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State considering ‘all options’ in Acuna-Sanchez case

Alana Cook Deputy Prosecutor Devon Goodman told the Independent that the State is considering all options, including seeking the death penalty, for Victor AcunaSanchez who is charged with capital murder in the New Year’s Eve 2012 shooting death of his former girlfriend, 21-year-old Laura Aceves.

In Tuesday’s evidence suppression hearing, retired Benton County Judge Jay Finch denied all of defense attorney Bill James’s motions to quash information pursuant to the death penalty. Finch will allow victim impact and mitigating evidence to be presented in the October 21 trial, but agreed to James’s request to ban rallying for the victim and displays of support such as buttons on clothing and signs outside the courtroom.

Acuna-Sanchez has been in custody since Dec. 31, 2012, when paramedics found Acevez lying unconscious in her apartment west of Eureka Springs with a gunshot wound to the head and the couple’s four-month-old son near his mother’s body. Deputies said they later found Acuna-Sanchez in a shower with a .22-caliber handgun and his cell phone after they kicked in the door to a cabin on Bluebird Mountain.

James argued that his client’s rights were violated because officers did not have probable cause to enter the home where Acuna-Sanchez was hiding. If Finch finds that there was not probable cause for officers to enter the house, all evidence found with Acuna-Sanchez, including

Chilling for charity – Rowdy Beaver staff takes the ice bucket challenge with a reeeeally big bucket at their 62W location to raise awareness for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Since the challenge went viral a few weeks ago, it has raised $100 million to fund research for the disease. See www.alsa.org for the ALS organization’s thank you.

Photo by Alana Cook

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This Week’s INDEPENDENT Thinker In 2011 she was a point guard in basketball; a pitcher, shortstop and third baseman in baseball; and a midfielder in soccer.

Now that she’s 13, she’s on the cover of Sports Illustrated, and she pitched a shutout last month in the Little League World Series. Mo’ne Davis has a 71 mph fastball and a curveball that gives batters fits.

Photo credit tumblr.com Mo’ne is an independent thinker because when she was spotted throwing perfect football spirals, a coach had her show up for basketball practice. She didn’t just watch, she studied others doing drills, then went out on the court, and, according to her coach, “made it look like she had been doing this forever.”

Talent is wonderful when you do something wonderful with it.

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Independent Art

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Independent Lens

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Sexual assault arrest

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Astrology 14

CAPC 6

Sycamore 15

Clean City ordinance

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Notes from the Hollow

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Independent Mail

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Indy Soul

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Editorial 9

Nature of Eureka

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Meth arrest

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Dropping A Line

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Constables on Patrol

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“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” ~ Albert Einstein

INDEPENDENTNews Proposed ordinance circles Planning table N icky B oyette The August 26 Planning Commission meeting began with three Public Hearings which led to subsequent follow-up discussions.

Multi-family dwelling ordinance Most of the evening was spent in discussion of the proposed ordinance requiring owners of multi-family dwellings of three or more units to have a business license.

During the Public Hearing, Jim Girkin told commissioners he owned several properties around town, and did not like the prospect of having to pay for a separate license for every one of them. He said he has one business, so he should be required to get only one license. He said he is not against a license but the law must be “fair and equitable.”

Bill King said he also owns several properties in town, and questioned why Planning was considering this topic at all. He said business licenses do not fall under the purview of Planning. He said the original intent might have been public safety, but safety is not the emphasis of the ordinance.

King agreed with Girkin’s point about only one business license for an owner of more than one property. “Is John Cross going to get 40 business licenses?” he asked.

John Rankine said it made no sense not to include duplexes in the ordinance. He also pointed out there have been negligent owners of single-family dwellings “who almost let tenants go

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up in smoke” yet they are not targeted. “I’m not sure what this ordinance does for the city,” Rankine said.

Bob Howle asked, “I have two multi-family apartments.

So do I have two businesses? And if I have twenty singlefamily units, then I wouldn’t have a business?”

Gwen Bennett told commission, “I guess I feel singled out.” She said she and her sister own a four-plex in which the sister resides. She said they apply rigid safety standards for safety reasons, but pointed out, “If safety is the concern, shouldn’t all residences have safety standards?”

Lee Pohl commented the proposed ordinance was a “monstrosity” and “a waste of everyone’s time and money.”

When commissioners got to this item on the agenda, Chair James Morris explained they were discussing it only because awhile back council asked Planning to study it. He did not know its ancient history or what led to council’s move. Morris agreed they possibly should add duplexes to the ordinance.

After a bit of discussion, commissioner Melissa Greene asked King what his recommendation would be. King replied the ordinance should require a business license for landlords.

There could be a staggered rate for 1-10 units, 11-20, for example, and on up.

“Owning property is not a business. Being a landlord is,” King stated.

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INDEPENDENTNews Locals being targeted by check scams B ecky G illette The old adage “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” bears keeping in mind if you suddenly receive a large check you aren’t expecting. A sudden financial windfall can be very exciting – or it can lead to you losing your shirt.

Local banks report that some residents are being targeted by scams.

“If you get a check or money order you are not expecting, do research on the company that you’re dealing with,” Donna Hodge, senior vice president/ retail banking manager, Community First Bank, said. “You can Google it online and see if anything has been turned into the Attorney General’s office.’

Hodge said the scams take many forms. In one, people receive a check purportedly from Secret Shopper, a legitimate organization.

“One of the more serious scams involves someone claiming to be with a legitimate company such as Secret Shopper and sending out large counterfeit cashier’s checks or money orders,” Secret Shopper says on its website. “The shopper is told to cash it and wire the majority of the funds via MoneyGram or Western Union, then keep the rest as their ‘pay’ for the shopping. Don’t be fooled by these scams!”

Secret Shopper explains that the FDIC requires banks to make funds available on cashier’s checks and money orders within 1-5 days, so scammers are counting on people receiving the funds and going through with the wire transfer before the check or money order has actually cleared the bank. By the time you find out that the check is not legitimate, you are out the money and will be held accountable by the bank for the bounced check.

In late August Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel released a consumer alert: Scrutinize Secret Shopper Offers.

“Operators of the ‘secret shopper’ scam send consumers a check, typically for $3,000 to $4,000, and ask consumers to deposit the check and then use that money to make purchases at retail stores,” the AG said. “Once those minor purchases are made, consumers are asked to then wire the remaining money to their employer, who is usually

in a foreign country. Victims are then promised they will receive a paycheck in the mail for their services. That check, of course, never arrives.”

Hodge said if there is any doubt about the collectivity of a check, take it to your bank and have the bank send it for collection.

“The bank looks at the check to see if it is good,” Hodge said. “If we send it for collection, nine times out of ten it will come back as a fraudulent check. It might take two to three weeks, but it is better than someone spending that money, and then ending up $2,000 to $4,000 overdrawn. It messes up everything else going through that account. The customer has to somehow get that money back to the bank. They are liable for it.”

Hodge said scams take many forms, including those that come from people trying to sell things or get a job on Craig’s List. People will send fraudulent checks to deposit and then ask the person being scammed to send them money back by Western Union or another wire company.

“Any time it has something to do with sending money by Western Union to someone you don’t know, it is a scam,” Hodge said. “They use Western Union because they get their money quickly and it can’t be traced. By the time the check gets returned to us, they are gone.”

Aaron Sadler, spokeman for the Arkansas Attorney General’s office, said fraudulent checks from Green Dot MoneyPak are even more common than those from Western Union.

Another common scam is people being told they have inherited a large sum of money from a long lost relative from a different country. If you don’t know these people, proceed with great caution.

“It is just devastating,” Hodge said.

“Often the people who get scammed can least afford it. It sounds good that they are going to get thousands of dollars, but it is really scary that people are giving them their banking information. Bottom line, don’t give anyone your personal bank information. Before, we didn’t used to have to worry about things like this.”

Charlie Cross, president and CEO of Cornerstone Bank, said the scams keep getting changed up a little to look more legitimate all the time.

“They switch it up,” Cross said.

“We do our best to deter our clients who come into our bank from getting taken by a scam. They prey on the elderly a lot, unfortunately. The disheartening part of it is usually they are fixed income people who can least afford to have those monies be stolen from them.”

Cross said bank employees can counsel customers about scams, but sometimes they insist on going through with it anyhow.

“We tell them it is a hoax,” Cross said. “Don’t do it. Some people don’t listen, but 95 percent of the scams we are able to stop by counseling the client.”

The AG’s office has the following recommendation about consumers who are promised “free money”: Throw away any unexpected or unsolicited checks that come in the mail from an unfamiliar person or business. Be careful about employment opportunities in which the employer uses no screening process for SCAMS continued on page 23

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Please take the time to read about my qualifications, experience, and the positive changes I have made to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department during my four terms of office.

Personal I have been married to my wife, Pam, for 48 years. We have three children and nine grandchildren.

Education I obtained a B.S. Degree in Math and an M.S. Degree in Physics from Central Missouri University.

Military I served in the United States Air Force from September 1962 to July 1966.

Community Activities I am a member of Rotary, Elks, and the Carroll County Cattleman’s Association. I am a past president of the CCA. Pam and I attend St. Elizabeth’s Church in Eureka Springs.

Duties and Responsibilities As Sheriff, I have been responsible for the Sheriff’s Department, Detention Center, 911 Dispatch, reserve deputies, and the Search and Rescue Team. I am responsible for 64 employees and a combined budget of almost $3.6 million.

Law Enforcement Experience I have been in law enforcement for almost 36 years. I was with the Postal Inspection Service (considered to be oldest federal law enforcement agency) for 23 years; 5 years with MBNA Bank as a credit card fraud investigator; and, almost 8 years as Carroll County Sheriff. My assignments as an investigator and a manager included Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Diego, Miami Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE. I retired from the Postal Inspection service as the Assistant Regional Chief for Criminal Investigations for the Eastern Region, which included the cities of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Richmond and Charlotte.

Accomplishments as Sheriff • Accountability – quarterly reports are submitted to the Quorum Court and news media.

• Fiscal Responsibility – all departments have been under budget.

• Firing Range – due to the generosity of Barrows Excavation and Heavy Contractors of Arkansas, the Sheriff’s Department has its own firing range.

• Drug Dogs – the K-9 Unit continues to be one of our most effective law enforcement tools.

The dogs are used for investigations and drug awareness classes for our local schools and civic groups. The dogs have been used by all the local and surrounding law enforcement agencies.

The K-9 Unit become possible because of donations from Carroll County businesses.

• Prescription Drugs – A permanent drop box has been placed at the entrance to the Sheriff’s Office for the disposal of outdated, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.

• Security Checks – Perimeter security checks of churches and businesses in the rural areas.

• Warrant Officers – The court bailiffs are actively serving warrants when court is not in session. During my four terms, more warrants have been served than issued. About 65% of the warrants are served by the CCSO. • Arrests – About 65% of the arrests made in the county are by the CCSO. The CCSO has 1/3 of the certified officers (16 out of 46) but make about 2/3 of the arrests and cover 650 square miles.

• Housing of Prisoners – The housing of prisoners from other counties has generated over $1 million in revenue over the past seven years.

• Religious Services – All ministries are allowed to minister to the inmates.

