develop an annual community behind, McGraw said. art project by a local artist. The Community At Wednesday’s launch party, Melody Sphere is the brainchild of artist Robert Nor- Purdy interviewed Norman and Rankine man, who is using tree branches, polished for the Eureka Springs Channel. To see the and painted fluorescent colors, to create a promotional videos, go to www.creativeensphere-shaped sculpture. Taking the sticks to ergyproject.com. The next Mugs event is parks, schools and senior homes, he is ask- Mugs En Masse, a group portrait of Eureka ing people to decorate them with metallic Springs artists on May 1 at the Queen Anne markers, writing or drawing their hopes. The Mansion from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.The completed sphere, 6 feet in diameter, will be Twilight Rhythm Sphere Lighting Event installed at Basin Park on May 4 and lighted starts at 7 p.m. on May 4 at Basin Park. through May, which is Arts month.

The Community Sphere is sponsored The first sphere party was at Basin Park, by the Eureka Springs Chamber of Comwhere locals and tourists alike participated. merce, with the Eureka Springs Downtown “It’s amazing how many people have Network coordinating events. Ralph Wilcome out to support it,” McGraw said. son, who narrated the Mugs video, leads Filmed by Joseph Hitchcock, the Sphere walking tours of downtown sponsored by video is a parody of a sci-fi/horror movie ESDN. The E.S. Chamber of Commerce, that starts with Norman as the mad inventor Mud St. Cafe and Local Flavor sponsored working in his garage. Then it shows towns- the videos.

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Sunday in the Park with Tea Preservation Society tea steps into past

Georges Seurat’s painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” is the theme for this year’s Preservation Society tea at the Crescent Hotel conservatory on Sunday, April 21.

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By Jennifer Jackson In 1984, Wayne Franks saw the Stephen Sondheim musical, “Sunday in the Park with George.” Bernadette Peters starred with Mandy Pantinkin, who portrayed painter Georges Seurat. The set starts out a bare canvas that gradually becomes Seurat’s iconic work of pointilism, painted a century before.

“With every stage of his life, he goes and adds more dots to the painting,” Franks said.

Franks, an advertising designer, is the creative hand behind this year’s Eureka Springs Preservation Society tea in the Crescent Hotel conservatory on Sunday, April 21. For the theme, he has chosen “Sunday in the Park” as presented in Seurat’s painting, which evokes the setting and ambiance of the hotel gardens and grounds.

“The tulips are incredible, and the view reminded me of the painting,” he said.

“A Sunday Afternoon on the Island

of La Grande Jatte” shows Parisians enjoying the view of the Seine from the island, circa 1884. Franks said his committee has met with the individual table sponsors, who have been given artistic license to interpret the theme in any way they wish.

“One is going with a picnic theme, with checkered tablecloths,” he said.

The sponsors also provide the food served – a fancy dessert, scones and sandwiches or whatever fits with the centerpiece and place settings they create.

“Some of the hosts do a true high tea,” Franks said. “Bill Sarad from the New Delhi does a complete Indian meal.”

The painting evokes the Victorian elegance of the tea’s setting, Franks said, matched by the attendees who dress up, including hats and gloves. This year, organizers are taking the hats to a new level by having a celebrity hat auc-

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county, Holiday Island and Missouri, and more are expected.

Eureka Springs detectives were also able to identify suspects who were selling methamphetamine in Berryville, so they contacted Detective Robert Bartos of the Berryville Police Department. Bartos, Achord and Handley worked together and purchased methamphetamine from four different individuals who have been arrested.

On March 26, Officer Brian Young, along with Achord and Handley, raided the 1876 Motel with a warrant and arrested Jason Nation. The officers observed what was determined to be a package of K2 and a K2 lab.

K2 incense is a form of synthetic marijuana, legal in Arkansas until last year but rapidly becoming illegal across the U.S. This is the first K2 lab discovered and seized in the state of Arkansas.

The chemicals and other materials have been submitted to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for analysis. Nation has been charged with harassment over a failed drug deal. Charges of manufacturing K2 are pending results from the crime lab.

Street value for all of the methamphetamine recovered is $58,000.

Street value of the K2 recovered is over $5,800. Also seized as a result of the arrest were two vehicles, a 2004 Toyota MTX and a 2003 Volkswagen, both belonging to alleged

methamphetamine supplier Pedro Munoz-Casillo of Harrison. Cash in the amount of $3,718 was seized from Melia McEnaney of Harrison, and an additional $198 was seized from Casillo.

On April 9, Western District Judge Tim Parker set bond on Casillo at $1,000,000 and Dorothy Keys of Green Forest at $500,000.

Persons arrested are: • Cody Middleton of Eureka Springs • Jason Helm of Berryville • Phillip Thornton of Eureka Springs • Anthony Lillig of Eureka Springs • Jordan Anderson of Eureka Springs • Jason Edmonson of Eureka Springs arrested twice • Britney Collette of Eureka Springs arrested twice • Jason Still of Eureka Springs arrested twice • Jackie Aday of Eureka Springs • Melia McEnaney of Harrison • Pedro Munoz-Casillo of Harrison • Dorothy Keys of Green Forest • Christy Strickland of Eureka Springs arrested twice • Richard Decker of Eagle Rock • Suzie Scarrow of Eureka Springs • Spencer Martin of Eureka Springs There are three more suspects in Missouri who have not been arrested yet.

Eureka Springs Police Chief Earl Hyatt had this to say about the operation: “We do not want illegal harsh drugs in this town and we’re going to do everything we can to make sure they stay out. Period.”

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A force of nature

Ozark landmark draws generations

By Jennifer Jackson archway along the entry road, then the In 1890, a New York newspaper, redbud trees that trail their pink branches Frank Leslie’s Illustrated, ran sketches over the top of Pivot Rock. of six Eureka Springs landmarks. They “This is heaven right here,” he said. were the Thatch Hotel, which has since Bill grew up in Tulsa, Okla., but knew burned down, the cave under Planer Hill, about Pivot Rock because his grandthe Crystal Dining Room at the Crescent parents lived in Clifty, south of Eureka Hotel, Roaring River, Grotto Springs and Springs. He met Nancy when he was in Pivot Rock. high school and would drive over to visit Bill Goff has a framed copy of the ar- his family. She played basketball for the ticle on the wall of the gift shop at Pivot Highlanders and waited tables at the BaRock, which he and spouse Nancy Goff sin Park Hotel Cafe. They married in 1960 have owned since 1976, and her family and lived in Tulsa, where Bill worked in a for 50 years before that. They are now printing plant. The Goffs moved to Eurelooking for new owners for the property, ka Springs in 1965 and bought the Dairy someone who will not Queen, which Nancy alter its essential charran while Bill comacter as a family des- “People say, ‘We came here muted to Tulsa. They tination. sold it in 1970, and when we got married, and “We have a lot of bought the Town Mowe thought we’d bring out people come back tel, which they ran for over the years and kids and our grandkids. We five years. bring their children They were gethear that every season.” and grandchildren,” ting to to move back – Bill Goff Bill said. to Tulsa when Bill’s Pivot Rock is a mother-in-law said family business – the she was ready to retire Goffs bought it from Nancy’s parents, and asked Bill if he wanted to buy Pivot Beulah and Robert Mullins. The Mullins Rock. bought it in 1926 from a Mrs. Bonner, “She knew I liked the place,” Bill said. who owned it from the turn of the century. “I told her if you price it so that I can afHundreds of people who have gotten mar- ford to live and run it, I’ll buy it. That’s ried and honeymooned in Eureka Springs how we can to a deal.” had their picture taken in front of Pivot The Goffs now live in a stone house on Rock.

