Lovely County Citizen April 3, 2014

Show of Arms

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Open carry gun walk goes off without a hitch in Eureka

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Fusing Life With Art

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Citizen implores citizens to help boost business

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March 24 10:56 a.m. – A caller reported a suspicious vehicle parked in a nearby parking lot, adding that he advised the two young men in the car – who had a large knife – to leave. They parked across the street instead. Officers made contact with the driver at his residence, and everything was okay.

6:16 p.m. – A complainant was concerned about the way vehicles were parked on Avo Street, saying it would be hard to maneuver a vehicle through them. An officer responded and was able to drive down the street. No one’s getting stuck on Avo Street tonight.

March 25 12:25 a.m. – A resident on Armstrong Street complained of loud music coming from a neighbor’s house. An officer responded and checked the area, but could not locate the loud music. It must not have been that loud.

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walking into Eureka Springs from Highway 187. He is tall, skinny, has a front tooth knocked out and is wearing a beanie. He should be carrying two or three bags with him. Officers were on the lookout for him.

8:15 a.m. – A detective took a report over the phone for fraudulent use of a credit card.

9:15 a.m. – The police department received a report of a male subject walking on North Main Street hitchhiking. An officer responded and checked the surrounding area but could not locate him. I guess someone picked him up.

4:23 p.m. – A caller on White Street reported a man jumping in the street and yelling at cars. An officer responded and was unable to locate him. I guess someone picked him up, too.

4:30 p.m. – The police department received multiple calls in reference to a white male on Spring Street yelling at See Dispatch, page 29

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Fusing Life With Art

Couple marks wedding day with special sale

By Jennifer Jackson

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John Jarrett and John Rinehart met in March of 1997 on a blind date arranged by a mutual friend in Wichita, Kansas.

Jarrett was living in Lawrence, Kansas, at the time. Rinehart lived in Topeka, where he was a foil-stamp press operator for Hallmark and doing stained glass on the side. The date was for lunch in Topeka, and Jarrett wasn’t nervous because he had no expectations, he said. He was surprised.

“We hit it off right away,” Jarrett said.

The lunch led to dinner, which led to a permanent relationship and Jarrett moving to Topeka, where he worked for a yearbook software publishing company.

Ten years later, he and Rinehart moved to Eureka Springs and opened Fusion Squared, a Spring Street shop where they sell Rinehart’s fused glass jewelry.

On Dec. 4, 2013, after being together for 17 years, Jarrett and Rinehart were united in married at the Fremont County Courthouse in Sidney, Iowa, by Magistrate Judge Dennis James — despite Jarrett’s difficulty saying his vows.

“He’d say ‘repeat after me,’ and I’d start and then I’d cry,” Jarrett said. “I basically didn’t think about it beforehand, and when the time came, I was a mess.”

Jarrett said they chose the Iowa town because friends who had gotten married there recommended it as a friendly place with welcoming people. It is also in the southwest corner of Iowa, the closest place to Kansas City. Jarrett and Rinehart applied for their marriage license ahead of time by mail, Jarret said. The wedding, held at 2 p.m. in the courtroom, was attended by friends Michael Walsh and Charles Whiting, who acted as witnesses.

“The magistrate’s wife had created a ceremony,” Jarrett said. “It was beautiful.”

They exchanged gold rings with an infinity circle, made by Jim Magee, a jewelry designer who has a shop on Spring

Street next to Fusion Squared. The “Fusion” part of the business name comes from the method that Rinehart makes jewelry, fusing glass at temperatures of 1400 to 1600 degrees in a kiln. The ‘squared’ part of the name differentiated the shop from other galleries of that name, Jarrett said, and reflects the fact that both owners are named John. The business slogan: Fusing Life with Art. Rinehart, who is from Topeka, has been a glass artist for more than 30 years, making stained glass for friends, and then moving into kilm-formed, or fused glass. One of the reason Rinehart’s jewelry is so striking is that he has an amazing ability to see color and color variances, Jarret said, scoring a perfect 100 on a test that requires the person to detect tiny nuances of color.

Before moving to Eureka and opening the shop, Jarrett took business courses on small business management. Last fall, noting that efforts to market Eureka Springs to LGBT tourists relied on individual efforts, he organized the Gay Business Guild of Eureka Springs. The guild, the only one of its kind in Arkansas, nowhas more than 50 members. It promotes Eureka as a LGBT tourist destination and supports events during Eureka’s three Diversity Weekends. At the fall weekend, the business guild helped put on the reception for Our Big Gay Wedding.

For their own wedding dinner, Jarrett and Rinehart and their friends adjourned to the diner on the Sidney town square, where they had beer and hamburgers.

Then they drove back to Eureka, instead of stopping in Kansas City as planned, because of the snowstorm coming in.

On March 21, Jarrett and Rinehart celebrated the 17th anniversary of their first date. On Friday, April 4, they will celebrate the four-month anniversary of their wedding by holding a sale of Rineharts’ fused-glass jewelry and art at Fusion Squared.

The gift they treasure: a piece of paper with their names on it.

Photo by Chip Ford

John Jarrett and John Rinehart were married in December, nearly 17 years after their first date. They own and operate Fusion Squared fused-glass art and jewelry store.