• Garden – Two gardens have been established to raise vegetables for the jail and the Carroll County food banks. One of the gardens has been named in honor of the late Walt Noftsger who was our maintenance supervisor.

• Commissary – The commissary program has generated about $15 thousand in revenue per year. There is approximately $60 thousand in the commissary fund which is an emergency fund which can only be used for the medical treatment of prisoners.

• Drug Recognition Experts (DRE) – Most of the deputies have had DRE training and are certified as expert witnesses in the courts. The training enables the deputy to determine if an individual is driving impaired due to drugs.

Between now and Nov. 4 you have ample time to learn about the qualifications of the candidates for Sheriff. Please exercise your right to vote and vote for the candidate you believe will do the best job for Carroll County.

I am proud of the accomplishments of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office over the past eight years, but I am concerned about the financial future of Carroll County and the impact it will have on the Sheriff’s Department and our ability to provide the same level of service to the County. In the past two years I have made many attempts to educate Quorum Court about my concerns.

During the Quorum Court meetings and budget process they have discussed eliminating law enforcement positions, reducing services or raising taxes. I don’t consider any of these a solution.

I have clearly stated what I believe needs to be done. My solutions may not be popular, but I will continue to fight for the changes I believe are right.

I would appreciate your vote in November. It has been a privilege to serve you for the past eight years and it will be an honor to serve Carroll County for another two years.

Paid for by Sheriff Bob Grudek

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INDEPENDENTNews Local man, 28, arrested for sex with minor

B ecky G illette Jonathan Zovak, 28, has been arrested and changed with sexual assault in the 4th degree after allegedly admitting having sex with a 14-year-old girl at a local motel and other locations, Eureka Springs Police Chief Earl Hyatt said. Hyatt said the girl’s mother, Leslie Brashears, has been arrested for permitting abuse of a minor, a Class B felony.

Police became involved in the case several weeks ago when they were asked to do a welfare check at a local motel. On Aug. 18, ESPD made a hot-line report to the Department of Human Services (DHS) informing them that the 14-yearold was living with Zovak. DHS asked if police had proof that Zovak was having sex with the girl.

“At that point, DHS informed me that since we didn’t have proof that they were having sex, and since the mother knew about it, there was nothing they could do about it,” Hyatt said.

Police investigated, and tried to get the mother to report the girl to the sheriff’s department as a runaway. Hyatt said Brashears refused.

“On other occasions, officers from the Eureka Springs Police Department

made contact with the girl to check on her welfare,” Hyatt said. “Each time they were informed by the girl and/or her mother that her welfare was fine, that her mother knew where the girl was at and that she wanted to be there.”

Hyatt said that on Aug. 26, Brashears talked to High School Counselor Rachal Hyatt and High School Principal Katherine Lavender in regards to numerous school days missed by the girl.

“She also told them that she did not want her daughter back in her house because she couldn’t handle her,” Hyatt said. “She told them she had rented her daughter and Zovak a motel room so they could be together. Ms. Hyatt filed another hot-line report in response to this information.”

A break in the case came on Aug. 27 when a friend and co-worker of Zovak reported to police that the girl was having sex with Zovak and was trying to get pregnant.

“On the morning of August 28 I had a telephone conversation with Kevin Estes, Arkansas State Police, and he told me he had talked with Leslie Brashears on the 27th and she had told him of an incident where she had picked up her daughter from a motel where she was

staying with Zovak and had taken her to a grocery store, purchased groceries, and taken her back to the motel where she dropped her off,” Hyatt said. “I informed Estes that we now had a witness who could state that both Zovak and the girl had told the witness they were having sex. We agreed it would be in the girl’s best interest if we placed her in protective custody and contacted DHS.” Zovak came into the police station on the 28th to drop off a prescription for the girl, and retrieve some of his items from her purse. He was informed her purse had already been taken to DHS, but that police wanted to talk to him.

During the interview, Zovak allegedly admitted to having sexual relations with the girl. Zovak further stated that the mother knew about this and was all right with it, Hyatt said.

Zovak was released on $3,500 bail on Saturday, and Brashears’ bond was set at $2,500 on Tuesday.

Sunday at EUUF On Sept. 7 the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk St., presents a Getting-to-Know-You program for the new church year. “New” members from the past couple of years are invited to introduce themselves to the congregation. Come and hear what an interesting and varied bunch we are.

Program is at 11 a.m., followed by refreshments. Childcare provided. (No Soup Sunday this month.)

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INDEPENDENTNews CAPC assesses Jackrabbit and Regatta N icky B oyette In an attempt to improve its website, the City Advertising and Promotion Commission spent its August 27 workshop being entertained by two software developers whose products are designed to make finding and booking a room online easy.

Commissioner Damon Henke introduced the idea in June because he wanted to incorporate the easier-to-use features of other room-booking sites into eurekasprings.org.

The presentations by Jackrabbit Systems and Regatta Travel Solutions feature different strategies for assisting potential travelers in finding the room they want and handling the booking. Presentations were replete with

technical terms and acronyms only the fully-initiated understood.

Each has its proponents. Jackrabbit is used by 272 visitors’ bureaus, including Fayetteville. Regatta was developed to handle all lodgings on the island of Barbados, and it is currently the standard in Tucson, Seattle and other cities worldwide.

Executive Director Mike Maloney said Rogers uses a third product.

Commissioner Terry McClung suggested they revisit the topic at the September workshop and possibly hear from the third company.

Next meeting will be Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m.

From trio to quintet at WCCAD Nicky Boyette For the first time, five commissioners were seated for the Western Carroll County Ambulance District at its August 26 meeting. Senate Bill 989 became law in August 2013 allowing for the board of commissioners to increase from three to five. Chair Ken Mills introduced Marie Lee, representing Grassy Knob, and Judy Giggey, representing Rural Holiday Island, to fill the two new seats. Mark Minton, representing rural Eureka Springs, also attended his first meeting filling the seat of Chris McClung whose term had expired.

The board later voted to create the position of Vice-Chair and elected Mills to remain chair; commissioner Jim Simmons will be vice-chair; Minton will be treasurer and Giggey, secretary.

Mills suggested they create “a punch list” of duties for each position as a guide for commissioners in the future.

Communication Bob Howle, interested citizen,

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Judy Giggey, Jim Simmons, Ken Mills, Mark Minton and Marie Lee

mentioned to the board it would be more efficient if all air-to-ground communications between responders and helicopter pilots used a single radio frequency. Simmons agreed that it has been his experience that helicopter pilots would prefer to deal with fewer frequencies.

Simmons said he had invited Howle to the meeting because the WCCAD meeting is one place representatives of different fire departments gather. Commissioners agreed it would be up to responders to effect this kind of change, but Mills said the commission would help if it could.

Howle said his next step would be to speak with someone at the Office of Emergency Management.

Alliance report Lynn Palmer, Chair of the EMR Alliance, reminded the commission there will be a Mass Casualty training Monday, Sept. 29, on County Road 214 in the Inspiration Point district. All districts will participate.

Also, the Grassy Knob Fire Department purchased a floating backboard for a water rescue training they conducted in Beaver Lake last month.

Performance reports Rod Wasson of ESFD noted there has been an increase in the number of calls from south of Eureka Springs, but of the 198 calls for ESFD responders from April through July, half were from Holiday Island. H.I. Fire Chief Jack Deaton mentioned there have been calls from more remote locations than usual, some requiring his units to travel into Missouri and then drop back down to their destination.

Ed Thompson said Inspiration Point responders worked three accidents in which they had to haul victims out of ravines.

Meeting schedule The commission voted to set the third Tuesday of every other month at 4 p.m. for meetings unless there is a reason to reschedule. Next meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 4 p.m., at the ESFD station.

INDEPENDENTNews City spiffs up with new Clean City Ordinance B ecky G illette City Building Inspector Bobby Ray has submitted six homes for possible enforcement under the demolition by neglect provisions of the recently adopted Clean City Ordinance. While homeowners can be fined up to $200 per day for violations, which include property that is unsafe, unsightly or unsanitary, Ray said that when at all possible the city would work with homeowners in lieu of citations.

The ordinance allows the city to expend funds for mitigation and/or rehabilitation of a violation, and the city may file a lien against the premises for the cost of the cleanup. Competitive bidding is authorized to tear down and remove any building considered a public nuisance.

The ordinance requires that front and side grass lawns visible from the street must be cut to less than eight inches, weeds must be removed, and garden and flower areas maintained.

Bamboo must not encroach upon another resident’s or city property, or obstruct vision for drivers.

First offense violations carry fines of up to $100 per day and second and subsequent fines can be up to $200 per day.

“We have not had to issue citations for any minimum maintenance violations,” Ray said. “Most individuals have corrected their violations in a timely manner. When I tell them about the ordinance, usually within two or three days it has been rectified.”

Ray said that the new ordinance

gives him a bit more backing as far as enforcement of code violations.

“What I have learned since the passing of this is that a lot of places I was having to contact quite often about cutting the grass I haven’t had to call yet,” he said. “People read what the new ordinance is and they aren’t waiting for me to call them. It actually makes it easier for me.”

Ray said he isn’t driving around measuring to see if people’s grass is more than eight inches high. “If it looks like it needs to be mowed, that is when I notify the property owner,” Ray said.

There were concerns from some citizens that enforcement of the ordinance, particularly against people who are poor and elderly, might result in that person losing their home. But Ray said he is willing to work with needy homeowners to get non-profit groups to come in to help repair homes and do yard maintenance.

“I understand people who are on a tight budget,” Ray said. “During the summertime, if they are planning to do some repairs to their house, get with me. I can have them get in touch with organizations that will come in to do some work for them at a minimum cost or free.

Ray said he is working with a friend of Susan Panek, owner of 5 Douglas St., which has been placed on the list for possible demolition by neglect, about getting a non-profit group to do repairs on her property that has been in disrepair for many years.

Another property that has

been placed on the list for possible demolition by neglect is 11 Magnetic, owned by the Mildred Ames estate. The daughter has received Historic District Commission approval for demolition, but the building has yet to be torn down.

Ray said he sent a violation notice letter and a copy of the ordinance.

“She will be given a time period for the home to be removed or get back with me according to the code with a plan I can approve or disapprove,” Ray said. “If nothing is done, it is in the final stages of being condemned and the city will put it out for a bid to have it taken down.”

A third property, 132 N. Main St., has been tied up in the estate of owner Frank Keeler. Ray said the property has been in probate and the family plans on restoring it as soon as the judge will allow.

Three of the homes listed for possible demolition by neglect have owners who live out of town. Ray said he is still attempting to find a deliverable address for notification to Herbert Blalock, owner of 14 Singleton. He recently got a good address for Linda Roberts, owner of 37 Alexander, and is also attempting to get a deliverable address for notification for Richard Parker, owner of 35 Benton St. Ray said the owner has done some work on the property recently, including vegetation removal.

“What I’m noticing is that some of these people who live out of town just seem to forget they need to do upkeep DEMOLITION continued on page 23

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The Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce First Thursday Business After Hours will be at the Holiday Island Clubhouse Ballroom, 1 Country Club Dr. just one-half mile from Hwy 23N, on Sept. 4 from 5:15 - 7:30 p.m.

Featured will be music by A Swing and a Miss and a few short presentations from Holiday Island department heads

representing golf courses, the marina, the campgrounds and room rentals such as The Barn.