Pivot Rock that they built on the site of “I’ve met generations,” said Rebecca his in-laws’ house. There, Beulah MullMiddleton, who works in the gift shop. ins sold tickets out of the front room and “People say, ‘We came here when we got made jelly that she sold to tourists all married, and we thought we’d bring out summer. kids and our grandkids. We hear that ev“I remember her sweating in the kitchery season.” en and keeping one eye on the front door,” People from countries all over the world Bill said. have visited Pivot Rock, walking the two Beulah Mullins was the first woman on and a half mile trail that loops from the the Eureka Springs school board, taught gift shop and back. It passes two springs, Sunday School at First Baptist/Penn Methe Natural Bridge rock formation and a morial Church, and was popular with chilcut-stone bridge that predates the Mullins’ dren because she always carried candy ownership. In a few weeks, the trees will in her purse. She continued to run Pivot start budding, Bill said – first the sarvis, Rock after her husband died, and in 1976, then the dogwoods, which form a white sold it to her son-in-law and daughter.

Bill Goff talks about the process that formed Pivot Rock, in background, which is composed of layers of sedimentary rock that was once on the ocean floor. “The Ozarks eroded down,” he said. “The rest of the United States erupted up.”

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“She only asked that she finish out her 50th year there,” Bill Goff said.

Members of Nancy’s family were also in the tourist business. Her younger sister, Clara Barger, once owned the Spanish Cave in Berryville, then had the Museum of the Ozarks on Highway 62 where the Rowdy Beaver Restaurant is now. When she closed it, someone from Alabama and bought all the contents, Bill said. Beulah’s mother lived at Pea Ridge and owned the Civil War museum there. When the government bought the property, she had the house picked up and moved down the road, Bill said. Now Bill is ready to retire, which he would have done it earlier, but was afraid of being bored.

“Thats why I’m 77 years old and still here,” he said.

The Goff have a daughter, Gayla, who is married to Randy Wolfinbarger, a partner and manager of the Inn of the Ozarks.

When she was in college, Gayla earned almost all her tuition, room and board at the University of Arkansas working at Pivot Rock, Bill said. The mother of two sons, Gayla, like her grandmother, is on the school board.

Pivot Rock is also beautiful in the fall, Middletown said, when the leaves turn

and the pas-paw fruit ripens. It is home to generations of wildlife, including fox, and every year, a lynx has her kit there.

“She lies out front under a rock in late fall after the leaves drop,” Middleton said.

Bill keeps a record of the countries people are from who have visited Pivot Rock, and has stories about people in their 80s and 90s who come back and walk the trails. And on the gift shop wall are the framed articles about the rock dating back to the 1890s, including one from ‘The Kansas City Star’ from 1892 and from the ‘Chicago Tribune’ in 1896. But the one that stands out in Bill’s mind is the “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” cartoon that he saw in the ‘Tulsa Tribune’ when he was 5 years old. It’s how he first learned of Pivot Rock.

“I know my grandmother lived nearby,” he said. “That’s why I remembered it.”

Pivot Rock is open seven days a week through November. Located at the end of Pivot Rock Road off Highway 62/ West Van Buren. Admission fee. The 95-acre property adjoins Lake Leatherwood Park. For more information, contact Gene Bland at Mountain Country Properties, 479-253-LAND or go to GeneBland.com.

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Diversity Weekend brings plenty of visitors, fun

The first Diversity Weekend of 2013 is now in the books. Visitors from across the region gathered in Eureka Springs to celebrate the diversity of the city and its residents.

Venues across town offered a mix of entertainment, education and fun, ranging from the straight couple from Oklahoma married by drag queen Felicia Trueheart during a group wedding there to a screening of “Love Free or Die,” a documentary about Bishop Gene Robinson.

The Sideshow Tramps perform at New Delhi Cafe.

“Patti Labelle” performs at Eureka Live’s show.

Members of Craig Kinsey’s Sideshow Tramps jam during the band’s performance at New Delhi on Saturday.

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Big Bad Gina and her band perform at Voulez-Vous Lounge during the weekend’s festivities.

The Sideshow Tramps play for a full patio at New Delhi, below.

Craig Kinsey sings at New Delhi Cafe, also below.

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Bill Gupta, left, and Mark “Sparky” Wetzel

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Bobbie Smith from Kansas City

Darrin Holt, at left, and Ken White, both from St. Louis, visit with friends during the Diversity Mixer.

Jimmy and Sharon Alford, from Red Oak, Oklah., are pronounced man and wife by drag queen Felicia Trueheart at a group wedding ceremony at Eureka Live.

Several members of the audience at the screening of the “Love Free or Die” documentary wore their hearts on their sleeves — er, shirts.

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Friends old and new enjoy the Diversity Mixer at The Pizza Bar last weekend. Events for Diversity Weekend began Friday and lasted throughout the weekend.

Street dancing to the music at New Delhi are Tessa Baughman and William Oxendine, recently moved to Eureka Springs.

Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship member Jim Frederick watches the “Love Free or Die” documentary at the Eureks Springs Library.

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power conservation programs, more decentralized solar and wind power generation, etc.

If the need for a new station near Berryville cannot be definitively established, the proposal for a new line from the new station to a yet-to-be-constructed station near Berryville should be shelved. If this proves to be impossible, the Arkansas Public Service Commission may be persuaded to use route 108, which would avoid the tremendous negative impact on Eureka Springs and Beaver and their surrounding rural areas, and appears to be less costly to construct and maintain.

From the information that I have seen, it appears that SWEPCO started planning this in 2007. All property owners were sent certified letters telling us of this on Saturday, March 30, 2013. We have 30 days from 4/3/13 to ask for intervention from the APSC board. Seems like they didn’t want to give us time to “intervene,” so that they could push this through to get what they want and leave us out in the cold.

If by chance you are as upset as we landowners are, you could put lots of public pressure by phoning and or emailing the three members of the APSC board. For your convenience they are as follows: Colette D. Honorable (Chairman) Phone: 501-682-1455, email: chonorable@psc. state.ar.us Elana C. Willis, Phone: 501-682-5809, email: ewills@psc.state.ar.us Olan W. Reeves, Phone: 501-682-1453, email: oreeves@psc.state.ar.us Errol D. Severe President, Aviation Cadet World

11 reasons global warming is no joke Editor: I just wanted to respond to Gary (no last name given) and his anonymous meteorologist friend’s frustration about global warming “hype”. Some of what you may think is “hype” may in fact be genuine concern for our future, our children, our grandchildren, and this beautiful Earth that God gave us.

Below are the findings from the latest

National Climate Assessment. These are the findings (not hype or theory) of 240 climate scientists and represent independently confirmed peer reviewed science. I encourage Gary and his friend to share their views with those scientists through the provided commenting process rather than trying to confuse the good people of Eureka Springs.

These are the findings from the latest National Climate Assessment: 1. Global climate is changing, and this is apparent across the U.S. in a wide range of observations. The climate change of the past 50 years is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels.

2. Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and there is new and stronger evidence that many of these increases are related to human activities.

3. Human-induced climate change is projected to continue and accelerate significantly if emissions of heat-trapping gases continue to increase.

4. Impacts related to climate change are already evident in many sectors and are expected to become increasingly challenging across the nation throughout this century and beyond.

5. Climate change threatens human health and well-being in many ways, including impacts from increased extreme weather events, wildfire, decreased air quality, diseases transmitted by insects, food, and water, and threats to mental health.

6. Infrastructure across the U.S. is being adversely affected by phenomena associated with climate change, including sea level rise, storm surge, heavy downpours, and extreme heat.

7. Reliability of water supplies is being reduced by climate change in a variety of ways that affect ecosystems and livelihoods in many regions, particularly the Southwest, the Great Plains, the Southeast, and the islands of the Caribbean and the Pacific, including the state of Hawai`i.

