Mature Arkansas, Sept 2013

Mature Arkansas september, 2013

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Jimmy Moses and son Chris pause outside one of their newest real estate development projects, Mann on Main, a mixed development rehab. Photo by Brian Chilson

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Three years ago, concerned citizens in Garland County began calling for a study of Lake Catherine’s deteriorating water quality and disappearing fish. At issue: a leaking vanadium landfill near the water’s edge. Vanadium, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is toxic to aquatic life and may cause cancer in humans. It is also associated with deadly radioactivity.

On August 1, Arkansas’ Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), presented the findings of a report on its two-year study of the lake. At the meeting, the audience was stunned to learn the lake’s sediment was not even tested. Fish lay their eggs in sediment.

According to the report, Lake Hamilton, upstream from the landfill, has no detectable vanadium. Lake Catherine, downstream from the landfill, has vanadium present “through the water column.” And yet, no sediment was tested.

When asked about this glaring omission, Ryan Benefield, ADEQ’s deputy director said, “That was not something our Technical Working Group deemed a concern.”

Without sediment testing, this “Water Quality” report is a sham. Without radioactivity testing, it’s a cynical farce. The report’s conclusion that the water in Lake Catherine is “safe” is an insult to the intelligence of the taxpayers who funded its publication.

The membership of the 13-member “Technical Working Group” includes four members who represent the vanadium industry. Another group member, Dr. Joe Nix, an independent researcher, called for sediment testing. He is still calling for it to be tested.

This report is incomplete.

Sincerely, Denise Parkinson Hot Springs Dear Editor: According to the latest Arkansas Office of Long Term Care (OLTC) investigation report, conducted on the Fayetteville Veteran Home in June, three more serious violations of the law were found.

The June visit was to check if abuse identified on a previous inspection had been corrected.

One of the violations dealt with more medication errors—the rate is still higher than the federal requirement of below 5%. The CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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previous medication error rate was 26.3%, declining to 6.25% at the June inspection. This violation had the potential to affect 19 residents.

The Fayetteville Veteran Nursing Home has been cited repeatedly for high medication error rates. I find it very alarming that medication errors are continuing.

The other two serious violations were dispensing unnecessary drugs and unsanitary conditions in food handling. The first violation has the potential to affect nine residents; the second to affect 71 residents.

Many people do not know that there are laws pertaining to the care of nursing home residents, that when violated can be deadly! It is so important that residents and families take the time to look at the details documented in inspection surveys. Nursing homes are now required to post inspection reports for the past 12 months in their facility.

Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents (AANHR) finds that many times nursing homes do not post these investigative reports, as the law requires. Unfortunately, many families are not aware of the law and many times they are not able to understand the seriousness of these investigative surveys. Our Veterans and their families must remember that their rights are being violated when the people caring for them show a disregard for following the laws.

AANHR has dedicated almost 20 years educating the public about resident rights and laws set forth by our government to protect these rights. Please contact AANHR at www.aanhr.org with any questions.

We are here to help you protect your rights.

Martha Deaver, president Arkansas Advocates for Nursing Home Residents Conway

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Gail Ezelle, executive director of the Arkansas Senior Sports Organization and organizer of the statewide games, says she’s mailed over 2,000 entry forms to athletes across Arkansas and other states who have previously competed in the state games.

Ezelle says the athletes Photos.com, Juanmonino © compete in five-year age categories: 50-55 through 100 years old and more. “The 45-49-year-old ‘kids’ are invited to compete in selected events,” she says, “but may not receive medal recognition. This gives the younger athletes presence for future years.”

Spectators are invited to attend any of the events at no cost.

First, second and third-place medals will be awarded to athletes

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Training is important for many reasons. Training means a higher quality of care for the patient. It also helps ensure that the home environment is safe for everyone. Providing care for a person without proper training can result in injury to the care recipient and the care provider.

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Senior Olympic Games Schedule Sept. 19—Beanbag Baseball competition for senior centers and retirement communities will be held at the First Church of the Nazarene, 3804 Central Ave., Hot Springs. Limited to 16 teams on a first come basis.

Sept. 21-22—Bicycling: 5k, 10k, 20k, 40k-time trials at National Park College, 101 College Dr., Hot Springs. The 20k and 40k trials will start at Lake Catherine State Park, 1200 Catherine Park Rd., Hot Springs.

Oct. 2-6—Competitions for medal and recreational events listed below. Lakeside School (2841 Malvern Ave.) will host track and field, archery and more. Pickleball will be at Jessieville School, 7900 Ark. Hwy. 7.

in all age categories, for these events: Archery, badminton, basketball, bowling, bicycling, golf, horseshoes, race-walks, racquet ball, road races, shuffleboard, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, weightlifting and pickleball.

Recreational events, where athletes compete “just for fun” and no medals are awarded, include: Daisy Air rifle and pistol shoot, Skip Bo, Scrabble, football & softball throws, and basketball shoot. A beanbag baseball tournament will be held for residents of senior retirement centers and senior center participants.

Chief sponsors of the 2013 Games are Humana and long-time sponsor National Park Medical Center. Other sponsors include the Hot Springs Visitors and Convention Bureau, Bank of the Ozarks, Entergy, Riceland Foods, Summit Bank and the Munro Foundation.

For more information, or to download registration form, call 501-321-1441 or visit website SrSports.org

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ART UNTIL SEP. 8—TREASURES OF KENWOOD HOUSE, Ark. Arts Center, 9th & Commerce St., Little Rock. 48 fabulous works of art by Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough and others--the most influential European artists of the 17th – 19th centuries. $12 adults, $10 seniors; $6 youth/ students, FREE for AAC members. 10:00 AM-5:00 PM. Tues.-Sun.

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SEPT. 17—SAN ANTONIO MAYOR JULIAN CASTRO will lecture at UALR’s Stella B. Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building, 4:30-5:45 PM. Castro is a rising star in American politics, a Stanford and Harvard Law graduate and the youngest mayor of a major city who just won reelection with 80% of the vote. FREE but reservations required, call 569-3296.

UNTIL SEP. 22 at AAC: “Bauhaus twenty-21: An Ongoing Legacy,”features 77 modern architecture photographs by Gordon Watkinson; FREE, call 372-4000 or visit arkarts.com SEPT.—ARK. LEAGUE OF ARTISTS exhibit, including drawings, paintings, original prints and sculpture; Cantrell Gallery, 8206 Cantrell Rd., Little Rock; FREE; 224-1335.

UNTIL SEP. 29—GET A SIMPLE LANDSCAPE, drawings by Jerry Phillips; at Butler Center Galleries, 401 Pres. Clinton Ave., Little Rock; FREE; 918-3086.

SEPT.—MID-SOUTHERN WATERCOLORISTS EXHIBIT, Butler Center Galleries, 401 Pres. Clinton Ave., Little Rock; 9:00 AM- 6:00 PM Mon. thru Sat. & 1:00-5:00 PM Sun.; FREE; 918-3086.

UNTIL SEP. 30—ART GLASS EXHIBIT AT GARVAN GARDENS, 225 pieces of custom art glass by James Hayes on display throughout the gardens; 550 Arkridge Rd, Hot Springs; 800-366-4664.

U N T I L SEPT. 1 4 — H O T SPR I N G S PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION, winning entries on public exhibit, The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, 626 Central Ave.; Tues.-Sat. 10:30 AM-5:00 PM; FREE; 501-624-0489. NEW EXHIBIT BEGINNING SEPT. 19, “Art and The Farm,” a curated exhibit of art that depicts the historic and nostalgic impact of farms on American life.

SEPT. 6—GALLERY WALK in historic downtown Hot Springs; 5:00-9:00 PM; FREE; 501-624-0550.