There will be numerous giveaways including a family golf pass which will be valid until the end of the year. Appetizers and beverages will be provided. Come visit and catch up on all that the community of Holiday Island has to offer!

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Hospital at H.I. – No No!

Editor, Free land at Holiday Island, remember the old adage, you get what you pay for.

Did not read where all utilities would be installed free and hospital would not pay for space like homeowners and businesses do, through the nose.

The only appreciable benefit would be to residents of H.I. The [letter] writer of Hospital at HI seems to assume that almost all go to the hospital by ambulance, but not necessarily so, most go by privately owned vehicle or walk.

The 62W location has many benefits, mainly close in.

As for ambulances having a rough time on 62 getting there, they go that route now, regularly, and do it well.

To get to HI from east Eureka Springs on a sunny day, just to the main entrance and not looking for a hospital is normally at best 10 to 15 minutes. Can you imagine that route on a snow or ice covered day?

With normal ES ice, would you even make it? Would an ambulance even try? From E. Eureka to 62W – five minutes. Snow – 10

minutes and normally driveable.

The city has committed to the sewer (if funds available and will be if they want to bad enough). And the association has offered on the land.

I think we will get a hospital if people want it and talk favorably rather than negatively. The benefits of a new hospital, fully equipped and certified for emergency treatment, would be unparalleled if located in Eureka Springs. H.I. – negligible.

Bill Pugh

Time for the truth

Editor, Using misinformation and scare tactics, the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas are spreading the coal message.

Last month, Duane Highley said natural gas would increase your electric bill by 20 percent. Now, Arkansas Living on the back page says: It’s time for the truth; your bill will go up 30 percent!

Here are the facts: 1. EPA’s Clean Power Plan to reduce the catastrophic consequences of climate change from coal-fired power plants, is our best hope to survive.

2. Natural gas is not the best option.

3. Local and community solar PV grid-tied generation systems are simple, sustainable ways to provide reliable, secure and affordable power for all. Installed in hours, they are a key part of the power mix, with no harm to people, wildlife or our planet.

Sunlight is free and abundant, the ideal source of energy.

4. Thousands of local carpenters, roofers, electricians, builders, and suppliers, quickly trained to safely install solar systems will have permanent, high paying jobs in the solar industry, a labor intensive field, with many opportunities for advancement.

5. For decades, AEP and SWEPCO sold Arkansas obsolete coal technologies with false advertising: “ultra-super-critical clean coal power plants” as economical and reliable. In return, we gave them power to take our land, build transmission lines, export 30 percent of electricity, and control the political arena.

Distributed solar power is our best opportunity for environmental and economic prosperity. Raise your voice and thank EPA for the courage to take action: http://tinyurl.com/NoCO2 Dr. Luis Contreras

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GUESTatorial A tale of two Public Service Commissions

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e really hope that the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) and American Electric Power (AEP)/Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) are watching what can happen when state regulators get in bed with the utilities they are supposed to regulate. A case in point that could have come straight out of a John Grisham novel is the tale of the Kemper Plant in Mississippi.

Monopoly utilities learned long ago that since they get a guaranteed return on their investment, the more they spend, the more they make. Why spend a nickel for a pencil if you can pay $1 for it and get 12 percent return on the investment?

Or, in the case of Mississippi Power Company (MPCO), why build a $600-million natural gas plant if you can get approval to build a “clean coal” plant that costs $2.4 billion?

Like SWEPCO and Carroll Electric Cooperative Corp., MPCO and its employees put large sums into campaign contributions. So it wasn’t just the MPCO, but also the legislature that was a captive of the company.

The parent company of MPCO, Southern Company (SOCO), touted this project in Kemper County as “the future of coal.”

“The project was being promoted across the political spectrum from Republican powerhouse Governor Haley Barbour to the Obama Administration,” said Mississippi Sierra Club lobbyist Louie Miller. “Even among many national clean energy and environmental groups, our opposition was questioned and criticized.”

Kemper was a boondoogle from the beginning. Coal gasification was and is an untried technology. As the years went by, the price tag of the Kemper plant grew by billions. SOCO has had to write off $1.6 billion in losses.

SOCO stockholders have taken a huge financial hit, and MPCO has gone from the postKatrina hero that got the lights back on to a company deeply resented for large, unnecessary electric bill increases.

The CEO of MPCO was fired, along with the MPCO vice president of generation development and KBR, Kemper’s general contractor. The Southern District PSC Commissioner resigned.

“While we were unsuccessful in stopping MPCO’s damn-the-torpedoes-full-steamahead effort to construct the plant, this may in and of itself be the downfall of the company yet,” Miller said. “Hence, the $5.6 billion dollar price tag for 582MW making Kemper the most expensive power plant ever built in the United States on a per MW basis, and no end in sight on cost overruns and delays.”

Sierra Club took on the most intransigent, politically connected utility in the country and strangled the concept of clean coal in the cradle.

“Never again will an investor or utility look at clean coal as a good bang for the buck,” Miller said.

While MPCO customers still face high electric bills, Sierra Club reached a settlement with MPCO that provides $15 million in funding energy efficiency projects for low-income households and renewable energy demonstration projects with educational opportunities.

The settlement also requires MPCO to close three coal-fired power plants totaling 1,445 megawatts of coal-fired power.

In Eureka Springs, a number of local residents have installed solar generation. Using what is called net metering, they sell excess power back to the power company, and draw power from the system when it is needed.

Such is the power of MPCO that Mississippi – unlike Arkansas – hasn’t allowed net metering.

“The big prize in providing a quantum leap forward for Mississippi to a clean energy future is the hard-fought concession from Mississippi Power that they will not oppose a net metering rule at the PSC or the state legislature,” Miller said. “This rule contains all of the bells and whistles that are key ingredients for providing a robust vehicle for residential and commercial roof-top solar and wind. Up until now, Mississippi was one of five states in the nation where net metering was prohibited.”

Is it possible that SWEPCO’s proposed 345-kV transmission line is the equivalent of MPCO’s Kemper Plant? Similarities can be drawn. If the kind of alternative energy advances seen in the past five years continue, small energy generating facilities will become increasingly competitive, potentially eliminating the need for these long-distance electric transmission lines. Stopping the Shipe Road to Kings River transmission line would be doing AEP shareholders, and its customers, a big favor.

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by Dan Krotz ’m pretty sure that dogs go to heaven and cats go to hell. Or is it the other way around? Either way, it’s a tough fact to substantiate. I guess the rightness of the matter depends on whether you like cats better than dogs, or vice versa.

Of course, the argument is further complicated by well-meaning ditherers who believe that there is no heaven and no hell. According to them we, along with cats and dogs, filter into that Great Mandala of the outer world (the macrocosm) and the inner world (the microcosm) where being is ambivalently resonant in inner–outer synthesis and associated with the subtle body and broader aspects of dog and cat consciousness.

Holy smoke, so to speak.

More smoke, and not at all holy, emanates from our political dogs and cats, and it is absolutely only smoke and no fire. Sleek but rotund cats prance about haughtily extolling the virtues of independence, toughness and rigor while howling at the screen door morning and night for chow. Between times they ding dong along meowing, “I’m pro gun, pro family, pro life and pro Constitution!”

What they mean is they want to control all aspects of your private life and, if they get half a chance, will do it at the point of a gun.

Dogs, meanwhile, love all people except the frustrated, the ignorant, the bewildered, the irate and the lost at sea, which is everybody. If any one of everybody says how they’re really feeling, the dog will propose a game of fetch; he’ll reverse roles and throw the stick of education or job training, or the stick of a minimum wage, or the odd drone and the wire tap, and keep throwing it, again and again, every time you’re sucker enough to fetch it back. The dog has great fun and everybody is busy, busy.

What dogs and cats agree on is that the other deserves to go to hell. They are certainly right and, for that reason alone if for no other, we ought to hope and pray that proposers of Grand Mandala theories are, respectfully considered, all wet.

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A little help from our friends:

• Cup of Love free dinner, lunch, clothing – Free Mexican dinner Wednesdays at 5 p.m.

Hearty soup lunch Fridays 9:30 – 2 p.m. Free clothing. Located in former Wildflower thrift shop (yellow building next to chapel) US 62E. (479) 363-4529.

• Flint Street Fellowship food pantry, lunch, free clothing – Pantry open 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Mondays and Wednesdays. Free lunch Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Free clothes/shoes closet, books and household items.

(479) 253-9491 or 253-4945. Leave donations in barrel at entrance if facility is closed.

• Wildflower food pantry, furniture bank and clothing – Wildflower Chapel (US 62E) free food pantry 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Fridays.

Thrift store and used furniture bank (now in big blue barn only) Wednesday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Friday 1 – 6 p.m. Drop off donations Thursday – Saturday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

• GRIEF SHARE – 13-week grief recovery program. Sundays 2 – 4 p.m. HI Community Church Fellowship Hall library (188 Stateline Drive). Join at any time. $15 workbook fee.

(479) 253-8925, or e-mail lardellen@gmail. com.

• Celebrate Recovery – Soul Purpose Ministries, 801 S. Springfield, Green Forest, 6:30 p.m. each Wednesday. Potluck meal followed by 12-step Christ-centered meetings for those suffering from addiction, habit, hang-up or hurt.

• No high school diploma? Take free GED classes in the Carnegie Library Annex every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 9 a.m.

- noon with study and tutoring for the GED test.

Open to ages 18 and up. GED classes also in Berryville at Carroll County Center. Some open to ages 16 and 17 per educational requirements.

For info: Nancy Wood (479) 981-0482, Carnegie Library (479) 253-8754, Carroll County Center (870) 423-4455). Offered by North Arkansas College with Carnegie Library support.

• Coffee Break Al-Anon Family Group Women – Tuesdays, 9:45 a.m., Faith Christian Family Church, Hwy. 23S, (479) 363- 9495.

Meetings at Coffee Pot Club behind Land O’ Nod Inn: • Alateen – Sundays, 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Email alateen1st@gmx.com or phone (479) 9819977 • Overeaters Anonymous – Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Barbara (479) 244-0070 • Narcotics Anonymous – Fridays, 5:30 p.m.

(903) 278-5568 • Al-Anon Family Group (AFG) – Sundays, 11:30 a.m., Mondays and Tuesdays 7 p.m. • Eureka Springs Coffee Pot AA Groups Monday – Saturday 12:30 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.; Sunday – Thursday, Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday, 8 p.m. (479) 253-7956 • Al-Anon Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. All other meetings: See www.nwarkaa.org 10 |

INDEPENDENTNews Green Forest man arrested for meth Drug Enforcement Administration agents, in cooperation with Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputies, conducted two controlled purchases of methamphetamine from Fernando Canales-Mendoza, 52, of Green Forest, and arrested him August 27 according to Carroll County Sheriff Bob Grudek. Canales-Mendoza is a U.S. citizen, Grudek said, and his only previous record

was for traffic violations.

During the arrest, and with several search warrants issued by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, agents and deputies found approximately 140 grams of meth on properties used by Canales-Mendoza.

Asst. U.S. Attorney Brandon Carter is prosecuting the case.

INDEPENDENTConstablesOnPatrol August 25 12:36 p.m. – Concerned friend asked for a welfare check on a 66-year old friend who was camping near water somewhere in the area and does not want to be found. Constables checked lakes near the city but found no one.