8. Adverse impacts to crops and livestock over the next 100 years are expected.

Over the next 25 years or so, the agriculture sector is projected to be relatively resilient, even though there will be increasing disruptions from extreme heat, drought, and heavy downpours. U.S. food security and farm incomes will also depend on how agricultural

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Carroll County Master Gardeners Karen Welch (front, from left), Linda Caldwell, Alice McNeal, Anna Mathews (back right) and Faye Martin cleaned up the flower beds on Saturday at the Good Shepherd Humane Society Thrift Shop in Eureka Springs. The CC Master Gardeners designed, planted and maintain the plant beds at the store.

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systems adapt to climate changes in other regions of the world.

9. Natural ecosystems are being directly affected by climate change, including changes in biodiversity and location of species. As a result, the capacity of ecosystems to moderate the consequences of disturbances such as droughts, floods, and severe storms is be-

ing diminished.

10. Life in the oceans is changing as ocean waters become warmer and more acidic.

11. Planing for adaptation (to address and prepare for impacts) and mitigation (to reduce emissions) is increasing, but progress with implementation is limited.

Jerry Landrum

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Notes from the Village

Alison

By Sandra Taylor Synar Brown

A garden party for readers and writers I love the Books in Bloom Literary Festival, which will take place on Sunday, May 19th at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs.

Books in Bloom is about connecting writers with their readers. Because, without readers, a writer is just a poodle, howling in an empty house.

Since this is only my second Books in Bloom, I wanted to know more about it. So I talked to one of the founders, Lin Wellford.

Alison: Tell me how Books in Bloom came about and what is its purpose?

Lin: The Carroll and Madison Public Library Foundation was formed to support the six libraries in the two-county system. Our ultimate goal is to establish an endowment fund that will allow us to step up and help as various need arise among the libraries.

Among other things, we have helped to pay for librarian training programs and to get downloadable books up and running.

Early on, the board decided that we needed to sponsor an event that would highlight the importance of reading and the on-going relevance of libraries. The idea of hosting a regional literary festival seemed like a great way to do that.

A: Some people wonder why the festival is held in Eureka Springs, rather than in one of the other towns that has a library branch.

L: As we formulated a plan for our festival, we realized that it could also represent the literary arts as part of the May Festival of the Arts, which was already up and running in Eureka Springs. We envisioned giving our festival the relaxed elegance of an old- fashioned garden party, and immediately thought

of the gorgeous gardens at the Crescent Hotel.

Fortunately, the hotel owners shared our enthusiasm for books and the hotel continues to provide not only a perfect venue, but to underwrite Books in Bloom. It’s also a bit easier to lure authors to Eureka Springs, since it’s so unique.

A: About those authors, then. Books and Bloom has brought in some amazingly talented people over the years. Your roster usually includes a number of people who appear regularly on the New York Times Bestseller’s list. How do you find your authors?

L: My co-chair, Jean Elderwind, and I begin our author search within a few weeks of the last festival. Jean has a good sense of whose books are the most in demand by library patrons, and we consult circulation numbers. But the process of contacting authors is a lot like fishing. You have to do a lot of casting before you get a nibble, and even more to get a ‘yes.’ We have a tight budget, so we depend on the fact that many writers have a warm place in their hearts for public libraries!

A: But with no admission charge, how is money raised to cover expenses?

L: We’ve had a wonderful response from both businesses and individuals who see the value of bringing accomplished writers to our area. Their support allows us to put on this event.

A: You have a great roster of authors this year.

L: Absolutely! Each year we try to provide a balanced program, and, sort of like a pot luck, things fall into place. Catherine Coulter, James Grippando and Craig Johnson are all at the top of their writing careers.

R. Clifton Spargo is getting great critical acclaim for his work, and the gardens will be

filled with writers who will read from a wide variety of literary genres. We hope everyone who loves books and reading in our region will come take advantage of this free event!

Books in Bloom will be held from noon5p.m. on Sunday, May 19. Rain will move it to the hotel verandah and lobby.

••• Alison Taylor-Brown has an MFA in Fiction and a lifetime of teaching experience from

preschool to university levels. She began the Community Writing Program for the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow and now directs The Village Writing School, whose mission is to foster the development of area writers through workshops, writers’ circles, and coaching. Her column, Notes from the Village, appears weekly. To talk to Alison about your writing goals and dreams, contact her at alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479 2923665.

The Village Writing School coming workshops April 20 & 23: Subtext, High Events, Closings – Mike Hancock & Alison May 18 & 21: Self-Editing and Publishing – Sanderia Smith & Alison June 15 & 18: Writing the Memoir – Rebecca Mahoney & Alison Each workshop is taught twice: on

the 3rd Saturday & the following Tuesday Saturday workshops are at the Club House at Holiday Island and Tuesday workshops are at the Garden Bistro on North Main in Eureka Springs. Cost for each all-day workshop is $45.

BLOG RIGHT – Friday, May 10 Pamela Toler and Alison

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

This Week’s Writer: Frank Manasseri

On a blistering cold and windy day in December of 1961, I reported for duty aboard the USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853), affectionately known by her Officers and Crew as the “Jolly Cholly.” With my hat squared, the collar of my Pea Coat pulled up over my ears, and my sea bag slung across my left shoulder, I saluted the Officer on Deck and requested permission to come aboard.

Handing him my transfer orders, I was told to report to Ships Office and eventually the Radio Shack, where I would work until I was Honorably Discharged from the Navy in October 1964.

The Roan was currently in dry dock and in a state of reconstruction, undergoing a complete overhaul known as a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) conversion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to equip it with the latest technology in sophisticated Anti-Submarine (ASW) fire power, Anti-Submarine Rockets (ASROC). The Roan was also outfitted with one of the first experimental Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopters (DASH) in the Fleet along with an AN-SPS-40 Radar.

In the spring of 1962, a Veteran Naval Officer and destroyer man, Commander Charles H. Hayden, became the captain of the Roan. I remember him as a good man who cared for his officers, crew and ship. He Frank Manasseri is retired and lives outside Pea Ridge, Arkansas.

He has received service medals and honors for his participation in the Cuba Missile Crisis.

was a leader who had the ability to motivate and inspire good conduct and respect from his men. He did not sweat the small stuff and, in some cases, naval operating procedures were re-written because of his astute judgments and bold decisions. He not only displayed courage and wisdom, he also showed great respect for the officers and men who served under him. To put it in a few words, the man was “salty” Steaming for Guantanamo Bay Completing sea trials, we fueled and loaded ammunition. Early the next morning, the Boatswains’ whistle blew, as he announced “Underway shift colors.” We were to steam straight to the U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The ship was fully manned with a fresh crew that was to begin six weeks of intense refresher training. during the hottest month of August. The remodeled Radio Shack was fully air-conditioned, not for our comfort, but for all the newly installed electronic equipment that needed to be kept cool to operate efficiently.

Each night, during Operational Readiness Training, the Roan was assigned extra duties of Anti-Submarine Warfare Patrols to protect Guantanamo Naval Base from any unauthorized submarines that might pose a threat to the security of the base. This added duty placed even more work and stress upon the already pressured Officers and Crew of the ship. On top of the additional responsibility and intense training, the Roan was also conducting reconnaissance. We took photographs of any and all ships, either Soviet (Communist Russian) or from other countries that may have been secretly carrying missiles and troops into Cuba.

During our training at Cuba, our days were filled with all types of exercises. The most exciting were the General Quarter’s

drills, when the entire crew was involved in manning their respective combat stations. It was impressive to observe how the officers and crew of 250 plus men moved with such speed, order and precision. I was happy to be a young man involved in the serious business of training to be the best, if and when our country needed us.