SEPT. 13—SECOND FRIDAY ART NIGHT, enjoy art and entertainment during open houses at downtown Little Rock art galleries and museums; 5:00-8:00 PM; FREE. SEPT.—CRYSTAL BRIDGES Museum of American 6 september, 2013 MATURE ARKANSAS

SEPT.—CRYSTAL BRIDGES Museum of American Art exhibits include “Angels & Tomboys”—72 masterworks portray what it meant to be young and female in 19th Century America; “Surveying George Washington;” and “This Land: Picturing a Changing America in the 1930s1940s. Bentonville; FREE; visit crystalbridges.org/exhibitions or call 479-418-5751.

Art exhibits include “Angels & Tomboys”—72 masterworks portray what it meant to be young and female in 19th Century America;“Surveying George Washington;”and“This Land: Picturing a Changing America in the 1930s-1940s. Bentonville; FREE; visit crystalbridges.org/exhibitions or call 479-418-5751.

SEPT. 20—ARGENTA ARTWALK, galleries’open house; 300-700 blocks of Main St., North Little Rock; 5:00-8:00 PM; FREE; 993-1234.

SEPT. 20—3RD FRIDAY AT The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs will feature artist Jim Miller’s short films and still photography at 6:30 PM; jazz musician Tim Anthony in concert from 7:30-9:00 PM; 626 Central Ave.; FREE; 501-624-0489.

SEPT.—MASTER NATURALISTS TRAINING, Central Ark. Chapter, 2014 training class will begin in Jan. 2014. Application form will be on the website by late Sept., and applications will be accepted until class size reaches maximum of 30. Expert faculty provides 60 hours of instruction over 16 weeks.

To complete the course, applicants must have 40 hours of instruction. $165 includes tuition and dues for the first year. Visit home.arkansasmasternaturalists.org or call Nancy Deckard at 214-325-4111.

SEPT.—SENIORNET CLASSES IN LITTLE ROCK, resume for the fall with: Fundamentals for Beginners, Intro. to Computers-Windows 7, and File Management; Room 2165, UAMS Institute on Aging, Jack Stephens Dr., Little Rock. To register call 603-1262 or visit seniornetjoan2@gmail.com

SEPT.—SENIORNET CLASSES IN HOT SPRINGS will resume on Sept. 30 with registration, SeniorNet Learning Center, 210 Woodbine St., Hot Springs.

Classes meet one time a week for 6 wks. and will include: Computer Basics, Windows 7-both Levels 1 & 2, Digital Photo Editing, Word 2010, Internet, Windows Live Mail, and Keyboarding. Most classes are $20; hotspringsseniornet.net to register.

SEPT.—COMPUTER CLASSES at Esther Nixon Library, 703 W. Main St., Jacksonville; 457-5038; FREE; includes Basic Computers for Beginners (Sept. 3) and Basic Word for Beginners (Sept. 10, 17 or 24).

SEPT.—HAYS SENIOR CENTER offers a wide

array of classes and activities including fully equipped fitness center, indoor track, 2 indoor heated pools, exercise classes, billiards, table tennis, 5,000 sq. ft. ballroom, game room, computer lab and more. Must be 50+ to join, call 975-4297; 401 W. Pershing Blvd., North Little Rock.

SEPT. 17—“FIT 2 LIVE,” will feature “Fight Back, Fight Right: Self Defense;” Laman Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock; 6:30-8:30 PM; FREE; call 771-1995.

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SEPT. 20—IKEBANA LESSONS (flower arranging), Museum of Contemporary Art, 425 Central Ave., Hot Springs; 1:00-3:00 PM; call 501-609-9966 to reserve a seat.

SEPT. 27—SENIOR CRAFTS DAY at the Plantation Agriculture Museum State Park, 4815 Hwy. 161 South, Scott; 10:00 AM-noon; $2 includes craft supplies.

Reservations are preferred and groups are welcome. Meet at Cotton Patch Gift Shop. 501-961-1409.

SEPT.—FREE MAGAZINES AT ZINIO, a great new site that lets you read online over 60 popular magazines for FREE, all you need is your CALS library card. This new service from the Central Ark. Library System is at cals.org/ explore/zinio.aspx SEPT.—YOGA & TAI CHI CLASSES; Quapaw Community Center, 500 Quapaw Ave., Hot Springs; Yoga at 5:30-6:30 PM on Wed. & 10:00-11:30 AM on Sat.; FREE for members, $5 non-members. Tai Chi at 11:00 AM Mon & Wed.; FREE; 501-623-9922.

SEPT.—FITNESS CLASSES—NEW SCHEDULE, sponsored by CareLink; call location for time schedule.

In Little Rock: UAMS Institute on Aging Ottenheimer Fitness Center, call 526-5779, includes Zumba Gold and Aqua Zumba Bess Chisum Stephens Community Center, call 664-4268.

Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, call 664-3600.

LifeQuest of Arkansas, 2nd Presbyterian Church, call 225-6073 In North Little Rock: Indian Hills Church, call 835-2838.

Lakewood United Methodist Church, call 753-6186.

Hays Senior Center, call 975-4297, includes Tai Chi classes.

SEPT.—UAMS THERAPY & FITNESS CLASSES include evening pool classes like Aqua Cardio and Aqua Zumba; afternoon gym classes include cardio dance plus, strength training, yoga and pilates, line dancing, Zumba Gold, strength and cardio fitness. UAMS Reynolds Institute, 629 Stephens Dr., Little Rock; 4:30-5:30 PM. Call Kellie Coleman at 501-526-5779.

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SEPT.—“TUNA DOES VEGAS,” PG comedy about the residents of Tuna, Texas, in Las Vegas; Murray’s Dinner Playhouse, 6323 Col. Glenn Rd., Little Rock. Dinner 6:00 PM, curtain 7:45; 562-3131 for reservations.

SEPT.—“ARKANSANITY,” opens at The Joint--a collection of original comedy sketches and music that lampoons life in The Natural State. Runs through Aug.; Fri. & Sat. 8:00 PM; 301 Main St., North Little Rock; reservations at 372-0205. Cabaret-style theatre with beverages and desserts at your table during the show.

SEPT.—BINGO; Quapaw Community Center, 500 Quapaw Ave., Hot Springs; Tues. & Thurs. 12:30-3:30 PM. 501-623-9922.

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C AL EN DAR PIC KS the Allison Collection of World War II photos; 376-4602.

FARMERS MARKETS ARGENTA FARMERS MARKET, Saturdays 7:00 AM-noon, 6th & Main Streets, North Little Rock; free parking.

SEPT.—JACKSONVILLE MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY, “Civil War Arkansas 1861-1865;” 100 Veteran’s circle, Jacksonville; 241-1943.

CONWAYFARMERSMARKET, 717 Parkway St.; Tues., Thurs., Sat. 7:00 AM-1:00 PM; 501-329-8344.

SEPT.—HISTORIC ARKANSAS MUSEUM features several exhibits, including “The Curious World of Patent Models,” also “The Sense of Nature,” contemporary artists; 200 E. Third St., Little Rock; 324-9351.

CONWAY ON-LINE FARMERS MARKET, visit Conway.locallygrown.net; order Sun.Tues. by 9:00 PM and pick-up following Fri. 4:00-6:00 PM. Open all year.

SEPT.—OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM offers multiple exhibits about Ark. history and people, 300 W. Markham St., Little Rock; FREE; 324-9685.

HOT SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET, 121 Orange St, Hot Springs; Sat. & Thurs. from 7:00 AM-noon, Tues. 5:00-8:00 PM; FREE parking; visit hotspringsfarmersmarket.com HOT SPRINGS ON-LINE FARMERS MARKET, visit spacity.locallygrown.net/ market; order from Sat.-Tues.by 9:00 PM every other week, pick-up 3:00-5:30 PM 301 Whittington Ave.; 501-760-3131.

LITTLE ROCK FARMERS MARKET, locally grown produce and more; Tues. & Sat. 7:00 AM-3:00 PM; River Market Pavilions, 400 Pres. Clinton Ave.; 375-2552 or visit rivermarket.info LITTLE ROCK’S BERNICE GARDEN, 1401 S. Main St., Sundays, 10:00-2:00 PM; 617-2511.