ESPD alerted Central Dispatch.

2:48 p.m. – Apartment dweller asked to speak with a constable about a dispute with a neighbor.

2:49 p.m. – Motorist eastbound on US 62 reported being followed very closely by an aggressive driver making obscene gestures. Caller was able to speak with a constable in town.

4:37 p.m. – Constable initiated a traffic stop and arrested the driver for driving on a suspended driver’s license, no insurance, and failure to pay registration fee.

August 26 8:37 a.m. – Motel staff reported a recent guest pilfered several motel items.

9:10 a.m. – Constable picked up two free-roaming unattended dogs at a campground and brought them to the kennel.

3:24 p.m. – A physical altercation on a downtown sidewalk resulted in one arrest.

11:14 p.m. – Witness reported two loose dogs running onto US 62 as it wends eastward away from town. The dogs then ran behind a house, into the woods and were gone.

11:39 p.m. – Guests at a motel told ESPD whenever they walk their dog, nearby resident dogs become very aggressive.

The guests asked if a constable would speak with the owner about the dogs.

The constable went to the scene and spoke with the complainant.

August 27 10:50 a.m. – Individual came to the station for driver’s license testing, and

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the constable discovered the individual had three outstanding warrants so he arrested him.

August 28 12:28 a.m. – Same motel guests called ESPD about the nearby dogs harassing theirs when they went for a walk at midnight. Constable left a note for Animal Control.

9:02 a.m. – Apartment manager reported illegal dumping in the dumpster.

12:50 p.m. – Individual spoke with a constable about ongoing harassing communications she has been receiving.

1:25 p.m. – Caller reported her medication had been stolen.

August 29 11:06 a.m. – Animal Control responded to report of dogs barking just east of downtown. He was told at the scene the dogs were visiting from Missouri and would be leaving soon. The dogs were already inside the house.

12:10 p.m. – Manager of a downtown business reported items had been stolen.

1:35 p.m. – Detective arrested an individual on an ESPD warrant for permitting the abuse of a child.

3:49 p.m. – There was a two-vehicle accident on US 62. No injuries.

August 30 10:01 a.m. – Resident who was out of town told ESPD someone had seen a vehicle in his driveway. He asked a constable to check. The constable informed the caller the vehicle belonged to his painter who was power-washing his home.

10:56 a.m. – A motor home bumped an awning at a motel.

12:46 p.m. – Worker reported it looked suspicious to him for windows to be open at a nearby building. Constable went there and found construction going on and everything was okay.

1:22 p.m. – Individual claimed another

vehicle hit his door and damaged it as he was pumping gas. Constable filed a report.

10:06 p.m. – Motel staff reported a male guest had hit a female. Constables arrested him for 3rd degree domestic battery.

August 31 1:46 a.m. – ESPD learned of another possible domestic dispute in progress at a different motel. This one settled down once constables arrived.

3:14 a.m. – Guest at a hotel reported his female friend had left to get something downstairs but had not returned. He had searched but had not been able to find her. Constable went to the scene and found the female friend safely back in her room.

11:17 p.m. – Staff at a hotel reported a gentleman had walked in with his suitcase and asked for a room. When told there were no vacancies, he left but returned and sat in the bar. A worker got him a room at another establishment, but he remained there with his suitcase.

The concerned hotel staff asked for a constable to check things out. Constable arrived and gave the gentleman a ride to his motel.

September 1 1:11 a.m. – Central dispatch alerted ESPD that authorities in Madison County were pursuing a vehicle that might enter Eureka Springs on Hwy. 23 South. The vehicle did enter town but avoided the spike strip and continued east where authorities stopped it near Berryville.

4:30 a.m. – Guest at a tourist lodging reported someone had knocked on his door, and when he answered, there was the sound of a window breaking nearby.

Constable noticed the caller had a cut on his arm, but he denied breaking the window.

INDEPENDENT Art & Entertainment ChickenStock Music Festival – out of the coop!

The Berryville Organic News and Bon Fund Project present the ChickenStock Music Festival Friday, Sept. 6 at Wheelin’ World Park, 10 Mint Ridge Rd. (off Hwy. 23S).

Gates open at noon with music by local groups Yokohama Drifters and Hoot N Annies. Festival begins at 2 p.m. featuring headliner and guitar virtuoso Junior Brown, “An American Original,” along with “The World’s Greatest Rock n’ Roll Fiddler,” legendary Randy Crouch, Tyrannosaurus Chicken and The Ariels.

There will be music, food, activities and merriment until 11 p.m. Admission is $25 per person or $40 per couple (which could be you and a friend).

For more information see the page, The Berryville Organic News Chickenstock Music Festival, on Facebook or call (870) 654-7296.

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Grease at the Aud Sept. 7 The Eureka Classic Movie Association presents the 1978 musical romantic comedy, Grease, at the Eureka Springs Auditorium on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. Grease, starring John Trovolta, Olivia Newton-John and Stockard Channing, received numerous Golden Globe Awards as well as a Golden Screen Award.

Tickets are $3 for 16 and over, children admitted free. Come and sing along!

Dancing with the Eureka Stars Join the fun at the Aud on Sept. 11 at 7:30 p.m. as ten locals; Chip Ford, LeRoy Gorrell, Damon Henke, David Kellogg, Mark Minton, Mary Popovac, Elise Roenigk, Zeek Taylor, Fatima Treuer and Diane Wilkerson partner with professional dancers from Melonlight Ballroom Dance in an evening of Dancing with the Eureka Stars.

The dance floor at Melonlight has had a workout with the dancing feet of this august amateur group as they worked hard in rehearsals – so don’t miss this chance to see what they’ve accomplished and cheer your favorite.

This fundraiser is sure to be a fun night for the community as well as an opportunity to support our Chamber of Commerce.

Tickets are $10 adult and $5 for kids. Advance sales are preferred and tickets are available at Melonlight

Dance or the Chamber of Commerce.

Admission can also be paid at the door.

For more information, phone Toni Rose (479) 253-8737 at the Chamber.

Bob Harvey exhibits in Hot Springs

Village Writing School open house Sept. 9 The Village Writing School will mark its Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce open house and ribbon cutting with a Celebration of Writers on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 5 – 7 p.m. at 177 Huntsville Rd (Hwy. 23S).

This gala will include a book fair where the public can meet more than three dozen Arkansas authors and browse hundreds of books about Arkansas. Every 30 minutes a drawing will be held for the winner’s choice of any book in the house.

Arkansas food and music will complete this celebration of our state’s stories. Writers are invited to bring their books.

The school’s mission is to help writers tell their stories by offering workshops, writing circles, and special events. The school also hosts Writers’ Night Out every Thursday at 5 p.m. This free event is open to anyone interested in writing and features a meal and guest speakers or discussions on topics important to writers.

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Eureka Springs artist, Bob Harvey, will have two paintings, Color Dance and Crow Dance, in a regional competition at the Hot Springs Art Center. The exhibit, Color, Line, and Form focuses on abstract art and will be up from Sept. 5 – Oct. 25. The opening reception is 5 – 9 p.m., Friday Sept. 5, during Gallery Walk in downtown Hot Springs. www.esINDEPENDENT.com | September 3, 2014 |

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INDEPENDENTNews Antique autos and 1922 bank robbery!

Travel back in time at the Annual Antique Auto Festival hosted by the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce at the Village at Pine Mountain Sept. 5 and 6. Antique and classic autos are coming in from Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Kansas and Arkansas to parade and compete for awards. Registration will be at the NAPA tent and judging by the Carroll County Cruisers takes place Friday from noon – 6 p.m., resuming Saturday morning from 8 – 10 a.m.

The grand parade will depart for downtown at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The 1922 bank robbery reenactment will take place immediately following the parade at the old Bank of Eureka Springs, 40 Spring Street. Eureka’s own Frank Cook will drive

the Ford Model T getaway car.

Look for some 1920s-attired actors along with local Scrimshaw man, Kurtz Miller, in the lead and get some souvenir funny money. Be in place no later than 11:30 a.m. to see the outcome of the shoot-out.

Some autos will remain parked downtown for the public to view. Until 3 p.m. there will be a DJ and door prizes at Pine Mountain Village and a chance to get a close up look at the other antique cars on display. At 4 p.m. the “Best of” awards will be presented, including the Everett Chevrolet Best of Show awards.

For more information see eurekaspringschamber.com or contact (479) 253-8737.

New officers – Carroll County Music Group, affiliated with the National Federation of Music Clubs, met August 31 to install new officers for the coming year. From left are Grace Wilson, Historian; Chris Fischer, Vice President; Mary Dolce, President; and Judith Giggey, Secretary. Dr. Alice Martinson was installed-in-absentia as treasurer.

Believe it or not, it’s spaghetti!

Did you know the St. Elizabeth Church bell tower on Crescent Drive has been in Ripley’s Believe It Or Not three different times? Now it needs some TLC. You can help by attending St. Elizabeth’s “Believe It Or Not” Spaghetti Dinner Friday, Sept. 5 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Parish Center on Passion Play Road.

There will be a choice of vegetarian or regular meat sauce and wine will be available along with other beverages. Former pastor, Father Shaun Wesley, will sing for your enjoyment (and his supper) at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 each, and funds from the evening will help restore the bell tower.

Run away to the circus!

School supplied – Holiday Island Presbyterian Church Women held their annual school supplies drive for Garfield Elementary School and collected enough to fill the trunk and back seat of this car! Pictured are Susan Stille (left) past group moderator and Roxanne Royster, current moderator. The group meets monthly on the first Thursday. This year’s bible study is “A Contemporary Study of II Corinthians.” Visitors and prospective members welcome. Contact Susan Stille at (479) 253-5809.

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Well, at least come and volunteer.

There will be a meeting in the elementary school gym on Sept. 9 at 3:30 p.m. for those interested in helping with the Carson & Barnes Circus coming to Lake Leatherwood Park on Nov. 5.

Volunteers are needed to help with promotion and marketing, gathering donations, getting hay and feed for

the animals, traffic control on the day of the shows and help with a silent auction/bake sale in October.

The circus will perform two shows, with benefits going to Eureka Springs school students by supporting an after school program or summer camps.

If you cannot attend the meeting and would like more information, please email brenda.tenan@es.k12.ar.us.

INDEPENDENTLens White River tranquility – Steven Shogren with White River, his 2nd place winner in the Photography division at the Holiday Island Art Show.

Photo by Jay Vrecenak

Art show winners — Bob Anastasi, left, with his gorgeous turned bowl, won first place in the Three Dimensional Division and Roy Albeck took first in the Photography Division.