“Bravo Zulu” for the Jolly Cholly On September 21, 1962 we completed the Operational Readiness Inspection conducted by the Fleet Training Group and all aboard were happy when we received a “Bravo Zulu” (Well done) by the Senior Observer for all our hard work at Cuba.

Soon after returning from training in Cuba, and upon arriving at the Naval Base at Newport Rhode Island, some of the crew was given a 72-hour liberty pass. On October 26th1962, two shipmates and I, Al Arena and Vic Lattanzio, made plans to drive the six hours to New York City for the weekend. We borrowed an MG sports car from Ensign Woodward. As we were preparing to go on Liberty, the ship and crew were put on a 12-hour Alert and told not to travel more than four hours from Newport.

Since I worked as a Radioman and knew that if the ship were to get underway, we would have to receive orders to leave port.

I gave Lenny Martinoli, who had the weekend watch in the Radio Shack, my sister Rose’s phone number in New York. He promised to call her--even before he told the Officer in charge--in the unlikely event the dreaded message to deploy came in. I was determined to go to New York. After driving for six hours, we arrived, worn out, at Rose’s .

I’ll never forget how, as we pulled into the driveway, my sister Rose appeared and seriously announced that we needed to return to the ship immediately! She had received the phone call from my buddy only minutes earlier. We turned around and drove

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

Ann Carter

The Mock Orange Bucket I’d forgotten those cuttings I’d pruned From home, an impulse at best.

They sat six months in a pail Skiffed with dirt till I went round To the sunny side yard and blessed there Was the fragrant, flowering mock orange bucket – Such a shock I can’t help but sing about it.

I don’t mind to be a fool for this— Though I’d not be a fool for less.

another six hours back to Newport. Bleary eyed, we were glad to see the “Jolly Cholly” still securely moored to the pier. Thirty-four members of the crew did not make it back in time and spent the next two months transferring from ship to ship until they finally got aboard, still in the clothing they were wearing when the ship sailed without them.

The USS Charles H. Roan received orders to deploy, and the next morning, October 27 at 0714, we departed Newport and steamed steadily to the Windward Passage between Haiti and Cuba to join Task Group 135.1 in what came to be known as the Cuban Quarantine.

Next Week, Part II. The Roan meets the Soviets

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Announcements & Meetings “Food For Thought” April 12 at Caribe “Food For Thought,” a free evening of appetizers and entertainment, will be presented at Caribe on April 12 at 6 p.m. Come and listen to the Eureka Springs Christian Writers Group as they share their latest creative endeavors—including Metaphorological Weather-Tainment, musical performances, poetry, and more. All are welcome. For more information, call Studio 62 at 479-363-9209.

Berryville VFW to meet April 13 The Berryville VFW Post 7518 and Ladies Auxiliary will meet Saturday, April 13 at 2 p.m. at the Post Home located on Bunch Springs Road in Berryville. All Veterans are welcome.

Ozark Southern Stone open house Ozark Southern Stone is having its open house on Saturday, April 13, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We welcome all of our past and present customers as well as contractors and anyone who wants to see our quarry and our fine limestone products. (870) 423-6524 www.ozarksouthernstone.com EUUF to host Schafer The Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will host Gabriele Schafer on Sunday, April 14 at 11 a.m. at 17 Elk St. Schafer is a long time resident of Fayetteville, Arkansas. She is a pilgrim traveler and has walked Europe for several decades, including El Camino in Spain. Gabriele will share her journeys and experiences with us, weaving in the principles of Unitarian Universalists. For details call (479) 253-0929 or go to www.euuf.org.

Horne to speak at First Baptist-Penn Memorial Church Dr. Rex Horne Jr., president of Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, will be the guest speaker at First Baptist-Penn Memorial Church at 100 Spring St. in Eureka Springs on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. on April 14. He was the former pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, Little Rock. He also served as president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. A potluck luncheon will be served at noon.

4th Annual Carole Hilmer Run/Walk for Ovarian Cancer Research set for April 20 The 4th annual Carole Hilmer Run/Walk for Ovarian Cancer will be held on Satur-

day, April 20 starting at 9 a.m. at The Barn on the Island in Holiday Island. The event honors the memory of Carole Hilmer, who died in June, 2010, of breast cancer. The event includes a 5K run as well as both twoand three-mile walks, On the Friday evening before the event, Geraldi’s-Holiday Island will again host a silent auction. Geraldi’s-Holiday Island will donate a dollar per plate for every spaghetti dinner served. The event has raised over $10,000 for ovarian cancer research.For information call (479) 253-5986 or email joaniekesa@gmail.com.

Online registration is powered by Active. com and mail in registration forms are available at www.hisid.info Kings River Watershed Partnership river cleanup The Kings River Watershed Partnership will hold the first river cleanup of 2013 on April 20. Join us at 8 a.m. sharp at Rockhouse Landing in Madison county.

For more information go to kingsriverwatershed.org and click on the river cleanup page or call (870) 654 4134.

HIHA to sponsor cleanup On Saturday, April 27, the Holiday Island Homeowners Association will sponsor its biannual roadside and shoreline cleanup.

The roadside cleanup will meet at the Holiday Island Clubhouse north parking lot at 9 a.m., where volunteers will receive their road assignments. Shoreline cleanup will meet at the Island beach parking lot (first right after crossing the bridge) at 9 a.m. A picnic lunch will be provided for all volunteers at approximately 11:30 a.m. at the Recreation Center Pavilion.

Wildflowers Christian Ministry women and children’s shelter fund Wildflowers Christian Chapel Women and Children Shelter Fund Goal is $444,000.

To date the amount raised is $23,000.

Please send donations to Wildflowers Ministry 6789 Hwy. 62 West Eureka Springs AR 72632. Any amount will help us get this much needed Shelter opened.

ONGOING SERVICES/MEETINGS Quilters Guild monthly meetings Whether you’re an experienced quilter or interested in learning a new art form, the Holiday Island Quilters’ Guild cordially invites you to its monthly meetings at

Chamber hosts hospitality staff training seminar The Arkansas Hospitality Association in conjunction with the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce will conduct a free “Welcome To Arkansas First Impressions” hospitality training seminar Thursday April 18 at 6 p.m. at the Best Western Eureka Inn. All area business managers and front line service industry personnel are encouraged to attend.

The seminar will be conducted by Scott Sudduth, Arkansas Hospitality Association Welcome To Arkansas coordinator, and will focus on making good first impressions on customers, the importance of being well-informed, and cross-selling within the city, within the Clubhouse in Room A, lower level at 1 Country Club Drive in Holiday Island.

Meetings are normally held on the 3rd Thursday of each month. For more information, call 363-6442 or visit the website https://sites.google.com/site/holidayislandquiltguild/.

Wildflowers Food Bank Wildflowers Food Bank is open every Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. If you are in need of food, bring your ID and come to the Food Bank. If you are out of food anytime, you can call us Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and we will try to help you with enough food to get you to our Friday food bank time. Call first at (479) 363-6408. Or call Wildflowers Ministry at (479) 253-5108.

Audiobooks and eBooks The Carroll County Library System now has eBooks and audiobooks available for download from your library’s website. For help call the Eureka Springs (479) 253-8754 public library.

Alateen meetings Sundays from 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. For more information, call or text 479-9819977, or e-mail ALATEEN1ST@gmx.com.

Ham Radio Club For anyone interested in ham radio, the Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club meets every second Thursday of the month

the region and across the state.

“The hospitality given by the people of the Ozarks and of Arkansas sets us apart from other tourism destinations.

Genuine friendly, courteous, happy hospitality is the one thing every Eureka Springs business can offer and do better than any other business anywhere else in America, and it’s free,” said Mike Bishop of the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce.