LITTLE ROCK’S HILLCREST FARMERS MARKET, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, 2200 Kavanaugh, Sat. 8:00 AM-noon.

MUSEUMS SEPT—NEW! ESSE PURSE MUSEUM, 1510 S. Main St., Little Rock, tells stories of women through the design, function and contents of their handbags.

Open Tues.- Sun. 11:00 AM-4:00 PM. SEPT.—LET’S DANCE: DANCE & CEREMONY PAINTINGS, a NEW exhibit at Sequoyah National Research Center, Wiggins Native American Art Gallery, UALR’s University Plaza, Suite 500, Little Rock; FREE; 569-8336.

SEPT.—NEW EXHIBIT: Prehistoric Native American artifacts from the Bayou Meto area on permanent display at the Esther Nixon Library, 703 W. Main St., Jacksonville; FREE; 457-5038.

SEPT.—CENTRAL HIGH MUSEUM VISITOR CENTER, 2120 Daisy Bates Dr., Little Rock; 9:00 AM-4:30 PM; 374-1957; FREE; tells the story of the 1957 desegregation crisis at Central High and the civil rights movement.

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PARTIES and EVENTS BEGINNING BEEKEEPING, a FREE, complete 9-hour course; no prior knowledge of beekeeping is required.

Learn about hives and other equipment, management tasks and how to keep bees healthy. Tuesday evenings, Oct 8, 15 & 22 from 6:00-9:00 PM; Univ. of AR Cooperative Extension Office Auditorium, 2301 S. University Ave., Little Rock; registration required 501-340-6650.

SEPT.—OSCAR DE LA RENTA: American Fashion Icon; at the Clinton Center, 1200 Pres. Clinton Ave., Little Rock; $7 adults, $5 seniors 62+, college students and retired military, $3 ages 6-17, free for under 6 and active military; 374-4242. ALSO at the Clinton Library: AND FREEDOM FOR ALL: The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a new exhibit of Stanley Tretick’s photos. Exhibit commemorates the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march that included Dr. King’s “I have a dream…” speech.

SEPT.—SHADES OF GREATNESS: Art Inspired

by Negro League baseball, an exhibit of over 30 pieces of original art to bolster a more creative understanding of this part of American history; Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, 501 W. 9th St., Little Rock; FREE. 683-3593.

SEPT.—RECOVERY 9/11: THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, exhibit documents the historic process at the Staten Island landfill to recover human remains and personal objects; 2nd floor exhibit hall, Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock; FREE; 771-1995.

SEPT.—MACARTHUR MUSEUM OF ARK. MILITARY HISTORY; 503 E. Ninth St., Little Rock; several exhibits on Ark. military history including

SEPT. 6-7—USED BOOK SALE, Esther Nixon Library, 703 W. Main St., Jacksonville; 457-5038; $.50 paperbacks, $1 hardbacks.

SEPT. 8—GRANDPARENTS DAY, a good time to spend some time with the older people in your life—your grandparents, parents, a neighbor or friend. A little of your time and attention is the most precious gift you can give them.

SEPT. 14—EL LATINO FOOD FESTIVAL, Argenta Farmer’s Market, 520 Main St., North Little Rock; 6:00-9:00 PM. Featuring international food vendors from across Central and South America, live music including Salsa, Merengue and Mariachi; $15, $20 at the door; call Arkansas Times at 375-2985 for tickets.

SEPT. 4-30—SENIOR ART SHOW, Hays Senior Center, 401 W. Pershing, North Little Rock. Deadline to submit art is Sept. 3, for non-professional, Arkansas artists over 55. Categories include oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, embroidery, mixed media, portrait and wood. Awards reception 9-1913, 3:00 PM. For more information call Diana Glaze 501-771-1046.

SEPT. 7—ANTIQUE TRACTOR & ENGINE SHOW, Plantation Agriculture Museum State Park, 4815 Hwy. 161 South, Scott; 9:00 AM-4:00 PM; FREE. 501-961-1409.

SEPT. 7-21—PULASKI CO. HUMANE SOCIETY DOG WASH, 9:00 AM-2:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church, Evergreen & Mississippi, Little Rock; SEPT. 14—Highland Valley United Methodist Church, 15524 Chenal Valley; SEPT 21—Kroger’s, Cantrell & Polk Streets; $15; 258-4580.

SEPT. 7—BOOK LAUNCH, Daughter of the White River by Denise Parkinson, All Things Arkansas, 610-C Central Ave., Hot Springs; 4:00—6:00 PM; FREE; 501-276-6870.

SEPT. 12—LIVE AT LAMAN Library: Classical music played by the Ark. Symphony’s Quapaw Quartet, 7:00-8:00 PM; 2801 Orange St., North Little Rock; FREE; 771-1995.

SEPT. 13—SECOND FRIDAY ART NIGHT, enjoy art and entertainment during open houses at downtown Little Rock art galleries and museums; 5:00-8:00 PM; FREE. SEPT. 14—CIRQUE ELOIZE IN “CIRKOPOLIS,” Univ. of Central AR Reynolds Performance Hall, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. All ages show combines the worlds of circus, dance and theatre. 866-8100012 for tickets.

SEPT. 14—CIVIL WAR EVENT at the Scott Plantation Settlement, 15525 Alexander Rd., Scott, to recognize the 150th anniversary of the Civil War skirmish at Ashley Mills; 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. Activities include FREE guided tours of the Scott Plantation Settlement, reenactments of the skirmish, tour of the Scott Heritage Farm a 2:30, and a lecture about the Underground R a i l r o a d . F REE ; 367-8338 or 351-5737.

games; Oct. 21-22 cycling events; all events in Hot Springs; FREE for spectators; fee for competing athletes. Entry form deadline Sept. 15. Details at SrSports.org; or 501-321-1441; or 800-720-7276; or arsrolym@hotsprings.net SEPT. 25-28—MUSEUM OF AUTOMOBILES, 8 Jones Lane, atop Petit Jean Mountain, Morrilton, will feature 3 events: Sept. 25-28—Antique Auto Swap Meet; 8:00 AM-6:00 PM; FREE to the public; $35 entry fee for vehicles entered in the show. Sept.

28—Car Show and Shine; $30 entry fee; contact Chuck McNeal 501-889-4406 for application and details. Sept. 26-28—Military Vehicle Rally, FREE; contact Paul Harless 501-727-5530.

SEPT. 26—GLORIOUS GLASS GALA at the Garvan Pavilion, Garvan Woodland Gardens, 550 Arkridge Rd., Hot Springs. Cocktails at 6:00 PM,

Angela Delaney to volunteer 918-3195.

THURSDAYS IN SEPT.—HOT SPRINGS BLUEGRASS JAM, a jam session for all musicians and all skill levels; listeners welcome; 5:30-8:00 PM; at the Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, 626 Central Ave.; 501-624-0489. (First Thurs. jam session meets at Garland County Library, 1427 Malvern Ave.)

TAKE THE GRANDKIDS SEPT. 27-28—BALLOON RALLY, Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport, hwy. 70 west; FREE. 9-27, gates open 4:30 PM; 9-28 open 7:00 AM. Classic rock band Styx will perform 9-27 and country legend Travis Tritt on 9-28.

SEPT.—HILLARY CLINTON CHILDREN’S LIBRARY & LEARNING CENTER; 4800 W. 10th St., Little Rock; FREE. Includes computer lab, teaching kitchen, greenhouse, garden, theater, community room and walking paths.

SEPT. 15-18—RIVER CITY MEN’S CHORUS concert, “Sing to Me of Heaven,” Sun. 15th at 3:00 PM, 16th & 18th at 7:00 PM; Trinity United Methodist Church, Mississippi & Evergreen Sts., Little Rock, FREE.

SEPT. 21—FESTIVAL OF IDEAS, sponsored by the Arkansas Times is back by popular demand for a second year. A celebration of Arkansas visionaries will be held at several downtown Little Rock venues. A complete set of venues and topics will be available on the Arkansas Times web pages.