Photo by Jay Vrecenak

All kinds of art – Volunteer greeters Steve Shogren and Carol Jacobson were kept busy during their shift at th First place – Ellen Dunn’s Circle of Confusion, left, got the blue ribbon Holiday Island Art Guild’s 26 Annual Art Show. in the Works on Paper Dvision, and Patricia Hawkins Sweeden went Photo by Jay Vrecenak home with a first in Works on Canvas for Tulip. Photo by Jay Vrecenak Joy-ful art – Joy Quigley’s Navajo Boy took second place in the Works on Canvas division at the Holiday Island Art show. Joy, left accepts her prize from judge Julene Baker-Smith. Photo by Jay Vrecenak High energy – Robert Cray and the Steve Pryor band played to a psyched crowd at the Aud Aug. 30, including a lot of first-time visitors to the venue who loved the intimacy and thought it was wonderful to be at the back of the auditorium yet so close to the stage. Photo by Jay Vrecenak Volunteer of the year – Suzanne Williams, right, was named Volunteer of the Year at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum’s annual membership meeting. At left is Stephanie Stodden, Director of Operations. In addition to volunteering as museum greeter at the front desk Suzanne assists with research. Her biggest accomplishment has been guiding the reprinting of the 2nd edition of Eureka Springs: A Postcard History 1879-1979, a book originally published for the Centennial in 1979, which has been out of print for many years. The book is available at the museum for $20. Photo submitted

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ESOTERICAstrology as news for week Sept. 4 – 10

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Under the Light of the Full Moon

e must be patient Thursday, Sept. 4 – we may experience limitation and restraints, feeling we haven’t done or said enough.

Carefully think through ideas before explaining. The afternoon is easier. Friday through Sunday may prove difficult concerning agreements or conclusions. We can’t seem to find anyone thinking or feeling as we do to understand us. This is temporary. However, it places everyone in a state of solitude and feelings of loss. What’s occurring is refinement from Virgo, transformation from Pluto and inner expansion from

ARIES: Is work with family and home providing you with a sense of gladness?

Are you working hard and getting much accomplished? Are you compromising and/or cooperating with everyone?

These neutralize unanticipated conflicts.

Wherever you’re living, whatever you’re doing you want and need freedom. Don’t be irritable. Study and travel, climb a mountain, find and wear sturdy shoes.

These direct the hidden Martian energy you feel. Helping you pass the tests.

TAURUS: Your behavior at times looks like you’re becoming a Leo. It’s important to express yourself with an “I am” focus, for you need self-proclamations, praise and recognition. Self-denial, discipline, and setting aside any gratifications are not helpful at this time. It’s also important to tend to health and well-being. Invite others to enter help you in times of stress or need.

This builds your self-awareness. You’re a good relationship.

GEMINI: Jupiter is progressing through your 3rd house of learning. Do all you can to expand your mind. Then share your experiences and studies with others. You need not push others to agree with your thinking. They already do. They like you.

Young people come into your life. They have freer points of view. Assess these

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Jupiter – all working together for our evolution (Path of Return). Things get easier with Aquarius moon.

We begin to feel a sense of freedom, innovation, liberty. Saturday we’re more hungry than usual.

We need expansion. Sunday, Pisces moon. We’re confused, seek the spiritual, encounter dissolution.

We dive into the wreck and emerge out of the deep waters filled with compassion and tenderness.

Monday is unsettling (Uranus). Monday evening (full moon time) is the Solar Festival of Virgo – 16.19 degrees. Virgo informs us “I am the Mother &

newer points of view. What you believe now frames your future. So expansion is important. What are you reading?

CANCER: As your life continues to present unusual events, information becomes absorbed quickly and it’s having a profound effect on your thinking.

The solitude you’re experiencing allows deep reflection so new choices can be made. Reflection upon death of a loved one gives you greater life perspectives. Much of the past seems to be shadowing you. Soon they fall away. A new presence has arrived.

LEO: Your thoughts are toward the future, where hopes, wishes and dreams create a revolution of mental activity. You want to have experiences that summon your potential. Don’t be alone all the time.

Although you’re independent, there’s a need for interaction with those you trust.

A need for playfulness, fun and laughter.

Coordinate your needs those of others.

And do careful physical exercise. Someone misses you.

VIRGO: Each day you’re working hard on spiritual tasks set before you. Suspending

the Child, I God, I matter, Am.” Virgo (the mother, Earth, matter & form) contains within herself the Spirit of God (Father). As Father and Mother/matter merge they create the Holy Child (the Soul), which Virgo is gestating, giving birth at Winter Solstice.

We begin preparations for Winter solstice at this full moon time. Tuesday, Mercury/Pluto – a message is given to humanity. That things are building toward a deep, we-can’t-go-back-to-the-past, transformative change. We prepare for this, too. Together. Under the light of the full moon.

many pleasures you focus on each day’s labor. They surprise you with unexpected and unforeseen challenges. Tend to your creativity and health carefully – they are connected. Eliminate foods, drinks, people, events that imbalance your immune system. Think abundant green foods.

Daily drink a combination of apple, celery, parsley and cucumber. Organic.

LIBRA: You have many good ideas – a result of your Ray 3 (Divine Intelligence, Right Action) mind.

Often with these gifts we can become prideful, creating arguments that separate us, limiting any sharing. This is a developmental phase. Observe the results of what you say and do and then how you feel. Freewill only occurs when we are aware, awake and observant. Have the intention to work on balance and greater harmony. The Mother loves you.

SCORPIO: Money is a special energy. It helps us have what we want and need. It allows us choices between this and that, to learn, to have beauty, make purchases, nurture our body and spirit, and if used wisely money helps us accomplish goals.

Most important money helps us share with and assist those in need. Money is made from the mineral and plant kingdoms. We thank them. And many thank you, too, for what you share and give. Give more.

SAGITTARIUS: What you think and feel are most important now. What others think and feel is most important to them, now, too. Therefore, step back and observe everyone’s daily routines, communications

and feelings. Others are perhaps unable at this time to tend to your needs, wishes and wants. This allows you time to be creative, innovative, further observing the self.

Travel and publishing are good for you.

You just may meet someone on their way to where you’re going.

CAPRICORN: Allow all difficult experiences to simply go their way. Your path is different. It seems the world’s actions at times seem to undermine your intentions.

You could feel frustration, irritation and sadness. To ease this situation work more in solitude and consider everything you do as service to humanity. Then all experiences benefit your well-being. Radiate, even in times of unpleasantness, the kindness and Goodwill.

AQUARIUS: Do be sensitive to others because your energy, brilliance, light, actions and thoughts, deeply affect others.

Without sensitivity to your impact you can create misunderstandings. It’s best to work alone allowing you freedom and independence. Do everything that empowers others. Don’t overwork and be aware of your body’s requirements. You will achieve and accomplish much at this time. You may meet someone important.

PISCES: Identify your most important goals, visions and ambition. Write down and illustrate these daily. Notice how hard you work with initiative and great effort.

It’s best to work in a garden with falling water nearby. Be in the sun daily, especially sunrises and sunsets. Align your energy with everything around you. Life becomes no longer a challenge, but a source of beauty and harmony. Study growing, harvesting, storing and preserving foods.

Plant fig, mulberry and citrus trees.

Risa, writer, founder & director Esoteric & Astrological Studies & Research Institute, a contemporary Wisdom School studying the Ageless Wisdom teachings. The foundation of the Teachings is Esoteric Astrology. Email: risagoodwill@gmail.com.

Web journal: www.nightlightnews.com. Facebook: Risa’s Esoteric Astrology for daily messages.

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Sycamore©

– Chapter 9, cont.

Sycamore, written by Constance Wagner and published in 1950 by Alfred A. Knopf, is the story of a sophisticated New York girl who marries a boy from Arkansas. The Wagners and their daughter lived in Eureka Springs while the novel was written. In addition to five novels, Constance Wagner wrote numerous articles and stories published in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly and Collier’s.

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t was hard to take her altered position in Sycamore, however. She could not help feeling like an abandoned wife.

At home, Dory sat darkly brooding over the turn of events, and showed a tendency to blame Clytie for it. “You sure must have done something,” she would say suddenly, out of a long, black silence.

“I didn’t,” Clytie replied in a voice of tired apathy. “It was just like I told you.

Found out about his father and blew his top.”

“That,” Dory said, “don’t make no sense.”

On an afternoon in September, Clytie rode into town to see Mrs. Knowles.

Somehow, she had not wanted to see Walter’s mother since he’d left, though Mrs. Knowles had written twice, cordially, asking her to call. Now, with Walter gone for a month, it seemed that she must do something, take action of some sort, so she went to see Mrs. Knowles.

Agnes came down the steps to welcome her, while she was tethering her horse. “Dear Clytie,” she said, holding out both hands. “So good to see you.

What made you stay away so long?”

Clytie let herself be herded into the house, dumbly. At times, she didn’t know quite what tone to take with Walter’s

mother, and the Hollywood language did not seem to fit. Mrs. Knowles, though, from the beginning, built up a cozy intimacy between them. “Have you heard from Walter?” she asked, smiling at Clytie over the silver coffee service as she poured.

“Yes,” said Clytie, her mouth sullen and discontented. “He writes every day.”

“Ah. Of course.” Mrs. Knowles proffered wedges of snow-white cake on a plate of opaque blue glass. She slipped two lumps of sugar into her cup and sat back in her chair, wholly at her ease. Clytie, shrinking in a corner of the Victorian sofa, speculated as to the source of this inviolable self-possession, traced it to the simple fact that Agnes Perry had always had plenty of money, had been born with it, had not for an instant of her life known the gnawing anxiety of the poor. At that moment, Clytie’s envy and rancor were almost more than she could bear. She would have liked to fling the blue glass plate against the brick chimney-piece, but she was defeated by the wise, cool smile of Mrs. Knowles, who said over her cup: “Imagine Walter working as a bus boy in a hotel!”

Clytie sat forward, begging for a ray of light. “You don’t think,” she said

urgently, “that Walter will keep on with this – this –” Agnes Knowles drew her head back abruptly and sat eying Clytie in compassionate surprise, years wiser, years sadder than she. “My dear child…” She set down her cup as if it were a hindrance to her. “Have you really been thinking that Walter would give in and come back?

Ah – then you don’t know Walter. The most stubborn, the most determined – No, my dear. You can imagine how it makes my heart ache, but I assure you, Walter will never capitulate.”

Clytie had wilted down again in the corner of the sofa. “It doesn’t make sense,” she said dully, in an unconscious paraphrase of her mother.

“Only,” said Mrs. Knowles with that toss of the head that gave her more than ever the look of a well-bred horse, “only if you realize that Walter suffered a severe shock to his illusions. It was wrong of him to speak to his father as he did, of course.

But if I could –” She stopped, biting her lip. “Roger,” she said then, with her usual control, “will never forgive him. He is fully as obstinate as Walter. An irresistible force against – ” “And what about me?” Clytie asked bleakly. The world for her, had never

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ollowing the Second World War, US Army Staff Sergeant Claude Bingaman returned to his native Eureka Springs and went to work at the Eureka Bakery. At the time, it was owned by the German-born Al Neumann. Besides serving the general public, they delivered rolls and pies to area restaurants. In about 1962, Claude and his younger brother, Don, purchased the bakery from Mr. Neumann.

There are three things I’ve always

heard about the popular Eureka Bakery (or sometimes referred to as the Bingaman Bakery). First is the beautiful aroma produced by the bakery that permeated that portion of Spring Street. Claude’s daughter, Ellen Bingaman Summers, says aroma was the best advertising the bakery had.

She said, “It was interesting there was an exhaust fan that was always on and it blew the smell of whatever he was cooking out into the street. People would come in and

HICC Ladies Fellowship Sept. 15 Holiday Island Community Church (188 Stateline Drive, Holiday Island) Ladies Fellowship will meet Monday, Sept. 15, at 10 a.m. Guest speaker will be Betsy Porter, assisting priest for Saint James Episcopal Church in Eureka Springs, who will speak on her spiritual journey.