Every business owner or manager is being asked to take advantage of this great opportunity and send employees for this training. For information contact the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce at (479) 253-8737. at noon at the Pizza Hut on Highway 62 in Eureka Springs. For more information email patriciadean@cox.net.

Overeaters Anonymous Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. in the Coffee Pot building behind Land O’ Nod at US 62 and Hwy. 23. More information: Barbara (479) 244-0070.

Coffeehouse and outreach Berean Coffeehouse of Calvary Chapel of Eureka Springs hosts Youth Nights monthly with live music, activities and prizes. Coffeehouse open to the public 7 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Tuesday – Saturday with extra hours and live music on Fridays 5 – 10 p.m. Worship Circle Fridays at 7 p.m.

Drug problem?

The Eureka Springs Coffee Pot Narcotics Anonymous Group meets Fridays at 5:30 p.m. at the Coffee Pot building behind Land O’ Nod Motel. Contact Shawn H. 417-2711084 or Robin S. (479) 244-6863 for more information.

Al-Anon Family Group meetings Eureka Springs AFG meets at the Coffee Pot behind the Land O’ Nod Motel Sundays at 11:30 a.m., Mondays and Tuesdays at 7 p.m.

Coffee Break Women AFG meets at Faith Christian Family Church, Hwy. 23S, on Tuesdays at 9:45 a.m.

For info: (479) 363-9495.

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1:40 p.m. – Carroll County Sheriff’s Office asked help locating a domestic altercation in progress. They didn’t know exactly where it was, except that it was within a quarter mile radius of the Passion Play. The responding officer checked out the Passion Play, Magnetic Drive and North Main but didn’t hear anything suspicious.

2:50 p.m. – A caller reported a two-vehicle PPTA (Private Property Traffic Accident) in the parking lot of the courthouse.

6:10 p.m. – A caller reported the old high school had been vandalized. The glass doors to the old gym were open and there was glass everywhere. The responding officer took the report.

6:22 p.m. – A shopkeeper reported two subjects had been in the store “who should not be there.” The officer advised him to contact police the next time they show up.

April 3 9:34 a.m. – A caller ratted out a dog on the playground at the elementary school. Animal Control hauled it off to doggy jail.

10:49 a.m. – The elementary school requested assistance with a student. No report.

9:10 p.m. – A caller requested a welfare check on an elderly female he advised had been taken from her residence by her nephew against her will. The responding officer made contact with an officer who was there at the time the nephew took her and advised she went with him willingly though she did have dementia, and Alzheimer’s. The officer spoke with the nephew and the female by phone and reported there was no reason for concern.

10:18 p.m. – Carroll County Sheriff’s Office called about a possibly intoxicated driver with a child passenger heading toward Eureka from Berryville in a gold Honda Accord. Officers checked the city limits but did not make contact with the vehicle.

April 4 12:42 a.m. – A bar up on the highway reported an altercation between a couple of guys. One left the scene before police and EMS showed up. Smart move. A report was taken.

4:00 p.m. – A routine traffic stop near the Express Inn resulted in the arrest of an individual for driving on a suspended license.

6:46 p.m. – A woman came by the police station to file a report of harassing commu-

nications by her ex-boyfriend.

10:45 p.m. – A call about a business downtown with the doors open brought an officer on site; he found everything okay and locked up.

April 5 9:57 a.m. – An officer found a dog roaming loose downtown and brought it to the police station.

10:57 a.m. – EXACTLY one hour later, a motel owner called to report guests had skipped out on their bill. Coincidence?

11:21 a.m. – EMS was called to a local inn in response to a family dispute involving an elderly relative. The responding officer advised the family they had no legal right to restrain her or keep her where she was, and that she was free to come and go as she pleased until such time she proves to be a danger to herself.

EMS advised she was in her right mind and “very sharp.”

2:35 p.m. – The high school principal asked for an officer in reference to a student.

The responding officer advised the school didn’t need anything from him at that time.

2:40 p.m. – One of Eureka’s finest gave crime a black eye when he arrested a guy on a felony warrant at a local burger chain.

5:21 p.m. – A caller advised of an elderly female they were worried about driving. The responding officer escorted her home.

6:56 p.m. – A caller from the same inn as at 11:21 reported a 96-year-old woman with a walker on the side of the road waving down cars trying to get a ride to the airport.

The officer made contact and the situation was resolved.

8:04 p.m. – A report was taken at a local beaver-themed eatery because one driver backed into another trying to get out of the parking lot. At least the driver hung around.

Usually they don’t.

11:33 p.m. – The owner of a North Main business called to report “5-10 wild Indians in front of her place yelling and screaming.” Said they were now headed toward the Grand Central. The officer was unable to locate the Indians. Wow. 11:40 p.m. – Officers were called to a local bar over two ex-employees who were there causing a problem and refusing to leave. The officer responded but they’d fled by the time he arrived.

April 6 9:53 a.m. – The hospital called to ask for help with a suicidal patient. The officers re-

sponded and helped.

10:02 a.m. – A caller from a local inn reported a elderly woman wanted assistance and said she would not leave until police arrived. The responding officer found her headed back to the motel to her family on his arrival.

2:30 p.m. – Carroll County advised of a reckless driver heading into town from the west driving a silver Toyota. The responding officer did not encounter such a vehicle.

2:33 p.m. – A caller from near Pine and Hilton Streets advised of “a female who seemed out of sorts” they were concerned for. Police spoke with her and everything was fine.

4:37 p.m. – Carroll County said they’d been called about a minor traffic accident in front of a bar up on the highway. The responding officer took a report.

7:41 p.m. – A caller reported a three-woman brawl going on “somewhere on Spring Street.” The caller left no further info and the responding officers found no altercation.

8:20 p.m. – A “congregation of people being very loud” in Basin Park was gone by the time police arrived to check it out.

8:38 p.m. – A caller advised her ex-boyfriend would not return her children’s belongings and “planned to come back later to get her child.” The officer made contact and advised her to get court papers.

11:03 p.m. – A caller from Hayes Avenue advised there was a person running through her yard with a flashlight, and she was worried. The officer made contact, found nothing, but police did an extra patrol in the area for the rest of the night.

April 7 12:18 a.m. – A caller from downtown reported three guys fighting another guy near

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the Grand Central, and they were headed now up toward Eureka Live. Responding officers found they’d taken off by the time police arrived. Officers hung around the area awhile just in case they returned.

12:57 a.m. – A caller on Ridgeway complained the neighbor had left their barking dogs out again. The responding officer found the dogs were inside but extremely loud. No one was home. Animal Control will follow up.

2:46 a.m. – A local motel called to say two female guests had complained of a “rough looking man” knocking on their door. The responding officer determined he was another guest who had “made some passes” at other female guests, but no one seemed to know who he was or what room he was in. The officer stayed in the area for awhile just in case.

10:02 a.m. – A caller reported vandalism at the track behind the elementary school.

The responding officer found the trash can had been blown over, but no vandalism.

7:05 p.m. – A caller reported receiving a call saying there were people juggling fire in the park and wanted police to check it out. They did. No one was juggling fire.

April 8 12:28 a.m. – Benton County Sheriff’s Office asked police to be on the lookout for a male harrassing his wife from Eureka and saying he was “going to come to Bentonville and get his kids.” Police checked the guy’s address here but his car wasn’t there. Benton County was informed.

5:00 a.m. – A caller advised her roommate usually got off work at 3 a.m. and came on home but had not, and she was worried. She called back at 6:43 to say he’d just texted her to say he’d fallen asleep at a friend’s house. A happy ending.