SEPT. 21—WOOF, WAG & WINE, an evening of food, drinks, live music, dancing & silent auction to benefit Out of The Woods Animal Rescue; The Historic YMCA Building, 6th & Broadway, Little Rock; 7:00-11:00 PM; $35; $45 at the door; tickets at www.ootwrescue.org SEPT. 19-OCT. 22—SENIOR OLYMPIC GAMES, Sept. 1 beanbag baseball; Oct. 2-6 most of the

gourmet dinner catered by Chef Diana Bratton of Café 1217; music by Clyde Pound, dancing and a silent auction. All funds go to preserve and develop the Gardens; members: $75 per person; non-members $85; call 501-262-9300 to reserve; deadline is 09-20-13.

SEPT. 27-28—ARK. SOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL will feature Arkansas musicians and music for all ages. Hosted by the Butler Center for Ark. Studies, the FREE festival will take place in different venues in Little Rock’s River Market, along Pres. Clinton Ave.: Fri., 6:00 PM at River Market Pavilions; Sat., noon at the 1st Security Amphitheatre in River Front Park; and Sat., starting at 10:30, music for children and teens at the Main Library on Rock St. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the festival. Call

SEPT.—GARLAND COUNTY LIBRARY has lots of FREE events for kids and teens, including: dance games, bingo, Wii games, Karaoke, Lego Club on Sept. 22, 1:30-3:00 PM; Board Games (ages 8-12) Sept. 21, 1:00 PM, registration required; and Movie Nights on Sept.5, 6:00 PM, showing Lady and the Tramp (G) and Sept. 28, 2:00 PM, showing Ponyo (G); subtitles available on both movies. FREE, 1427 Malvern Ave., Hot Springs; call 501-623-4161.

SEPT. — M I D - A MER I C A SCIENCE MUSEUM, 5 0 0 Mid-America Blvd., Hot Springs; featuring their dinosaur exhibit, the new Skycycle and over 100 hands-on exhibits; open Tues.-Sun.; 501-767-3461.

UNTIL SEP. 22—“HOW PEOPLE MAKETHINGS,” inspired by Mister Rogers’ Factory Tours, this interactive exhibit has four major manufacturing processes, accessed through hands-on activities, factory displays and role playing with costumes; Museum of Discovery; 500 Pres. Clinton Ave., Little Rock; open Tues.-Sun.; 396-7050.

SEPT.—WILDWOOD PARK FOR THE ARTS is open FREE to visitors for a stroll or picnic (except during special ticketed events), 20919 Denny Rd., Little Rock; weekdays 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sat. 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sun. noon-5:00 PM. 821-7275.

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A Walker's Paradise

By Erica Sweeney • Photos by Brian Chilson.

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ith its flat, even surface and consistent climatecontrolled atmosphere, the mall is a near perfect spot for walkers to exercise and enjoy camaraderie. And, local malls are happy to have them.

Both Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock and McCain Mall in North Little Rock open their doors early in the morning for walkers and have partnered with local hospitals to provide monthly health screenings and other events for mall walkers to encourage exercise and healthy lifestyles.

“Mall walkers serve as mall ambassadors,” says Hollon Kohtz, who handles public relations for McCain Mall. “They are here every day and know most of the store managers and sales associates. We’re one big happy family.”

Alicia Easley, marketing specialist for Park Plaza, says mall walkers bring a sense of community to the mall. “Many of them began walking for the exercise but keep coming back for the friendships they have developed,” she says. “And it’s always great to see their smiling faces in the mornings.”

“Mall walking offers many advantages, foremost is our comfortable indoor climate.

Betty Holcomb enjoys her walk around McCain Mall in There is no need to worry about North Little Rock. the heat, the cold or the rain.

It’s a great way to keep active no matter the a week. She starts about 7:00 AM, walks for weather,” Easley says. about 30 minutes, completing a mile. She says Helen Blakeley and Betty Holcomb, both the flat, smooth surface makes exercise more 78, say they most enjoy getting out the house, accessible for her. “I’m probably the slowest getting a little exercise, and meeting up with one up there, but I still keep going,” she says. friends. They both walk at McCain Mall and “It takes a while to get my mile in. It gets say they appreciate being indoors out of the your blood pumping, and I like to meet all the heat or cold. different walkers.” After walking, Blakely, who Blakely, who wears an ankle brace and lives in Sherwood, sometimes sits and chats walks with a cane, says she walks five days with other walkers.

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Holcomb often gets a cup of coffee with other walkers after walking or takes coffee to friends who work at Dillard’s. Holcomb, a cancer survivor, used to walk five or six days a week, but recently had to scale back to three after moving to Cabot to be closer to her daughter. She says she tries to walk two miles on each visit.

“It gets you out so you don’t sit in four walls all the time,” Holcomb says.

“Exercise is good for you. If you just sit down, you become less and less healthy. Everyone in the mall knows me by my first name. If I don’t show up, they began to wonder and I appreciate their caring. I’m a people person and like to be out and about.”

Walking laps around the mall also provides the opportunity to do a little window shopping, which Blakely and Holcomb say is part of the fun. Blakely says she sometimes returns to the mall in the afternoons to shop. Holcomb says she likes to window shop so she can keep her eyes out for sales and report back to friends and family members.

“Walking is one of the easiest exercises,” says Teresa Conner, manager of community outreach at Baptist Health, which partners with Park Plaza to offer the Mall Walkers program. “It’s part of an overall fitness plan. The programs are a great opportunity for seniors.”

Baptist Health is available on the second Tuesday of each month at Park Plaza Mall to provide walkers with free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings. Twice a year, Baptist offers more in-depth screenings for cholesterol, height, weight and BMI. At McCain Mall, free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings are available to walkers on the first Friday of the month, through a partnership with Arkansas Heart Hospital, called the Fit Heart Mall Walkers Walking Program.

Arkansas Heart Hospital also provides quarterly

Malls Open Early Both McCain Mall and Park Plaza Mall open before the stores open to accommodate walkers but walking is allowed any time during normal business hours. Both malls have 24-hour security and surveillance.

McCain Mall opens at 7:00 AM, Mon. to Sat.; Sun. 11:00 AM. Park Plaza opens at 6:00 AM. To join the mall-walking program at Park Plaza, call 1-888-227-8478 or visit www.baptist-health.com. To join McCain Mall’s program, call 501-219-7305 or visit www.arheart.com.

Go the distance: McCain Mall, corner of Interstate 40 & McCain Blvd., North Little Rock; Level One – four laps is 1 mile Level Two – five laps is 2.1 miles Park Plaza Mall, corner of University Ave. & Markham St., Little Rock; Top Level – four laps is 1 mile Middle Level – three laps is just under 1 mile.

cholesterol screenings. Doctors from the Arkansas Heart Hospital sometimes accompany walkers around the mall to answer questions, according to Vickie Wingfield, the hospital’s community relations director.

During the screenings, healthcare professionals are on hand to answer questions. Both hospitals’ programs provide educational materials to encourage overall fitness and health. Information is also available at the malls, along with mile markers so walkers can track their distances.

There is even an occasional prize giveaway.

Blakely says walking gets her out of the house and says, “It’s good for us. It helps your strength and makes you feel better. That’s what they tell me anyway.”

Rasha Babbitt from the Arkansas Heart Hospital and Betty Holcomb discuss exercise and healthy lifestyles.

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By Anne Howard Wasson

BusiLegacies ness On the job with the family

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ontrary to the Ewing family’s cut-throat fighting on the old television drama “Dallas,”

“New ideas are always welcome, “ Loyd says. “I love to say ‘let’s try it!’ but somemost family-owned businesses in Central Arkansas enjoy cooperation, respect and times I say, ‘we did that in the 1980s and business success. ¶ Jimmy Moses, co-chairman of the Board of Moses Tucker Real here’s why it won’t work.’”