Refreshments will be served. Contact Linda Bartlett at (479) 244-5961 or Eula Jean McKee at (479) 253-8021 for further information.

extended far beyond the solid CONSTANCE boundaries of WAGNER herself.

Mrs. Knowles leaned toward her, attentive. “My dear child,” she said impressively, “the only answer I see for you, is to go to Walter.

He will need you. Think what it would mean to him! It would be hard for you – let’s face that. You’d have to find work, yourself, to make ends meet – a waitress or clerk, perhaps. And live quite modestly – say, a furnished room with some sort of cooking facilities. But how little all that would matter, when you’re both so young and so in love!”

Clytie moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue. The inside of her mouth felt dry, too, and she wondered if she would be able to bring out words even supposing she had any. The I-can-take-it line was not at all apt, at this juncture. She sat staring desperately at a red-and-blue medallion in the rug, and her fingers moved rapidly up and down the creases of her jeans. At last she said: “My mother would never let me go away like that. She needs me. Just the other day, Doctor Totten told us her heart was bad and she mustn’t do any more of the heavy work. I wouldn’t feel right…”

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say they just couldn’t resist the smell.”

Second, people still talk about how fresh and delicious everything was at the bakery. I’ve asked several about what item was best and the usual answer is the donuts, followed by the brownies. My mother voted for the pies, especially the cherry.

And during the right time of year, the wellliked pecan pies would be displayed in the front window.

The last thing I’ve heard is that running a successful small-town bakery like the Eureka Bakery is hard work, with long stressful hours. The workday began at 4 a.m. or earlier to bake the day’s offerings.

Stephanie Stodden, director of operations at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum, told me that her grandfather Claude would work all day and come home for dinner and a nap. After the nap, he’d return to the bakery and work until

midnight. After a few hours of sleep, the cycle began again.

Before the war, Claude Bingaman and his bride, Mozelle, resided in Rogers where he was employed by the Harris Baking Company. In 1984, after a lifetime in the bakery business, Claude was forced to close the Eureka Bakery due to ill health. He passed away in 1986 and is buried in the Eureka Springs Cemetery.

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DEPARTURE Clara Jane DuMontier Clara Jane DuMontier passed away from life on this earth, leaving an enormous void in many people’s lives. She was loved by many. Jane was born in Frost, Texas, one of 13 children, all preceding her in death. She lived in Texas and worked for the rationing board when she met and married Jack, an Air Force pilot, on February 22, 1946, in Victoria.

She then began to travel the world beyond the borders of Texas with her husband, who had been born in Hawaii and already seen a bit of the world, watching the bombing of Pearl Harbor from his rooftop, and immediately joining the Army Air Corps on December 7, 1941.

Her home was a refuge for many children who were always welcome.

This wasn’t because her children, Mike

Jan. 16, 1925 – August 28, 2014 and Terry, were so cool, it was because Jane was so cool and such a good mother to all. Some of the children were not as fortunate as her own, but she was always there to help and comfort them. When her children grew up and got married, they would all converge again at Mom and Dad’s place at Holiday Island, bringing with them their old high school and college friends from all over the country (along with multiple pets) to once again be together, and they all were welcomed with open arms.

As grandparents, they would take David, Julie and Lisa to Springfield to the circus. They had a zip line and slip-n-slide in their backyard for the kids to play on.

The grandchildren’s friends were welcome for sleepovers, as well. JaJa, which

Guy Alwyn York April 26, 1938 – August 29, 2014 Guy Alwyn York, a resident of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, was born April 26, 1938 in New Haven, Conn., a son of Alwyn Stafford and Margery (Sheldon) York. He departed this life Friday, August 29, 2014 in Bentonville, Arkansas, at age 76.

Guy enjoyed antique cars. He worked as a self-employed mechanic and was a member of the Valley View Baptist Church in Eureka Springs.

On April 30, 1960, Guy was united in marriage with Barbara (Klaus) York who survives him of the home. He is also survived by one son, Gary Alan York of Phoenix, Ariz.; one daughter, Linda Kyra Larroquette of Fountain, Colo.; one grandson, Gary Charles Yates of Penrose, Colo.; one great-grandson, Davin Layne Yates of Penrose, Colo.; and one brother,

Sheldon Stafford York and wife, Eunice, of Denver, Colo.; several other relatives and a host of friends.

Guy is preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Robert Henry York.

Memorial service will be 10 a.m.

Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 at Nelson’s Chapel of the Springs with Pastor David Kline officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service. The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, First National Bank of Green Forest, Attn: Tiffany Ball, P.O. Box 272, Berryville, AR 72616. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com. © Nelson Funeral Service, Inc. 2014

they all called her, would make pancakes that looked like teddy bears. She was the best hostess to anyone she encountered.

She made everything special, even if it was a simple cup of hot chocolate.

She was a consummate entertainer and cook for the adults, as well. Every dinner was the most fabulous cuisine from any cultural background from Chinese, to Mexican, to Indian. While she didn’t like fish, she would gladly prepare it for you. When her own son was suffering from cancer, she would have a tremendous, healthy, home-cooked dinner every Sunday for the whole family to be together in communion. She also loved golf, gardening, and playing cards with friends and family. She was always a genuine, proud, independent and gracious lady. We love her and will miss talking to her. We never hesitated to ask her advice, and are grateful for her wisdom and answers to many questions.

She was preceded in death, and now will be with her husband, Jack, and her son, Mike. Surviving family members

are Terry DuMontier, her daughter, and Laura DuMontier, daughter-in-law; grandchildren, David DuMontier, Julie Efurd, and Lisa Haller; and great-grandchildren, Logan and Colton Haller; and Jackson, Aspen, Berkeley, and Bentley Efurd.

There will be no services.

2015 opera season, We’ve Got Talent concert announced At a recent meeting of the Carroll County Music Group, Opera in the Ozarks Director, Jim Swiggart, announced Cinderella, La Traviata and The Tales of Hoffman would be in the Opera’s repertoire for 2015; and Ellen Stephensen, composer and pianist, gave a program of original compositions with vocals by Swiggart and Beth Withey.

Swiggart also announced plans for the annual “We’ve Got Talent,” concert by local musicians to be held in March.

The Arkansas Federation of Music Clubs convention will be in the Northwest District in 2015 and plans were made for the local group’s involvement. The first vice president of the National Federation of Music Clubs, Michael Edwards, will be guest speaker.

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by Reillot Weston

Eureka’s Most Fun Dancing Downtown Underground at Eureka Live!

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ureka Live! Downtown on North Main Street has become the party destination for locals and tourists.

Under new ownership in recent years, Eureka Live has made upgrades, adjustments, and expansion to create a livelier venue. They feature rotating DJs throughout the week with more than 55,000 songs to ensure the dance floor remains full. Friday and Saturday nights pack scores of party-goers wall-to-wall. Sundays feature a Bloody THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 BALCONY RESTAURANT– Maureen Alexander, Singer/ Songwriter, 6 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Brian Martin, Americana, 9:30 p.m.

GRAND TAVERNE – Jerry Yester, Grand Piano Dinner Music, 6:30- 9:30 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – Starseed, Rock ‘n Roll, 9 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 BALCONY RESTAURANT– Hogscalders, Bluegrass, 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Mary bar where you can pick from more than 50 items to create your specific remedy tailored to your exact needs.

Sunday nights you can unwind from the weekend by singing karaoke to vent steam or lay your heart’s desires bare. If you need a breather or to people watch, head upstairs to the beer garden, decorated with white lights and patio furniture, creating a breezy, relaxing environment.

CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Mountain Shore, Singer/Songwriter, 8 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Earl and Them, Rock N Roll, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE!– DJ and Dancing, 8 p.m.

GRAND TAVERNE – Arkansas Red, Amplified Acoustic Guitar Dinner Music, 6:30- 9:30 p.m.

LEGENDS SALOON – DJ and Karaoke, 9 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER – Two Dog Two Karaoke, 8 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Underground Cats, Rock N Roll, 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.

SMILING BROOK CAFÉ– Sonny Royal, Americana, 5-8 p.m.

THE STONEHOUSE – Jerry Yester, Artist’s Choices SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 BALCONY RESTAURANT– Catherine Reed, Singer/Songwriter, 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.

CATHOUSE LOUNGE – Diversity Band, Alternative, 8 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Zakk and Big Pappa Bins, 3- 5 p.m., Cutty Rye, Americana, 9:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE! – DJ and Dancing, 8 p.m.

GRAND TAVERNE – Jerry Yester,

Thurs., Sept. 4 • 9:30 P.M. – BRIAN MARTIN Fri., Sept. 5 • 9:30 P.M. – EARL & THEM Sat., Sept. 6 • 3–5 P.M. – ZAKK & BIG PAPA BINNS 9:30 P.M. – CUTTY RYE Sun., Sept. 7 • 7:30 P.M. – DIESEL DEAN & the 18 WHEELERS Mon., Sept. 8 • 9:30 P.M. – SPRINGBILLY Tues., Sept. 9 • 9:30 P.M. – OPEN MIC Wed., Sept. 10 • 9:30 P.M. – CANDY LEE

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Grand Piano Dinner Music, 6:30- 9:30 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER – Christian and Devin, Americana, 1- 5 p.m., Moonshine Mafia, Rock N Roll, 8 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Tightrope, Rock N Roll, 1- 5 p.m., 9 p.m.- 1 a.m.

SMILING BROOK CAFÉ – Becky Jean and the Candyman, Americana, 5- 8 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 BALCONY RESTAURANT– Staymore, Americana, 12 p.m., Jeff Lee, 5 p.m.

CHELSEA’S – Diesel Dean and the 18 Wheelers, Americana, 7:30 p.m.

EUREKA LIVE – DJ, Dancing, and Karaoke, 7- 11 p.m.

ROWDY BEAVER DEN – Tightrope, Rock ‘n Roll, 1-5 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 CHELSEA’S – Springbilly, Bluegrass, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 CHELSEA’S – Open Mic LEGENDS SALOON– Jam Night WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 CHELSEA’S – Candy Lee, Singer/ Songwriter, 9:30 p.m.

INDEPENDENTNews Peek-a-doe – A whitetail doe peeks around a tree at the sound of a camera shutter in a U.S. Corps of Engineers campground near the White River last Wednesday.

Animals in these campgrounds are wild but appear quite used to humans. This one did not flee, she simply continued grazing.

Hone your survival instincts – the zombie apocalypse is coming Register now if you plan to live Assemble your team of survivors and head down to Basin Park on Friday, Sept.

19, for Zombies in the Park, a family friendly evening of ghoulish games, morbid music and a zombie scavenger hunt.

In the not too distant future, the healing springs that once made Eureka Springs a world renowned healing resort do more than cure the sick; they have begun to raise the dead. Beginning at a survival camp in Basin Park, teams of “survivors” are to embark on a perilous journey through post-apocalyptic downtown Eureka Springs in search of survival items and secret underground locations.