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Lively Entertainment

By Kristal Kuykendall

By Kristal Kuykendall

Weekend features roots, bluegrass music This weekend brings some excellent roots, country and bluegrass music to Eureka Springs all weekend, and two of the shows I think will be the best live music in town happen to both be at Chelsea’s Corner Cafe & Bar on Friday and Saturday, and then there is another great band on Sunday at Squid and Whale Pub. FRIDAY In 2008, Sarah Potenza & The Tall Boys released their debut album, “Shiny & New,” a powerful collection of original songs that drew attention from venues and festival producers nationwide. Within a year, the band was performing at festivals and sharing bills with acts like Joss Stone, Bonnie Raitt and the legendary Stevie Wonder.

In 2010, the group released its second full-length album, “A Lifetime Worth of Sin.” A collection of Americana music, derived from blues, bluegrass, and alternative-country, the album hit No. 17 on American Roots Radio charts as the group

has stepped up its touring, receiving rave reviews from music critics nationwide.

The Boston Herald writes: “It has been said that Lucinda Williams can blow the chrome off her streamline trailer. If that’s true, Sarah Potenza & The Tall Boys can blow the trailer right out of the lot.”

And the Kansas City Blues Society says: “Had Johnny Cash and Bonnie Raitt shared DNA, the result would be Sarah Potenza.”

Sarah Potenza & The Tall Boys have played for inmates at both the Cook Country Department of Corrections and the Dwight Women’s Correctional Facility. In 2011, the group was invited to perform on the main stage at the annual Rhythm & Roots Festival at Ninnigret Park in Charlestown, R.I. alongside world-renowned musicians Steve Earle, Delbert McClinton, and Richard Thompson.

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Sarah Potenza & The Tall Boys’ show at Chelsea’s will begin around 9:30 p.m.; admission is $5 and the show is open to ages 21 and up.

SATURDAY If Tulsa had mountains the string band, klondike5 String Band would live deep within them. People coming together to make roots and bluegrass music is an ageold tradition, and it continues beautifully with klondike5.

The band came together in 2004 to perform rootsy, old-time bluegrass music for local taverns and festivals both in and around Oklahoma. Klondike5 provides a fresh look on old times and serves Tulsa by helping to bring back a love and appreciation of old-time music.

Their music makes you want to get out of your seat and move your feet to the beat.

“Our fans tell us we bring out the inner hillbilly they never knew they had,” the band’s bio says. Klondike5 has positive energy that is contagious to all those who hear it.

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The string band currently consists of five members; Matthew Skelton, Eric Fransen, Carmen Skelton, Victor Wandres and Ted Ward, all of whom share a lifelong love affair with music. Special guest this weekend will be Eureka’s own Daniel Redmond of Mountain Sprout and Ice Cold Fatty, I’m told.

Typically the band has performed acoustically in a tight circle, giving it a certain intimacy that is hard to replicate; some nights the picking will continue till dawn. But as their crowds grew larger, so did the need for amplification.

Their fiddler, Carmen Skelton, is quick to urge fans to pick up an instrument of their own and come on down to the next jam. “There is nothing better than playing late into the night and acquiring new skills from a stranger who soon becomes a friend,” she says. In fact that is how some of the members met one another – though a picking circle.

The group has played at many wellknown venues and festivals, including Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa and at DankFest in Tahlequah, Okla. After their gig here, they’ll play at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville on Sunday, April 14.

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Klondike5’s show at Chelsea’s begins around 9 p.m. on Saturday; admission is $5 and it’s open to ages 21 and up.

SUNDAY On April 14, check out the Whistle Pigs, one of the Midwest’s friendliest and most popular Americana trios, at Squid and Whale Pub. Whistle Pigs’ live shows, consisting of vocal harmonies, banjo, accordion, and upright bass, are energetic yet humorous and interactive, making them suitable for the sit-down crowd as well the dancers and the drinkers.

Traveling over 70,000 miles and playing about 200 shows annually, the Whistle Pigs have shared the stage with the likes of The Legendary Shack Shakers, Split Lip Rayfield and Black Oak Arkansas while playing at a wide range of venues, from Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Festival to bars and dives, weddings and fish fries.

The Pigs combine old-timey, honkytonk musical sensibilities on such originals as “I’m Broke,” “Alcohol,” and “Keep On Dreaming” throughout both of their full-length albums, the self-produced “Long Term Plan” (2009) and their debut

album on Mudstomp Records, “Bless Your Hearts and Livers” (2010).

Show will start around 8 p.m. and there is no charge for admission. Open to ages 21 and up. Squid and Whale Pub is located at 37 Spring St., 479-253-7147.

THURSDAY, APRIL 11 • Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479-2536723: Jazz Night, 9 p.m.

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

FRIDAY, APRIL 12 • Berean Coffee House, 4032 E. Van Buren, 479-244-7495: Neil Ogle jazz guitar • Cathouse / Pied Piper, 82 Armstrong St., 479-363-9976: Dorrian Cross Band, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s, 169 E. Van Buren, 479-2535522: Slam Boxx, 9 p.m.

• Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479-2536723: Sarah and the Tall Boys, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live!, 35 N. Main St., 479253-7020: DJ & Dancing 9 p.m. to close • Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Jukebox • Jack’s Place, 37 Spring St., 479-253-

FAMILY RESTAURANT & STEAK HOUSE 417 W.Van Buren (Hwy. 62 W) • 479-253-8544

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2219: Karaoke with DJ Goose, 9 p.m.

• The Lumberyard, 104 E. Van Buren, 479-253-0400: DJ/Karaoke, 8 p.m.

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

• Rowdy Beaver Den, 45 Spring St., 479363-6444: Terry & Brett, 9 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 417 W. Van Buren, 479-253-8544: Pieces of Dreams, 8 p.m.

• Squid & Whale: Blind Driver, 9 p.m.

• Voulez-Vous Lounge, 63 Spring St., 479-363-6595: Ginger Doss, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 • Cathouse / Pied Piper: Dorrian Cross Band, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s: Ozark Thunder, 9 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Klondike5 String Band, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live!: DJ & Dancing 9 p.m. to close • Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Jukebox • Jack’s Place: JD and the Mudhounds, 9 p.m.

• The Lumberyard: Benefit For Bri, 11 a.m. till close, Jason Gordon, 8 p.m.; Raffle drawings at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. For more info visit www.CarrollCoNews.com/blogs/

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• New Delhi Cafe: Elevating Quartet, noon to 4 p.m.; Mike Blackwell Band, 6:3010:30 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den: Sneaky Pete, 1 to 5 p.m.; Bottlerocket, 9 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Terry and the Executives, 8 p.m.

• Squid and Whale: Blue Moon, 9 p.m.

• Voulez-Vous Lounge: Summer Osborne, 9 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 14 • Cathouse / Pied Piper: Dirtfoot, 3 to 5 p.m.

• Chaser’s: Dime Trip, 8 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Chucky Waggs, 6 to 10 p.m.

• Eureka Live!: Customer Appreciation Night specials 5 p.m. to close • New Delhi Cafe: Effron White, 1 to 5 p.m.

• Squid and Whale Pub: The Whistle Pigs, 8 p.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 15 • Chelsea’s: Springbilly, 9 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16 • Chelsea’s: Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 • Chelsea’s: Drink & Draw with Magic Mule, 8 p.m.

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Notes from the Colony

Linda

By Sandra Caldwell Synar

Tighten up: Can you write a short story in 10 words?

As the legend goes, while Ernest Hemingway lunched with several other writers at the famous Algonquin Round Table, the braggadocios Papa claimed he could write a long-short story in under 10 words. Ten dollar “betcha can’t” bills were quickly slapped on the table.

Without stopping to take another sip of lunch, Hemingway put pen to napkin and came up with this: “For sale, baby shoes, never worn.”