Zachary David, manager of The Faded Estate (MTRE), explains that when he and his son Chris, the new President of MTRE, have a Rose restaurant in Little Rock, says frequent difference of opinion, “We hash it out as best we can…one of us is always right! However, I and honest communication keeps conflicts at bay in his family. The award-winning know very well that working for your Dad isn’t the easiest assignment out there,” Jimmy says.

Little Rock restaurant specializes in New Orleans cuisine—Cajun, Creole, and Chris Moses agrees, “If we have conflicts, business too.” seafood and steaks. they don’t last long. He respects my big ideas Helen Scott agrees, “The leader of our group “We have a close relationship and speak and knowledge of the business and I admire is Cindy. Her Dad was the leader for many years multiple times a day,” Zac says. “I’m now his staying power and tenacity to get deals and she has many of his leadership qualities.” running the restaurant and every-day operadone.” Chris adds, “We are great friends, busiHelen says the Cantrell Gallery team gets along tions. My Dad is there for questions and to give ness partners and golfing buddies, though I so well because, “We have figured out each of his input. We have a mutual respect for each usually beat him.” our strong areas in running the business, and other and come to decisions as a family.”

Founded in 1984, the real estate developwe let each other do what they do best.”

“We—Zac, my wife Laurie and me—work ment company is noted for leading privateLoyd Stanley, owner of Stanley Jewelers well together; very few conflicts over the years,” sector efforts to create the Little Rock River Gemologists in North Little Rock’s Park Hill area, Edward David says. “Most have been a result of Market district. supervises two of his three children. “I guess I my tendency to jump in and fix things before “Our two generations work well together am still the boss,” Stanley says, “Every day Laura consulting Zac. A hard lesson for an old dog because we have respect for the older generaand Stephen take on a little more of my duties.” to learn.”

“We are fortunate to see things the same,” Jimmy Moses, Moses Tucker Real Estate Jill Ricciardone says of her working relationship tion’s business experience and wisdom,” “My brother and I can butt heads,” Laura with her mother, Ann Williams, owner of according to Cantrell Gallery owner Cindy V. Stanley says, “But I think that’s natural. We Feinstein’s, a upscale women’s clothing and Scott-Huisman. The Scott family has owned have wildly different styles of working. We accessories boutique in Little Rock’s Heights an art and custom-framing gallery in Little Rock always get over it and learn something from neighborhood. “Our personalities are different since 1970. Cindy, along with husband Clarke the conflict. And when Dad says, ‘Be quiet,’ but we’ve never had an argument,” Jill says, as Huisman and her mother Helen Scott operate we do!” Laura adds, “Stephen is more techher mother nods agreement. “My mother has the gallery. Cindy adds, “My mother respects nical and spends time on watches and other always been willing to let me try my own ideas. the younger generation’s fresh perspective and repairs, in addition to sales. I focus on design, We really have no conflicts; we travel together that we have something important to offer the appraisals and sales.” and spend time together,” Jill says.

“We hash it out as best we can…one of us is always right!”

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Jimmy and Chris Moses check the blueprints inside the opening-this-month Bruno’s Restaurant on the ground floor of Mann on Main, 310 Main St., Little Rock.

Photo by Brian Chilson

Purchased by Ann Williams’ mother Nancy Pfeifer Feinstein on a whim, it was first called Feinstein’s California Casuals when it opened in 1957. “California clothing was different than anything we had here,” Williams says, “Nobody was carrying it.” She says it had lighter-weight fabrics and the bold, bright colors that California fashions were beginning to popularize.

Learning a passion for the work Most of the children of business owners we talked with grew up in the business and felt comfortable there; developing an attachment at an early age. While some pursued other careers, for many the pull of family was strong and fundamental.

Jill Ricciardone says she sewed scraps together in Feinstein’s alterations department as a child. As a teenager, she did gift-wrapping, filing and bookkeeping. After earning a degree in marketing from Tulane University, she worked in Dallas for a couple of years as an

account executive for a large clothing manufacturer. “But I always knew this is what I wanted to do,” she says, returning to work full-time in the store in 1990. “I’m good at building relationships and that’s good for business,” she smiles.

Jill’s mother Ann had a quite different route to Feinstein’s. Williams’ parents had operated the store until they became ill and Ann had to step in. Although Ann began her retail sales experience at 16, in the sportswear department of her grandfather Preston Pfeifer’s department store, she had no idea how to run a business.

“And my father kept all the store records in his head,” Ann recalls.

Her first visit to market in 1969, to purchase clothing lines, was five days after her mother’s death. “I had four children—the youngest just six months—and I had no idea what to do,” Ann recalls. “People in the industry were wonderful and I had a great store manager.”

Ann says it took about a year to get comfortable in the job. “I never planned to do this, that’s

just how it worked.”

Zac David says he learned to love the restaurant business by “just being around my Dad and the restaurant. It really is in my blood,” Zac says. “It opened six months after I was born so it’s always been there and that just made it feel comfortable.” Zac started working at The Faded Rose at 14 as a buss boy and has worked in all the restaurant’s positions.

“Right after I graduated college, (with a degree in communications) I came back home and began managing.”

“There was a certain direction my Dad started with, to have an upscale approach to quality custom framing and quality to the art we sell,” Cindy Scott-Huisman says. “We have stuck to that idea all these years. Our main mission is to make people happy. That’s fairly easy because art and beautifully designed custom framing evokes joyful emotions. What a pleasure this life is!”

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“We have figured out each of our strong areas in running the business, and we let each other do what they do best.”

Helen Scott, Cantrell Gallery

does,” Chris Moses says. “It’s incredible to see a once dilapidated building turn into luxury lofts, retail shops and office space; or a parking lot turn into a high rise. I’m passionate about urban renewal and making something out of nothing. Little Rock is the perfect place for these projects because this city is in the midst of a cultural and technological renaissance,” he says.

Jimmy Moses says his son is, “very focused on building a better company than I have been, and we need that kind of focus today, more than ever.”

“I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t working in the family business. As a kid, I worked in the maintenance department painting stripes in parking lots and prob-

customers tend to develop a long-term relationship with us,” she says.

Jill says she knew what was expected of her, “and what I expected of myself,” when she began working full-time at the boutique. “I was treated like everyone else who worked here,” she says, adding that it was about 10 years before she was given the manager’s position. “Jill is the boss,” Ann Williams firmly states. “Gradually the time is coming when she’ll take over,” Williams says confidently.

Loyd Stanley says his daughter Caroline was the child he expected to sustain Stanley Jewelers. “She came to work every afternoon when she turned 16. She got a marketing degree of the University of Arkansas,

Cindy Scott-Huisman and her husband Clarke Huisman, owners of Cantrell Gallery, a custom art and framing gallery,pause with co-staffer and Cindy’s mother, Helen Scott.

Photo by Brian Chilson.

ably doing more goofing off than working,” Chris recalls.

“Jill and I are always on the floor,” Ann Williams says. Their concern for their customers is obvious as they greet shoppers by first name. “Some of them come in every few days just to visit,” Jill says. “Our 14 september, 2013 MATURE ARKANSAS

Fayetteville, graduating on a Saturday and came to work Monday morning,” he recalls.

After 10 years, Caroline is now a consultant to the jewelry industry and based in California.

Now, it is Laura Stanley and Stephen Loyd Stanley that are the third generation at

Stanley Jewelers Gemologists. “I talked Laura into working for me through Christmas and that was 24 years ago,” Loyd says.

Laura graduated from Texas Christian University with a degree in communications and public relations. After a couple of years working in television, Laura decided that career was not for her. She trained to become a Certified Gemologist and earned a master’s of business administration.

Laura says the jewelry business has a strong hold on her. “The product is so much fun and the customers are always happy and shopping for special life experiences. Who would want to leave?”

It took Stephen Stanley longer than his sisters to realize the family business was where he wanted to work. Starting full time in 2002, Stephen says, “It was kind of a natural place to land after dabbling with gunsmithing in Colorado. The skills needs for gunsmithing and watchmaking are surprisingly similar. After completing school for quartz watches, I realized the overlap and how I was naturally destined to land in the jewelry business.”