While the brave scavenger hunters are exploring the dark alleys of downtown Eureka, the Basin Park survival camp will host a supernatural smorgasbord of Halloween-themed games, crafts, costume contests, music and dancing courtesy of ESDN, students of FBLA, Northwest Arkansas Hauntours and many others.

To participate in the zombie scavenger hunt register your team today at EurekaZombies.com! Each participant is asked to bring two cans of food for the Flint Street Food Bank.

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ACUNA-SANCHEZ continued from page 1 Grand champ pepper – Eurekan Frank Egan of Egan Brothers Farm garnered this year’s Horticulture Reserved Grand Champion Award at the Carroll County Fair. Egan’s farm is USDA Organic and Certified Naturally Grown and his highly mineralized soil consistently produces top quality vegetables.

Egan also took home four blue ribbons for his white acorn squash, poblano peppers, bell peppers and garlic; and a monetary award for all. Egan’s produce is available every Thursday at the Eureka Springs Farmers’ Market.

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D’Coda presents Blessed Boneset Learn about Blessed Boneset, a medicinal plant once revered as a mainstay, now forgotten or poorly understood, on Sept. 7 beginning at 10 a.m. at FireOmEarth. There will be lunch at noon at Flora Roja, 119 Wall, where the class will continue until 2 p.m.

Learn which cold and flu symptom call

for Boneset, its reputation for curing unnatural illness, how to avoid its toxicity and how to make it palatable.

Each session is $35 and payment and registration are with Flora Roja. For more information contact Flora Roja Community Acupuncture at (479) 2534968.

Metafizzies meet Sept. 8 Rebekah Clark will lead the Eureka Springs Metaphysical Society meeting in a session of Divine Singing and Sound Meditation on Monday, Sept. 8, at 7 p.m.

No vocal experience is necessary. Chants and mantras from multiple traditions will be led in a call and response style, making it easy for everyone. All are welcome to join the group in the basement reading room of the Christian Science Church, 68 Mountain St.

the .22-caliber handgun, could be deemed inadmissable at trial.

For several hours, James and Goodman cross-examined Carroll County sheriff’s deputies and investigators directly involved with the events that December night.

Carroll County Sherriff’s Deputy Warren Krebs said he went to Acuna-Sanchez’s mother’s house on Bluebird Hill that night to try to find him. Krebs told the court she seemed evasive and had packed up a cage with several cats and their supplies like she was preparing to leave town.

“I told her we were looking for Victor and that we needed to talk to him,” Krebs told the court. “She said he was there earlier that day but wasn’t there now. She said she had rights and wanted to talk to a lawyer.”

Krebs told the court that AcunaSanchez’s mother said, “I feel sorry for that girl but my son didn’t do it.”

Krebs recounted his discussion with neighbor Rachel Poteet who told him that just two days earlier, Acuna-Sanchez told her that he should just, “kill that bitch and kill myself.”

Laura Ponce, Aceves’s mother,

told officers that two days prior to her daughter’s death, Aceves told her mother, “Victor is going to kill me.”

Officers described an incident that occurred a few days prior to Aceves’s death where Aceves called officers for help because her car was stalled and she suspected Acuna-Sanchez poured bleach in the tank.

Goodman said officers did in fact have probable cause to enter the residence where Acuna-Sanchez was staying because there was reason to believe a murder had been committed and officers testified that when they were searching for Acuna-Sanchez, they were searching for someone who was a suicide risk.

Officers also testified that prior to entering the house on that rainy night, they saw someone peeking through the blinds and a light inside the house went off. Acuna-Sanchez was arrested two times previously for domestic battery on Laura Aceves.

Judge Finch ordered Goodman and James to submit briefs with case law to support their arguments so he can make a final determination on admissibility of evidence and probable cause prior to the October 21 trial. He also agreed to allow all witnesses to be sequestered at the trial.

“... Aceves told her mother, ‘Victor is going to kill me.’”

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by Steven Foster

Aloe a flower?

arlier this year, a friend sent me a picture of his aloe plant sitting in his living room blooming. Wow! I wrote back, I’ve rarely seen aloe blooming, and only in the tropics. Never saw a houseplant aloe actually bloom before! Last year I bought a really nice large, mature-looking aloe vera plant at a local nursery, an irresistible deal at only ten bucks. Now, my aloe plant is blooming! Let’s face it, as a houseplant struggling to survive on a window sill, aloe vera is definitely a plant out-of-place, yet it survives, sometimes thrives, and generally grows even when you treat it as if it were an inanimate silk plant. Your neglect is sometimes its friend. Aloe is a desert plant of hot climates. Over-watering is worse than forgetting to water it for weeks.

Aloe vera (the scientific name and common name are one in the same), is thought to have originated in the Canary Islands and found its way to North Africa many centuries ago, used by humans for as much as 6,000 years. The vast majority of the 400 or so species are native to South African deserts like the majority of cactus species are native to American deserts. Aloes have long been placed in the lily family (Liliaceae) but now they

Michaela Flanigan puts one over against Green Forest in a volleyball game at ESHS last Thursday. The girls lost to the Lady Tigers, but beat Marshall Tuesday and face Yellville in the Highlanders’ gym Thursday night. Photo by David Frank Dempsey Classic beauty – This Ferrari F40 is similar to the one Rick Doria from California brought to the Crescent Classic Rally running now through Sept. 7. His is one of the last cars off the line overseen by Enzo Ferrari personally and is worth a cool $1.25 million. See it in the Crescent parking lot and on parade Saturday about 9 a.m. as the classics purr through the historic loop.

Another significant car is Dana Parr’s 1973 246 GT Dino – see pic in Fun Guide calendar.

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Green shirts, green thumbs – Ten Carroll County Master Gardeners, including Mary Knight (left) and Sue Davis, tamed 20 wheelbarrows full of “misplaced plants” in Berryville Middle School’s outdoor classroom in preparation for Junior Master Gardeners sessions beginning Sept. 15.

They got a break from the heat with clouds and cooler weather, and after two workdays had just a bit more to do to get the beds and grounds up to speed.

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are placed in the Aloe family (Xanthorrhoeaceae – say that fast three times).

So why, I ask, is my aloe blooming now, and what factors contribute to blooming? When it comes to flowering different plants may have different triggers. With aloe, generally speaking, it is a combination of plant maturity, the right amount of light and heat, and backing off on the watering. Aloe, if growing outdoors in the tropics, doesn’t bloom until a plant is at least four years old. Plants with this type of juvenile or vegetative phase before flowering, usually have some type of age-dependent intricate chemical trigger.

Usually spring-flowering, aloe may also need some type of cooler weather phase to induce flowering. This year’s cooler than normal summer may also have contributed to inducing flowering.

In its tropical home, aloe usually blooms during the cooler months of winter or in spring. This is just one example of the types of unexpected variations in plant behavior that will surprise us as a result of a changing climate.

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his is what you call a fish fry. Local angler Candi Seifer’s big crappie of the day was this 15-in. fish that fed us both. We are still getting crappie about 12-14 ft. deep here at Holiday Island in the creek arms in sunken brush.

Walleye are more in the main channel at 18-28 ft. deep. Bass are chasing shad to

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the top early then going deep from the back of the creeks to flats in the lake.

Stripers on Beaver Lake are being caught between 28-40 ft. deep from the dam to Rocky Branch. The ones that made it into our boat this week were caught on 5-7 in. shad about 38 ft. deep.

A few have been caught at sunrise and

sunset busting the top off the flats. This is a short window for the top water bite now with the warmer water and will just get better as the water starts cooling in about two weeks. Our water temperature usually drops about 10° from the 1st

of September to the 30th. The fall bite is almost here. Still feels like summer for a couple more weeks so fish and swim when you can. Enjoy the Ozarks. fishofexcellence.com

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Be ‘instrumental’ in changing a student’s life Studies have proven that when students participate in music and arts classes, they also develop higher math and science scores.

Your support is being sought for the music program in Eureka Springs schools. Musical instruments are needed immediately for students who wish to develop skills in band, and donations of instruments or funds to purchase them are being requested.

Instruments will be given to the schools and issued yearly to students in need until they can afford an instrument.

At that time, the donated instrument will be returned to band inventory for use by another student.

If you do not have an instrument,

check with friends who might have one or simply make a monetary donation to the project.

This donation program is under the auspices of Opera in the Ozarks, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization, and is being spearheaded by General Director, Jim Swiggart. Donors will receive an official receipt to use as a tax credit.

Since 1950, Opera in the Ozarks has provided summer music training to young people, and this project to provide instruments to the Eureka Springs school system will add to its mission. Please be instrumental in helping our students grow and learn.

Email swig@cox.net or phone (479) 981-2659 today.

Patriot Day observance Sept. 11 Pendergrass Rose American Legion Post 36 and Veterans of Foreign War Post 77 will conduct a Patriot Day observance at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Memorial Park Pavilion on Parkcliff Drive across from the U.S. Post office in Holiday Island.

Lt. Col. Buster McCall from the University of Arkansas Air Force ROTC is the guest speaker. Memorial Park is located A dignified US Flag disposal ceremony will immediately follow the Observance. Unserviceable U. S. Flags may be dropped off at Fire Station 1, 251 Holiday Island Dr., for disposal.

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38. Shelter 39. Inhabitant of Denmark 40. Prone to sliding 43. Live 47. Portfolio 48. Dirt with low pH 50. So be it 51. Hurried 52. Female sheep 53. Essential point 54. Unit of energy 55. Overdue DOWN 1. Infatuated 2. 365 days 3. Unit of potential difference 4. Enroll 5. Personal property 6. Atmosphere 7. English monk 8. Bees around a bonnet?

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9. Blue-green algae 10. Small rivulet 11. Fencing sword 16. Insular 20. Fated 22. Past tense of stand 24. Drag 25. Powdery residue 26. Understands (Brit.)

28. Organ of hearing 29. Lock opener 32. Flaming 35. Seated 37. Ship 40. Heroin 41. Animistic god or spirit 42. Lively 44. State in central United States 45. Daily fare of food 46. Otherwise 49. Automobile

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ANNOUNCEMENTS HOLIDAY ISLAND FIRST FRIDAY & FARMERS’ MARKET Aug. 1, 8 a.m. – noon. Located in the parking lot of Holiday Island Visitors Center @ the entrance across from Cornerstone Bank.

Local farmers and growers will be there with fresh produce and plants. Beyond the Farmers’ Market you will find vendors with hand-crafted items and lots of “stuff” for sale. Come see us!

LOST PETS SEE PAGES 2 & 5

ANTIQUES

WONDERLAND ANTIQUES buys/ sells antiques, primitives, unique vintage items. Open 10-5. Closed Tuesday & Wednesday. Hwy 62 east of Eureka 3 miles. (479) 253-6900

BOAT FOR SALE

FLORA ROJA COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE-providing affordable healthcare for the whole community.

Sliding scale fee. $15-$35 per treatment, with an additional $15 paperwork fee the first visit only. You decide what you can afford to pay! Francesca Garcia Giri, L.Ac. (479) 253-4968, 119 Wall Street

EUREKA SPRINGS FARMERS’ MARKET every Tuesday and Thursday, 7 a.m. – noon. Summer vegetables and fruits, cheese, meat, eggs, honey and so much more. Come for the food, music and to be with your friends. Catch us on Facebook.

BREAD – LOCAL – SOURDOUGH by Ivan @ the ES Farmers’ Market! Thursdays.