The stunned colleagues had to grant him victory. It was a brilliant story, indeed, with a beginning, middle and an end. Hemingway was a master at economic writing. His contribution of what has since been dubbed as “The Six Word Memoir” can teach us a lot about how to write tight in this age of tweeting and twittering.

According to electronic marketers, we have an attention span of seconds.

According to several training experts, our attention span may expand to about 10-15 minutes with an engaging presenter. E-publishers suggest electronic blog, book or web page content should be no more than 50% of what would normally appear in traditional print.

Thanks to electronic communication, we don’t communicate to a ‘face’ or have the advantage of human interaction. Sensitivity to how words will be read by another is very important (how many times have we all hit “send” and regretted it?)

Here’s a Top 10 list of suggestions for tighter writing: 1. Economize. If you can say something in two words, don’t use 10.

2. Don’t tell your reader what you going to tell them before you tell them.

3. Use the CTRL + f function to find extra words like “that,” “however,” and “just.” Then kill them.

4. Use the same function to look for “was” and get rid of it. Example: Joe was going to the store. Instead: Joe ran

to the store.

5. Avoid saying someone was about to do something. Just say they did it.

Example: She started to scream. Instead say: She screamed.

6. Spot lazy verbs hiding by words ending in “ing” and “ly.”

7. Eliminate helping verbs when possible. Remember those? Is, are, was, were, be, am, been. They clutter your writing, slow it down, and often make it passive.

8. Tighten paragraph beginnings.

Rearrange the structure if necessary.

Example: She glanced at her shoes and then looked away. She said, “I really don’t like this color.” She sighed and sat in a chair. A better construction: She glanced at the shoes and sighed as she sat. “I really don’t like the color.”

(Reduced words from twenty-three to sixteen and eliminated the subject, verb repetition).

9. Make sure every action has a reaction, even if it’s non-verbal.

10. Name things. Example: “She pulled up in a car.” Instead: “She pulled her Mercedes to the curb.”

Hemingway proved a complicated and rather tragic life story can be summed up in six words. The lesson from Papa applies to almost every story. Some are even funny, like “I can’t keep my own secrets.” Or “Fired therapist. One mother is enough.”

Here’s mine: Summing it up is six words.

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Linda Caldwell is director of The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs. She is a 24-year veteran of the newspaper business and the former co-owner of a bed and breakfast in Sedona, Arizona. She lived and worked in Canada for 26 years, on the prairies and the West Coast, before heading for the American Southwest. She has lived in Arkansas since 2003.

Arts & Amusements Eureka Thyme features Crow Johnson Evens Eureka Thyme Gallery will host Crow Johnson Evens on April 13 during the Second Saturday Gallery Stroll. The show will celebrate Crow’s new book and her weaving and spinning. The reception will take place from 1-4 p.m. and again from 6-9 p.m. For more information go to www.CrowSpun.com.

Survivors Getting Stronger: A workshop for cancer survivors Cancer survivors can explore the writing process in a free one-day workshop at The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs on April 13. This Community Writing Program workshop is open to all survivors and/or family members and the only requirement is a desire to strengthen their will to live and to explore healing through writing about their experiences.

Survivor participants will have an opportunity to share thoughts and feelings with other survivors in a confidential and supportive environment. Writing instruction and exercises in memoir, for themselves, family members or the community at large will comprise a large part of the day.

For more information or to register, contact Linda Caldwell at The Writers’ Colony at (479) 253-7444 or email director@writerscolony.org.

Poetluck to host Lord Writer-in-residence Lissa Lord will read at Poetluck on Thursday, April 18, at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow at 515 Spring Street. She will read from a new collection of poems she wrote during the summer of 2012, inspired by her July stay at the Colony. Lissa is an academic librarian at The University of Kansas Libraries and she publishes the award winning Dissertation Research Blog http:// dissertationresearch.blogspot.com. Her professional writing also includes reviews of websites and books for CHOICE Magazine and Library Journal. WordLayers. com is her personal blog and it is here that her passion for poetry and art are creatively expressed.

For details call (479)- 53-7444 or email

director@writerscolony.org.

Sailing class April 19 The Beaver Lake Sailing Club will hold a sailing class on Friday, April 19, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. and weekly thereafter at the Northwest Technical Institute. For details, call (479) 643-2282 or email susanungerboating@gmail.com.

The Eureka Springs Railroad Historical Museum & Eureka Springs Narrow Gauge Railroad to open The Eureka Springs Railroad Historical Museum & The Eureka Springs Narrow Gauge Railroad will open its doors on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays beginning April 4 from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is located at Silver Wings Field Airport at 39 County Road 207 (Onyx Cave Road) in Eureka Springs. Admission includes both The Eureka Springs Railroad Historical Museum and The Eureka Springs Narrow Gauge Railroad.

Yards & Yards of Yard Sales The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 1st Annual “Springtime Yards & Yards of Yard Sales,” to be held April 26 and 27 between the hours of 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day. The springtime sale is in addition to the “19th Annual Yards & Yards of Yard Sales” scheduled for August 2 and 3. For more information contact the Chamber of Commerce at (479) 253-8737.

ES Buddhist study group ES Buddhist Study Group meets at the ES Library Annex every Thursday at 4 p.m. for silent meditation, followed at 4:30 by study and discussion. Our current book is Stages of Meditation by H.H. Dalai Lama.

Rotary Golf Classic The Eureka Springs Rotary Club will hold its annual Golf Classic on Friday, May 3, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Holidays Island clubhouse course. The tourney is played as a four-person scramble, with men, women and mixed teams. Single golfers are welcome also. On Thursday, May 2, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., there will be a silent auctin and wine and cheese Karaoke mixer at the clubhouse lunge. Applications can be picked up at the clubhouse or online at EurekaRotaryClub.com. For more info call (479) 244-7295.

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Wisecrack Zodiac ARIES: Feel free to count your blessings before they hatch, after they hatch, or while they’re running around pecking your toes.

You’ll need all the blessings you can get before your meeting with the boss on Tuesday.

TAURUS: Life is a poem inscribed across the sunrise, but yours is a dirty limerick scribbled on a bathroom wall. Time for a rewrite, because you deserve a better audience, preferably one with their pants on.

GEMINI: All your dreams will come true this week, including the one where you’re naked in school on exam day. You may not impress your professor, but you could score a few abnormal psychology fans.

CANCER: If actions speak louder than words, right now your naughty behavior has its own pep squad. Dial it down a few notches, before the megaphones burst everyone’s eardrums.

LEO: You’re in the right place at the right time on Friday, but it’s not for something you truly want. You can grin and bear this consolation gift from karma, or get the heck out of Dodge.

VIRGO: You may be used to the generic insanity surrounding your days, but Thursday you get a taste of a special homebrew crazy. Sip it carefully, or it will knock you on your butt.

LIBRA: For every problem, there is a solution. Sometimes that solution is “Run away!” Grab your coconuts and make a break for it before the killer rabbits get you.

SCORPIO: The problem with being on a roll? Go too fast, and you flip into a turnover. Saturday will be the frosting on the cake. If you’re lucky, it’s strawberry. Stick out your tongue occasionally and see how sweet it is.

SAGITTARIUS: Someone offers you a leg up on a situation, but once you get there, you’re tempt-

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ed to rip it off and beat them over the head with it. Stay calm, or you won’t have a leg to stand on.

CAPRICORN: You may have a close call this week. From now on, keep the phone far away from your face. In fact, you’re probably better off with two tin cans and a string.

AQUARIUS: Friday looks a little brighter than usual. Could be some unexpected good fortune, or

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your sweetie bought new light bulbs.

Either way, you’ll be able to see a new path.