Loyd Stanley says, “My Dad Charles opened his own business in 1936 in downtown North Little Rock. My mother was good with people and handled sales and bookkeeping.” Loyd says he was only interested in jewelry repair when he went work for his father. But, he enrolled in gemology courses “and fell in love with diamonds.”

“I loved everything about the gallery,” Cindy Scott-Huisman says of her childhood.

“I went to the gallery with my folks and they often discussed the business around the dinner table. When we moved from downtown to the current location in 1976, we discussed a name change. My Dad asked me what I thought, and I suggested Cantrell Gallery. That made me feel a part of our business, and at such a young age.”

Cindy says she never felt pushed to take over the gallery. “I was allowed to pursue other interests. When I graduated college (Hendrix) and realized I didn’t want to continue on the career path I had started, I was a little lost. My parents offered to let

“I guess I am stil the boss.”

Loyd Stanley, Stanley Jewelers Gemologists

me work with them. I thought it was something to do until I figured out what I really wanted to do.”

“But, something had changed between the time when I worked parttime during college and the year I worked in theater,” Cindy says. “ My parents treated me more like an adult and I loved all the responsibilities they gave me. I felt in charge and there was no going back to working for someone else again.”

Helen Scott brags on her co-workers. “Cindy is great at organizing events and taking charge of marketing projects, publicity, and all the social-media. Clarke is a master of museum-quality custom framing.

When it comes to really unusual projects, he’s the one who can figure out how we’ll do it.”

Things change…traditions respected The “next” generation in many family businesses wants to make its mark. Successful family partnerships respect that change; the best ones embrace and encourage it, if it fits the business’ proven successes.

“I bring a fresh new outlook on things,” Zac David says. “I am more in tune with technology and dining trends that might be off my parent’s radar.”

He says his new ideas are always accepted and discussed. “I feel like there is a great level of trust and that if I feel strongly about something I am given a chance to succeed.”

“Zac now manages day-to-day operations with input from me,” Ed David explains.

“I am still involved Loyd, Laura and Stephen Stanley (right) in menu and recipe are the second and third generation at development; we plan Park Hill’s Stanley Jewelers Gemologists. on slowly bringing Zac Photo courtesy the Stanley Family. along in that area.” Ed says Zac has a great ability to communicate with the staff. “He’s much better at it than I am.”

Chris Moses says the changes he is making at MTRE include use of social media and utilizing a team effort. “I like to find unique ways to do deals by using both New Market Tax Credits and Historic Taxes,” he adds. “Dad and Rett (Tucker, co-chairman of the MTRE Board) see that in order to grow, new ideas must be adopted. They have allowed me to take charge, make changes and have control over the day-to-day

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“It keeps a certain amount of closeness in the immediate family.” operations of Moses Tucker,” Chris says.

“This has certainly taken some trust and faith that I have a vision and a goal to make the company better.”

After working in real estate in Georgia, California, and Arizona, Chris earned a master’s degree in real estate development from Clemson University. Returning to Little Rock three years ago, he says he always

Ed David, The Faded Rose

first store to embrace computerized records and to track purchasing on buying trips. On her first trip to market as a store employee, “Mother handed me a calculator and the market book and said to add it up. ‘On a calculator?’ I said. ‘We’re going to get this on a computer!’ I came home and started looking for someone to write software to do all that,” Jill recalls.

Laura Stanley says she’s interested in “process, not just performance. I’ve tried to spend time looking at more effective ways to reach our customers; for a way to shake things up,” she says.

“Last year I was part of a small group of American retailers hosted by the Vicenzaoro Trade Fair. We went over to see how that trade show compares to American shows. It was an exceptional trip,” Laura says. “I’m totally open to new experiences!”

Loyd Stanley says his secret of success is to “be a place customers can depend on, and, having four certified gemologists sets us apart. We are now in a position to buy estates and many bank trust departments now use us for appraisals.”

Cindy Scott-Huisman The David family—Ed, Laurie, daughtersays she has added social in-law Sarah and Zac—enjoy time media and a Cantrell Gallery on The Faded Rose’s patio during the website. “We switched my restaurant’s 30th Anniversary last year. mom’s accounting over to Photo courtesy the David Family.

Quicken in 1995; added a computer software program for writing up framing projknew he’d come back and continue develects in 2008. My Mom, who is 74, keeps up oping downtown Little Rock. with all the changes.”

“I’m more high-tech,” Jill Ricciardone Training a legacy says. She participates “moderately in social “When it came to really learning the busimedia to better reach our customers.” Jill ness as an adult, I was trained by the best— was responsible for Feinstein’s being the 16 september, 2013 MATURE ARKANSAS

my parents,” Cindy says.

“When my husband was involved in the business,” Helen Scott says, “My husband instilled excellent small-business lessons because he, too, had grown up in a small family-owned business.” Helen says he taught Cindy and Clarke to, “ ‘Act like you own the business.’ In other words, make decision based on the longevity of the business,” she says. Helen says her skills are in the accounting and business-side of the company. “Also, I think I have taught by example, how to treat customers, so they want to come back again and again.”

“The basis of customer service and quality of product is all from my Dad,” Zac David explains. “We’re going to stick to what has gotten us where we are. That is, selling a great product and giving great service.

There’s always a chance that another restaurant concept could be in the future. We’ll have to wait and see,” Zac says.

Laura Stanley says she learned a lot from her Dad. “I learned how to interact with customers by watching Dad. I have a natural ability to pick up new skills quickly. Earning my MBA in my 30s was great because I had some actual life experience to relate to the coursework.”

Appreciate the job flexibility None of the families could think of any substantive disadvantages to working with family. Helen Scott says the only disadvantage is “figuring out what to do when some kind of family gathering takes place and we all want to attend. We usually just close the gallery for a day or two.”

Scott says the advantages are plentiful.

“If something comes up, we can cover for one another—we set our own hours and time off. If someone gets called away for school or a medical reason, there is no judgment about leaving to go handle a family matter. And, we get to bring our sweet dogs to the gallery each day.”

“The major advantage is—if the chemistry is right, as it is in our family—it keeps a certain amount of closeness in the immediate family,” according to Ed David. “At

“Family comes first!”

Ann Williams, Feinstein’s.

our Sunday evening family dinners we discuss business situations and maintain that family atmosphere around the dinner table.”

“Family comes first!” according to Ann Williams. Her daughter repeats this shared value a few minutes later. “My kids are part of everything. If I need someone to cover for me when the kids need me, I have that,” Jill says.

“The advantage is intimate control and flexibility,” according to Stephen Stanley. “Working in a family business is the best job in the world,” he says. “I love the industry and I love the flexibility of this environment.”

His sister Laura agrees. “Any disadvantages are easily outweighed by the joy of not working in a corporate world and the joy of controlling your day.

A couple of years in a huge corporation makes you appreciate the smallness of a family business,” she says.

Another generation?

Jill Ricciardone says her son is not interested in Feinstein’s but her 16-year-old daughter might Jill Ricciardone, manager, and Ann Williams, become the family’s owner of Feinstein’s, continue a fourth sixth generation of and fifth generation tradition of Little Little Rock retailers.

Rock retailers that started with Pheifer’s “She certainly Department Store. Photo by Anne Wasson. has the flair for it, should she choose that career.”

Jimmy Moses says his grandchildren “are building very interesting buildings too, with Legos. I hope they will be a part of our group someday. Rett has a very sharp daughter and son and they, too, might find their way to MTRE.” Helen Scott doesn’t foresee a third generation taking over Cantrell Gallery, although Cindy and Clarke’s son Christian, age 21, has worked there part-time. “Cindy was 23 before she seriously considered it, so you never know!”

Ed David has some definite plans for his grandson. “Zac and Sarah are expecting their first child, Henry Graeme David, in about eight weeks.