All is dairy free! Art Loaves: Rye, Golden Gate Sourdough, Rustic Italian. Toaster Muffins: Oat, Honey & Fruit, Plus Wheat Free Artful Dodgers! Summer Focaccia & Pizzas. Request Line: (479) 244-7112 bread.loveureka.com MUSICIANS – Berryville Symphonia in its 2nd season invites players of violin, viola, cello & bass, as well as band instruments to join Monday night rehearsals and performances. Call/txt (216) 225-6512.

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BEAUTY

DOWNTOWN, WELL MAINTAINED 2-STORY with lower level rental. Ample parking. Established garden. Detached shop/studio with high ceiling.Two decks. $144,000 (479) 253-4963

ISLAND NAILS IS NOW OPEN at 3 Parkway Dr., Ste G (near HI Subway.)

Mention this ad for $5 off your first visit.

Featuring: Spa Pedicure, Manicure with OPI gel polish–lasts 2 weeks (compare to Shellac) Call (479) 981-9556 for info on other services and appointments.

RENTAL PROPERTIES HOLIDAY ISLAND VILLAS & TOWNHOUSES near lake and marina.

Peaceful and quiet, ample parking. From $375/mo. (479) 253-4385

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE DERKSEN PORTABLE BUILDINGS for sale or rent-to-own. Hwy 62 West, across from WalMart, Berryville. No credit check. Free delivery. (870) 423-1414.

HELP WANTED

COOK WANTED – The Ozark Natural Science Center has an immediate opening for a part-time evening shift cook. Send resume to ONSC 1905 Madison 1305, Huntsville, AR 72740 or e-mail to loretta@onsc.us.

COMMERCIAL FOR SALE LOG CABIN, BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED. Located near Wal-Mart & Country Club, Berryville. Features: living quarters, small greenhouse, CH/A. Perfect for law office, beauty salon, dog grooming, you name it. $154,000. Call (870) 847-1934

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CLEANING TAYLOR-MAID TO THE RESCUE! Clean freak has openings. References.

Call Angie (479) 981-0125.

COUNSELING

SPACIOUS 2BR APT, GREAT LOCATION on North Main St. 2BR/1BA, all appliances including W/D. All utilities paid except electric.

2nd floor with deck on two sides. Off street parking. $650 + deposit. (479) 981-9811

GRIEF COUNSELING: being supported by one who listens and guides often helps adjust to the loss of a loved one. Specializing in traumatic loss.

Ann Helmer, LCSW, (989) 792-3157, annhelmer@cox.net.

8 MONTH RENTAL AVAILABLE OCT 1 – 1 bedroom furnished apt. in historic downtown Eureka Springs.

Quiet street. Offstreet parking. $400/ mo plus electric and gas. (504) 7170733

DETAILING – ALL TYPES At your place of convenience. For details (479) 363-6490 or (870) 715-5404 and leave messge.

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT

REASONABLE DOWNTOWN SHOP space for rent. (479) 253-9481 or dan@ twilight.arcoxmail.com

CAREGIVERS NEEDED IN EUREKA SPRINGS AREA. Live-in positions available. Need to be able to lift. (800) 780-4009.

REAL ESTATE

SERVICE DIRECTORY

HOMES FOR SALE

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

WHITE STREET SATURDAY MARKET 8–11:30 a.m. at Ermilio’s.

Quality produce. Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, greens, Old World sourdough bread.

Established & Effective: SIMPLICITY COUNSELING – improving the health of your friends and neighbors in this community in a relaxed respectful environment since 2010. Depression, Anxiety, Self-Worth, Trauma, Grief, Adjustment & Relationships. Call for professional licensed service. (479) 2445181 “It’s Your Time”

REAL ESTATE

HOMES FOR RENT SEASONAL – Winter rentals, Nov. 1 - May 1. In town, both furnished, each with private entrance, patio, parking.

Utilities included. Studio $600, 2 bdrm. house $1200. (479) 981-2507. No Pets.

No Smoking.

2 BR/1 BA – $800 plus utilities. No Pets.

No Smoking. Everything brand new. In town. Call (479) 981-9976S

DETAILING

MAINTENANCE/ LANDSCAPE/ HOME SERVICES REALTORS-PROPERTY MGRSLANDLORDS. I specialize in preparation of properties for showing and/or occupancy. Excellent references.

(479) 981-0125.

TOM HEARST PROFESSIONAL PAINTING AND CARPENTRY Painting & Wood Finishing, Trim & Repair Carpentry, Drywall Repair & Texturing, Pressure Washing (479) 244-7096 FANNING’S TREE SERVICE Bucket truck with 65 ft. reach.

Professional trimming, stump grinding, topping, removal, chipper.

Free estimates. Licensed. Insured.

(870) 423-6780, (870) 423-8305

INDEPENDENTClassifieds SERVICE DIRECTORY MAINTENANCE/ LANDSCAPE/ HOME SERVICES CHIMNEY WORKS Complete chimney services: sweeps, repairs, relining and installation. Call Bob Messer (479) 253-2284

SERVICE DIRECTORY UPHOLSTERY UPHOLSTERY–RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, CUSTOM BUILT. Furniture repair, antiques, boats, caning.

Fabrics & Foam. Free Estimates. No job too small. Call Aaron (479) 363-6583 or abunyar@sbcglobal.net

TREE WORKS Skilled tree care: trimming, deadwooding and removals. Conscientious, professional arborist and sawmiller. Bob Messer (479) 253-2284

PETS

VEHICLES

PETSITTING, HOUSESITTING. Holiday Island, Eureka Springs and surrounding areas. 25+ years experience.

Reliable, references, insured. Call Lynn (479) 363-6676

I BUY AND REMOVE OLDER CARS & TRUCKS. Reasonable prices paid. Also some scrap and parts vehicles. Call Bill (479) 253-4477

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The commission agreed to continue its discussion of points related to this proposed ordinance at subsequent meetings.

CUP for 5 Ojo Prospective owners Thomas and Susan Harmon applied to continue operating a Bed & Breakfast at 5 Ojo. Chair James Morris said the business is being sold and will continue, but the new owner must reapply for a Conditional Use Permit.

Commissioners unanimously approved the application.

Hazard Mitigation Plan Craig Hull of the Osage Group told commissioners he and his wife, Caelli, have been talking to people in town since April, and have produced a Hazard Mitigation Plan designed to reduce long-term risks to citizens and the town.

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applicant or “guarantees” a job. Be leery of outfits based in Canada or overseas that claim to have secret shopper or work-at-home jobs available. Never wire funds or provide information from a MoneyPak card to an unknown person

some of the mitigating.

One hazard they identified was the tunnel complex underneath downtown buildings. Hull said because the tunnel runs beneath several properties, it creates “an untenable ownership dilemma” regarding who is responsible for repairs.

He said the plan includes a suggestion for resolving the complication.

Another mitigation measure would be to plan for safe rooms for folks in case of a dire emergency. The dam at Black Bass Lake was high on the list of hazards to address. Hull acknowledged the problems might seem daunting, but his plan calls for “incremental remedies” sustained over time.

When the item came up on the agenda, commissioner Pat Lujan quickly moved to send it on to council, and the vote to approve his motion was unanimous.

Next meeting will be Tuesday, September 9, at 6 p.m.

Ladies Bible Study begins Sept. 9 All ladies are invited to a bible study at Holiday Island Community Church, 188 Stateline Drive to learn how to confront modern-day idols through Kelly Minter’s book No Other Gods. The 8-week study is offered on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 9 to 11 a.m. starting September 9 and 11.

Study is held in the lower part of Fellowship Hall. Cost of the member book is $14. For more information, phone the church office (479) 253-8200.

Get ready for the Moon Wave!

After 14 years of presenting the Mending Medicine Retreat, John Two-Hawks and Peggy Hill felt it was time to expand the concept of living a balanced life to a full expo.

Coming to the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center Oct. 3 – 5, the Moon Wave Expo will be an exciting weekend of sustainability, transformation and learning.

Classes will start Saturday morning and end Sunday afternoon.

A highlight of the weekend will be a concert performance by John Two-Hawks along with the launch of his Horse Spirit CD Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

There will be many noted local and regional teachers, and the World Drum will be on hand for the weekend. Come sign up for an informative class or workshop and also enjoy vendors selling crystal jewelry, recycled handmade clothing, essential oils, organic chocolate, handmade Gaia drums, flutes, music and much more.

Hybrid and electric cars will be on display, solar panels will be demonstrated and many other exciting and interesting activities have been planned for public education and enjoyment. A full schedule of events is listed at www.moonwaveco.com. For registration and more information call Peggy (479) 253-5826.

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on their houses here,” Ray said.

Some of the enforcement actions have been a result of complaints by neighbors. And some are properties Ray sees when he is out checking for violations. Ray doesn’t expect to be adding a lot more properties to the list at present for possible demolition by neglect enforcement, but he may be sending out more letters about minimum maintenance of properties.

or business.

For more information, visit the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division website, www.

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HOME FOR SALE

#1 Singleton

CHARMING STONE HOME 2 bedroom, 1 bath quaint stone home built right before WWII features lovely stone fireplace with onyx inserts and gas logs, central heat and air. Nice covered front porch large enough for lounge chairs or rockers. Hardwood floors, walk-out basement for storage, stone patio and detached garage/workshop (30” X 20’) features an overhead garage door w/opener, wood flooring and side door to provide easy access from stone patio. $153,250. MLS 711960.

Charming 3-4 bedroom, 2 bath home. Over 1800 sq. ft. Original 1-1/2” oak flooring, parlor doors and stained glass accents. Large rooms, screened porch off the country-size kitchen with pocket door.

Wrap-around porch overlooks an established, easy-to-maintain yard with flowers blooming all season. Small carriage garage with wrap-around door. Lots of off-street parking. Leave the house and walk down the trail to Sweet Spring Park on Spring Street. Quiet neighborhood. This house is very special. $210,000. Call 479-372-2440.

4 BEDROOM, 2 BATH A real bargain for this rustic country home nestled into the hillside on 3 acres. Central heat and air. Front porch, side porch, and cute corner sunroom off the master bedroom. Lots of parking in circle driveway. Bonus separate storage building. Walk-out lower level containing family room, laundry room, bedroom, and bath and bar sink. Bring your boat – just minutes to Beaver Lake. $90,000. MLS 712827.

LOT IN LONGVIEW ESTATES A fabulous view of the Kings River Valley below.

Pastoral setting has had some trees cleared to enhance view. Survey markers in place. Access to a community well and has been pre-perked for septic. An area of fine homes with paved road. Was $29,900. NOW $26,900. MLS 701772.

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WOW WHAT A VIEW!!! This “cabin like” cedar-sided home sits on 1.5 acres of lakeview land. Skylights enhance the open floor plan and view to the back deck. Wraparound porch makes this home special with access to deck from almost every room in the house. Modern and updated kitchen and bathrooms. All SS appliances in kitchen, granite countertops, wine storage in center kitchen bar. Perfect retirement or second home. $327,500. Call Pam.

ULTIMATE PRIVACY! Cute 2 bedroom home on the hilltop. Sit on your front porch and just enjoy the quiet. Neat as as a pin, move in ready. $128,000. Call Pam.