PISCES: Things may not go your way, but you’re building some impressive muscles as you fight the current. When the tide finally turns, you’ll be better. Stronger. Faster.

Answers on page 29

and would create “regulatory complications” and added cost by going into Missouri.

However, he said, the differences in environmental impact of these alternative routes would be “minimal,” and any of them would be “acceptable environmentally.”

In its vegetation management program, SWEPCO uses manual and mechanical clearing as well as selective herbicide applications “to reduce the cost to ratepayers for future maintenance,” he said. He said he is aware of public response in this area to herbicide use.

“We would visit with landowners about their concerns,” he said, but did not confirm whether, like Carroll Electric, landowners who did not want herbicides used on their ROWs would have those requests honored.

“We assure them that we use EPA registered herbicides and use licensed application companies,” he said. “There are really sound reasons for the use of herbicide applications.”

Those who wish to view the application, maps and other related documents to the project can see them at public libraries in Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington counties and also online at the APSC website at www.apscservices.info. The docket number is 13041-U. A schedule for hearings before the APSC in Little Rock has not been set but is expected within three to four weeks, APSC officials said. In the meantime the public can go to their website and enter comments.

A public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at The Space, Spring Street and Pine, Eureka Springs. Hearings before the commission would be held their office in Little Rock. Those who wish to respond can go to the APSC website and enter comments.

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The Natural Way

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Jim Fain

Supplements and prostate cancer How do you get information to choose supplements if you find yourself challenged with a serious ailment such as prostate cancer? To smartly add complimentary supplements to your medical therapy, talk it over with your health care provider, research all information and then make your own decisions.

A very helpful book has been published by a very well known name to the medical community. I think it is no longer published but if you can find one, buy it.

The Physician’s Desk Reference (PDR) has been the “Bible” for the MD and the source of medical/scientific information on the use of prescribed drugs for decades. The same company has had a PDR not only for herbal medicines but also for nutritional supplements. In the front of the book is a “pink paper” section listing indications. Look for “Carcinoma prostate” and then “Carcinoma unspecified.”

Read all of the information on the different supplements. The PDR series can be found at www.PDRbookstore.com or find one locally. There are plenty of good choices listed in this book. Here are just a few:

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tion. They have contacted celebrities who have a connection to Arkansas, Franks said, and have already have received hats from Willie Nelson, who played the Auditorium, and author Joseph Wambaugh.

“He has friends in Eureka Springs and visits regularly,” Franks said.

The auction will also feature hats by two local hat designers, and people attending the tea can donate their hat to the auction after the Grand Bonnet Contest. Non-celebrity hats will be judged, with awards for prettiest hat and most unique, Franks said.

The annual tea is a fundraiser for

A natural chemical in green tea has been shown to cause apoptosis in many cancers and has marked impact on breast, colon, prostate, pancreatic, skin, bladder, lung, ovarian, leukemic, and liver cancers among others. Simple and humble selenium is not to be overlooked.

Looking at the diet of a large number of people professionals observed those with a low dietary intake of selenium had an increased incidence of lung, colorectal, skin and prostate cancers. Soy isoflavones have recently been shown safe for men and highly useful for prostate cancer. IP-6 is profound in its benefit as is lycopene and Modified Citrus Pectin.

Remember, the website found online through the MedLine search function Entrez-PubMed is a free site to find scientific information on supplements/ herbs. Lots of science exists on supplements/herbals and much of it supports the use of them with many ailments including cancers. Look for yourself by going to the Entrez-PubMed website and searching for “IP-6” or Modified Citrus Pectin. You’ll be surprised. the Eureka Springs Preservation Society, which is dedicated to preserving the town’s natural and architectural assets. Tickets are $20 and are available at the Grand Central Hotel, 37 N. Main (479-253-6756) or Cottage Caboodle, 11 N. Main (479-3636163). Raffle tickets will be sold for prizes in decorated picnic baskets.

The tea will continue to be called Sunday in the Park, Franks said, although a different artistic focus will be chosen each year.

The musical, “Sunday in the Park with George,” won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for drama and two Tony awards for set design. The painting, 7 by 10 feet, is owned by the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Some things to look out for: • Avoid all GMO products and replace with those grown organically without any genetic engineering.

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ings, flavorings, MSG, etc., and replace them with simpler ingredients that are of natural plant matter or derivatives without the synthetic chemicals.

• Avoid irradiated foods and replace with non-irradiated. Best to get fresh produce and when dry or frozen; get from a health food store which sells foods that have not been irradiated. Frontier Natural Foods carries many dried seasonings, etc. that are non-irradiated.

• Avoid refined, white products including refined white sugar. “The whiter the bread; the sooner you’re dead” is an old saying to think about.

• To be a vegan you must eliminate all meats of ANY kind and dairy or its derivatives; including whey, casein, etc. and replace with vegan alternatives. Read your labels when buying commercial products.

Don’t get overwhelmed; diligently take it step at a time if this is difficult for you.

• Incorporate a few healthy, nutritional condiments which will add to your meals; such as nutritional yeast (de-bittered brewer’s yeast by red star, usually works very well for some of the B vitamins) • Include a variety of seaweeds such as nori, kombu, etc. for their nutritional value and ability to help release heavy metals from the body.

• Support your local farmer’s market; they work hard to supply the community with quality veggies – often organically grown.

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Capturing the spirit Additions to Art Wall in works

Hunter Dickelman is painting a landscape of trees and a rock ledge on Passion Play Road for his Art Wall panel, which will go up in May. Standing on a stool, Annamarie Prevatte, left, works on her painting, a figure of a woman morphing into a tree. Anna Buffer, center, paints clouds above her scene of the Flat Iron building downtown, center, and Miranda Latham works on her landscape, right.

Photos by Jennifer Jackson

By Jennifer Jackson They’re big, they’re bold and they make a statement: Eureka Springs is the home of talented artists whose work is part of the local landscape.

And there will be seven more in May. Students in Jessica Cummings’ advanced art class at Eureka Springs High School are painting 4-by-4 foot panels for the Art Wall, an outdoor gallery above a parking lot on Main Street. The new additions, on the theme, “The Spirit of the Ozarks” will be installed and unveiled in May, which is Festival of the Arts month.

Cummings said Sandy Martin of the Eureka Springs Arts Council approached her about the students painting panels this year. She talked to students in her advanced class and they were really into it, she said.

“They’re in Art 3, so have done more painting than most,” she said.

The students are using latex house paint

and paint brushes to paint the panels. Anna Buffer is doing a scene of Spring Street and the Flatiron building. Hunter Dickelman are doing a scene of woods and a rock ledge. Shelby Clark’s picture is of a woman sitting in a spring, and Annamarie Prevatte is doing a figure of a woman morphing into a tree. Miranda Latham is doing a landscape in which dandelion seed heads blow through the sky.

“They turn into birds, and the birds turn into a mountain,” Latham said.

Kenya Boes is painting a spirit lady based on the title character of the 1942 movie, “Joan of Ozark.” Boes said she has never seen the movie, but has read about it.

Because the panels are so large, some of the artists have to stand on stools or sit on the counter to paint. Cummings’ firstyear students are also working on pieces for a downtown exhibit that will open in May at the Iris at Basin Park gallery.

Ozark Mountain Mystique provided an appreciative crowd and evening of outstanding entertainment last Saturday at the Aud in Eureka Springs. The self-described “night of juggling and wonderment” proved an accurate description. The eight acts and an equally talented emcee - Biz the Clown – delighted the crowd with juggling and other circus-style acts. The program was produced by the Robison family from Eureka Springs. Ethan “the Juggler” Robison, at right, is the 11-year-old phenom who is competing well in international juggling competitions.

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