My fondest hope is that Henry will take the reins about 2043 or so.”

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A Village We All Want You can't go there anymore.

By Cal Wasson

Photos by Julie Alexander

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angston reunions could be the model for high school reunions. Hundreds come to Hot Springs every three years and nearly all have been there

before. They sing anthems, lead cheers, laugh, tease, cajole and console.

The difference is, Langston High has been gone for 45 years; closed when Hot Springs schools integrated in 1968. The youngest attendees are in their early 60s; the oldest top 100.

Understanding why these triennial affairs draw up to 800 former students is complicated.

It’s a story of beauty and pain, kindness and disdain, success and struggle, and community versus the greater society. The history is pure Hot Springs.

Money being green, the Spa City fares better with integration than most of the South. Blacks and whites have been working side-by-side here since the Civil War because it’s profitable. The bathhouses needed workers. Blacks desperately needed jobs and these post war “warshin’ jobs, paying as little as a dollar a week, were cherished. This quickly went to $10 a week with demand and a nudge from the federal government that controls the spring water. The ‘warshin’ folk learned, saved and invested.

A separate black community with its own considerable tourism flourished along Malvern Avenue and the spa developed a reputation as one of the nation’s most accommodating vacation spots for African Americans.

The neighborhood boomed until the Great Depression.

It rose again after World War II and, by the 1960s, it was a stable, multi-generational community with a solid, economically integrated base. It may have been one of the best black neighborhoods in the South. It was a proud community. Langston High School had been its beacon since 1910, producing a steady stream of doctors, lawyers,

educators and athletes.

Hot Springs didn’t integrate with the drama and violence of Little Frank Cooper Rock’s Central High. It was a local rumble but its waves still ripple. For the Langstonians that would have been the class of 1969, “It was hell.” Lavena Hicks says, “We realized we lost everything: Our Bulldogs, our blue and gold.

We lost our identity.”

It was 14 years after the Supreme Court’s Brown vs. Board of Education ruling: Separate black and white schools were inherently unequal. Hot Springs couldn’t avoid desegregation any longer. The plan was to turn the white Hot Springs High and black Langston High into junior high schools. A new, integrated high school would be in a new building, far to the south of the Langston neighborhood.

Joseph Early none of that stuff materialized. But what are you going to do?” He paused then hardened a bit. “All of our things were taken away from us.

We did not want to be there!” he said emphatically.

Just making it there was a struggle. No school buses ran between the Langston neighborhood and the new school. To Sweetie Barron, it was a sign they were not wanted. “They had school buses to take them to school but we didn’t. We could take the city bus and walk in the street, there were no sidewalks, the rest of the way.”

Classmate Cooper said the city bus routes didn’t even start for a couple of months. “It took all kinds of shuffling of family schedules but we got there.” Asked why he pushed so hard he said, “Because we knew that if we didn’t graduate we would have to leave town.”

At a recent reunion, the class of 1969 remembers a tight, disciplined Langston High, with a community backing it up. Teachers lived in the neighborhood and knew the parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Before they got to Langston many went to nearby St John’s Catholic School under the strict tutelage of nuns. They laugh now about how the news of

“We had to be the icebreakers and take what we had to take and make things better for the children behind us. We

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“We were told at an assembly that everyone was going to start out on the same page,” Frank Cooper of Hot Springs recalls. “We were told we could keep our school colors and our Bulldogs name. But once we signed on the dotted line,

your misbehaving in school would beat you home and you had to run a gauntlet of scolding neighbors and kinfolk.

Langston was formal; Hot Springs High was yielding to the freewheeling 1960s. “At Langston, you knew who the teachers were, they dressed in a professional

Sweetie Barron manner,” said Minnie Lennox.

“At Hot Springs High you couldn’t tell the young teachers from the students.” BanLon had replaced white shirts and ties.

Nearby Arkadelphia had rioting that same September over similar school integration. On April 4, Hot Springs erupted in rioting following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For a brief period, whites were kept from entering the Malvern Avenue neighborhood. Unoccupied buildings were torched over several nights. Police, wisely in retrospect, stayed on the perimeters and things calmed down; there were no injuries. On the outside at least, the integration of Hot Springs High was calm.

They were looking forward to the best year of their life as Langston seniors. Classmate Dr. Gary Lemons describes what they became as “colored boy outsiders” in his autobiography Black Male Outsider. Lemons, who teaches college in Florida, says he

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adopted a “whiteness” as an academic strategy.

He didn’t want to be seen as threatening or aggressive or stupid. He took the racial jibes with a laugh and tried to change the subject.

He wanted to be seen as someone who was “white-like” and might have a chance.

Despite the promises, the Langstonians entered a near all-white world. The administrators, the coaches and all but two of the teachers were white. Black teachers with superior credentials were sent to junior highs or retired early. This included a math teacher who was getting national recognition and corporate support for her work. It was arranged that no white would report to a black.

Integration continued without lawsuits or violence. Minnie Lennox says they took it, “Because our parents told us we had to do it.

We had to be the icebreakers and take what we had to take and make things better for the children behind us. We had to walk those steps on the path.” Freedom is never free. They knew it and they took what they must.

For high school seniors the slights were huge. Langston’s renowned cheerleaders were not allowed to try out for the Hot Springs squad, being told they hadn’t come up through the system. A version of this was used to tell Langston honor students they couldn’t be on the Hot Springs honor roll or graduate magna or summa. Some saw it as being told their education and intellectual ability were inferior.

Hot Springs High was off an abysmal one-win football season. Langston was recognized as a state football powerhouse and had been for decades. At the first snap of the football season, there were 21 white starters and one black. Star Langston running-back James Peppers jokes now, “And he was a split end. He stood off to himself and didn’t bother anybody.”

At the time, it wasn’t funny.

Peppers and teammate Frank Cooper recalled how the white players were afraid of them and afraid they would lose their starting positions. They said the Langston players were easily winning in the drills and scrimmages yet they couldn’t start. At one point they quit but coaches, knowing they needed them, convinced them to stay.

Peppers said they got to play “between the 20s.” They’d get the ball on the 20-yard-line,

move it to the other 20 and then give it to the white guys to carry it in. Cooper jokes, “That’s when James started carrying it in from the 40 and that really made them mad.” That year, with Langston playing between the 20s, Hot Springs High went from one-and-eight to a winning season. Two years later, and with more starting blacks, it won the state championship.

A big memory from that season for Peppers comes not from his feats but from the white starter he backed.

The starter had just made a spectacular 70-yard touchdown run. To celebrate he ran past the entire bench, the entire Dwight Greene coaching staff, all his white teammates to hug James. For that moment, in front of packed grandstands, there was no black or white. Maybe it was the highlight of the season for us all.

“Dixie” may have been the Langstonians’ limit. Class president and horn player Dwight Greene of Louisiana, tells of how the Hot Springs band director told him to practice “Dixie.” Greene and others complained but were told, “It is part of our culture.” He told his mother he didn’t want to do it. She told

He ran past the entire bench, the entire coaching staff, all his white teammates to hug James. For

that moment, in front of packed grandstands, there was no black or white.

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him he’d either play it or sit there and pretend to play it because there was no way he was going to quit.

Greene worked with Cooper to stop it. “The band was scheduled to play “Dixie” and we heard about it. Dwight gave us a heads up when it was next and we got up as a group, walked out and stood out in the lobby,” Cooper

said. Police were quickly brought in but there was no violence. “You would have thought we were getting ready to really do something,” Cooper said. “Principal Bill Meyers came down asking what’s going on. We said, ‘Mr. Meyers, listen to what they’re playing. Now we don’t want to hear that. We don’t want to hear that.’

Minnie Lennox That was all that was said, and it was never played from that day on. One of the things we proved that day was that as a group we could get stuff done.”

The slights and prejudices hurt learning.

Langston teachers were known for their individual, after-hours tutoring. Joseph Early recalled, “At Langston when we had learning difficulties we knew we could approach a teacher and get help. When we got to Hot Springs High we didn’t feel the teachers were approachable. This was another reason we had to help ourselves.” His classmates recalled two teachers who were friendly toward blacks but they had to hide it. They had a general feeling the white teachers were uncaring and treated them as inferior students.

At times, it was just funny. The school modified its dress code to ban dashikis, a usually colorful African, unisex blouse and a staple on college campuses at the time. The Langstonites complained that if they had to give up something, what were the whites giving up. The school yielded to the logic and banned camouflage clothing too.

Shortly after Langston High ceased, the neighborhood declined. After a few years, the community vanished leaving empty stores, abandoned houses, vacant lots, and a neighborhood now quaintly known as the Pleasant Street Historical District. Langston’s closing was

a factor. The booster clubs and other support groups were a key part of the community’s business and social fabric. It was a symbol and a shared heritage that just disappeared.

The year before Langston closed, Governor Rockefeller had closed the Hot Springs casinos and the town was in a terrible tourist flux. Fair

didn’t look back. Fair housing laws mostly allowed people to live where they wanted.

The need for a racially separate community disappeared.

The Langston neighborhood still shows its past glory. The old Baptist Bathhouse on Malvern Avenue now sparkles as it used to.

Its total renovation was mostly financed by tax credits for subsidized housing.

The old mansions were magnificent but most are gone o r b o a rd e d - u p victims of changing fortunes. Fires and demolition created empty lots. The bung a lows a re generally neat and Lavena Hicks James Peppers well tended.

Sterile, public accommodation laws opened many all-white housing sits on a hill overlooking the old neighvacation spots to minorities and Hot Springs borhood that once had so much community, had competition. so much vitality. The new housing seems pale, The biggest reason the Langston neighborcold, uncaring. Imposing new hotels and the hood declined isn’t bad. The class of 1969 Convention Center frame the north side of the walked into the best job market in American community with a ghetto-wall-like aura. history, a record that stands to this day.

There’s no school, no neighborhood and, Employers were also scrambling to comply with according to the class of 1969 at least, no the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Langstonians were desire to return to a segregated country. Minnie generally bright, well-educated and disciplined; Lennox is the Human Resources Director for they were in high demand. Many left and most the City of Hot Springs and a respected civic

leader. She simply said, “I wouldn’t have what I have now under segregation.” Her classmates grudgingly agree but their responses are toned by memories of their own struggle and knowing it’s far from over. Freedom is never free.

“Some of the same things we faced at Hot Springs High are going on now,” Lennox adds.

“Kids have told me they wished they could go to Langston for the camaraderie, the spirit, the things they never experienced. They have no legacy to take with them.”

What Langston represented is community, a sense of shared fate, fortune and future. A community controlled by the community. A community that looked out for itself, with rigid expectations for its members. A community that after 50 years of economic and social integration, can never come back again.

The neighborhood is some of the best real estate in Hot Springs and will eventually come back in a different form. Hot Springs High shed its racist image decades ago. Three school districts on its outskirts flourish with over 90% white student bodies, huge athletic complexes funded by taxes from gated communities in the middle of nowhere.

In the end, race is only a factor in the Langston reunions. It’s a return to the village: A community that made and enforced its rules and the rules were seen as ordered and fair. A community that helped itself; a community that believed in itself.

It’s a village we all want. For four days every three years, Langstonians can recall when it was theirs.

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hat fashion trend could possibly unite flashy auto grills, Great Gatsby garb at Brooks Brothers, a pop music video called “Mirrors,” and a Chanel watch called “Falling Stars?” It’s that black magic blend of metro-techture—ART DECO, glistening to treat our eyes and stir our souls once again.

The global embrace of Le Corbusier’s precision artistry has surged forward in apparel, architecture, home fashion and publication typesetting. This sharp, clear influence celebrates a classic era of technical brilliance and creative symmetry in design. Beginning in the 1920s, the original edgy craze endured until it merged into the Chevy Bel-Airs and suburban sprawl of the early 1950s.

Today in Central Arkansas, art-deco-licious trends shine forth in distinctive places. At the 1620 Savoy Restaurant in West Little Rock, Erte’s wildest dreams become reality. From the neon-wrapped signage to the etched glass and onyx interior, the entire ambiance is art-deco-era perfect. New structures like Argenta Community Theater in downtown North Little Rock and the up-coming Arcade Building in the River Market borrow extravagantly from the art-deco style.

How do we mere mortals channel art deco dreams? Mirror Daisy’s Gatsby look. Enjoy Erte`-inspired jerseys, pleat-shoulder sheaths, triangle waists, crochet fingerless gloves, ring-to-bracelet gauntlets and fetching finger-waved bobs. Focus cleanly on black, silver, steel and white draped drama with strong vertical lines. Add sleek chignons, antique crystal baguette clips, smoky eyes and pronounced candy-red lips. Voila! Your unique metro-deco image is born….now, where’s that aqua and white Chevy?.....

Go “Deco-rate” your world!

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or centuries, gardeners have been turning yard and food wastes into a valuable soil amendment called compost.

Composting is a great way to improve your soil and add nutrients to your garden. It also lets you recycle kitchen and lawn waste that won’t have to go into landfills. And, soil with plenty of compost is better able to hold moisture, so you can save on watering. Composing doesn’t require expensive tools or a lot of work.

“Compost is an ecosystem all its own,” said Berni Kurz, Washington County extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture. “Understanding the decomposition process and what does the work in each stage will help this ecosystem function at peak performance and produce a high-quality product.”

What makes good compost? Lots of vegetable matter mixed with oxygen, water and time. It takes many different organisms to turn fruit peels into something your garden plants will love. Bacteria, fungi, millipedes, sowbugs and worms all play a role in making good compost.

Any natural organic material can be composted. Examples are grass clippings, weeds, tree leaves, hedge clippings, kitchen wastes, straw and livestock manure. Many manufactured organic materials that are not Rich compost is essential to keep soil healthy and productive.

waxed or plastic-coated, such as newspapers, paper boxes, clothing scraps and wood shavings are compostable and may be used.

Never add scraps of meat or fats. These decompose anaerobically, leading to a stinky pile with slow composting. Those ingredients also attract flies, their maggots, and animals to your pile.

Don’t add clippings directly to the soil. “Given sufficient time and circumstances,” Kurz said, “any organic material will decompose, but adding the materials directly to the soil without first composting may cause problems. The decomposing materials can compete with living plants for available nutrients, mainly nitrogen.”

“Plus, the composting plant materials may inadvertently bring insects, diseases and weeds into the very garden you want to help,” he said. “Those pests are destroyed by the heat generated in a compost pile.”

Compost can be made in piles, pits, homemade bins or manufactured bins. The size of the bin or pile should be at least 1 cubic yard (3 feet by 3 feet by 3 feet).

Manufactured compost bins are available at hardware stores, garden suppliers, and on the Internet.

Building a pile is the simplest route. Kurz recommends you look at www.arhomeandgarden.org/ composting/build_a_pile.htm) Start with a flat top pile of material on the ground. Using an open weave fence helps prevent the materials from being scattered by weather or animals and allows air and water to circulate.

Make a layer about 1 foot high, then add about 3 inches of soil on top to provide the bacteria needed for compost. If it doesn’t rain enough, you will need to water the pile to keep all materials damp but not soaking wet. Kurz says this encourages the bacteria to work.

“Keep adding compostable mate-

rial as it becomes available,” he said. “Be sure to lay additional material against the fence rather than heaping up the middle to help keep water on the pile instead of running off.”

If you notice the pile getting warm, that means the bacteria are working. If the pile stays cool, it may be too wet for the bacteria.

Turn the materials with a pitch

A homemade,

three-sided compost bin works well for the home gardener.

fork or add dry materials to help balance out the moisture.

“If composting is properly done during the fall and winter months, you will have a pile of valuable garden material to use by spring soil preparation time,” Kurz said.

For more information on composting, visit www.uaex.edu, or contact your county extension office.

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