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Fusion Squared is located at 84 Spring St., www.EurekaFusion.com.

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LGBTQ meeting will discuss aging, health needs Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people face a number of particular concerns as they age. They often do not access adequate health care, affordable housing or other social services that they need for fear of being mistreated by homo/transphobic providers.

Providers at the federal, state and community level establish service guidelines and regulations in a heterosexist framework with no consideration for the needs of LGBTQ Arkansans.

Quite often providers are not familiar with the needs of LGBTQ elders.

Fearing overt homo/transphobic treatment can be a barrier to LGBTQ elders in regard to accessing the services that allow other seniors to thrive.

Many find themselves forced back into the closet with an increased risk of depression, isolation and substance

abuse. Some have no family support due to a loss of that connection because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

In an effort to begin a dialog about the needs and concerns of LGBTQ Arkansans, there will be a screening of “Gen Silent,” a documentary by Stu Maddox that follows the lives of six LGBTQ elders and their quest to secure appropriate assistance and services.

Following the film, there will be a discussion regarding the concerns and needs of LGBTQ elders in Eureka Springs and surrounding areas.

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Spring Diversity Weekend draws visitors from a five-state region, and features entertainment all over town: burlesque shows at Voulez-Vous Lounge, drag shows at Eureka Underground, live music and DJs packing the dance floors. Eureka has no gay bars: everyone is welcome at all venues.

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Show of Arms

Open carry gun walk goes off without a hitch on Highway 62 and downtown

By Landon Reeves

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EUREKA SPRINGS – More than 60 armed citizens slipped into the city under the cover of noon to take advantage of local retailers and restaurants that would permit their entrance and accept their business last Saturday.

A group composed of members of Northwest 746 and Patriots of Act 746 as well as unaffiliated gun rights advocates meet near the train station on a sunny spring morning with the intentions to peruse the downtown shops and enjoy the weather and scenery while brandishing their pistols in holsters on their hips and shoulders.

“We are having a celebration walk for the new law that pasted last August, Act 746,” said one of the group’s administrators, Tony Asher. “It is just going to be a peaceful walk. We plan on walking for almost a mile as a group, and then we are just going to disperse into the town and everybody is just going to go shopping and eat lunch or whatever they want to do.”

Asher has attended three other events like this one in Prairie Grove, Fayetteville and Springdale. He described them as uneventful and said that they were all without incident.

Before the group ascended on to the town, they posed for pictures and were informed to stay safe and respect the tourists and townies alike by Asher and another group administrator, Carl Martin. They were instructed by Asher to not remove their weapons, unless it was in self defense, and to not even grip them in their holsters or rest their hands on them, because it makes people nervous.

“There are only three places in town that have put signs up [to prohibit carrying firearms],” Martin said during the safety brief.

“Honor their signs whether it is a legal sign or not. We are not here to cause problems with them. I don’t expect any protesters out there, but if there are, do not acknowledge them … let us get the police and let them

handle it.”

The police were in attendance as the group gathered and multiple members spoke with them, thanking them for their service and for being there to make sure everything went smoothly.

“Also watch out when you are walking for potholes or anything you can trip over, and watch out when crossing the road,” Asher told the group while standing in the bed of a truck. “If somebody confronts you, turn the other way and ignore them.

They say we are out here trying to cause problems and get a reaction, that is not what we are here for. Some of them might cause problems and try to get a reaction from us; just don’t let it happen.”

Later Asher said that none of the people in the group wanted to cause a reaction with law enforcement or to take the issue to court because they like the way the law is at the moment and the members of the groups all have families – they didn’t want to go to jail because they could not afford it.

When the walk began, the group marched in what vaguely resembled a disorganized single-file line to the downtown area. Some were returning to Eureka while others were on their first trip.

“I am out here with my fellow constitutional carries just enjoying the beautiful day and good company,” said Tracy Ratliff while walking. “I am not a member of any group. I am just a local girl from Waldron.

This is my first time in Eureka Springs; it is very beautiful... I think I am just going to stretch out a bit and find a good place to eat.”

After they hit the town, they spread out and interacted with locals and tourists as they window shopped. Cindy Whitt, who was working at the Ozark Mountain Hemp Company, said she that as far as she knew, none of the open carriers had come to her shop, and she really did not notice them.

“I don’t agree with the someone walking around with a gun from day to day,” said

Photos by Chip Ford

Members of the groups Northwest 746 and Patriots of Act 746 gathered at the train station before walking down Main Street, each packing heat — some times two.

Todd Allen, owner of Blackie’s Backyard, about the group. “But I understand their purpose... What concerns me is we have responsible people with training like some in this group, but encouraging people to open carry without training worries me.”

Asher, who has a permit to conceal carry, agreed with Allen’s sentiments and compared a license to carry a weapon to a driver’s license, saying that some people are just not meant to drive and some shouldn’t own or carry a gun.

After a short time, the group had completely dispersed into the normal tourist crowd of Eureka Springs, and they were only discernible by the pistols at their side.

Mike Rice, Shaun Morgen and Mark Tate had come together from Broken Arrow, Okla., to participate in a friend’s wedding and were unaware the walk was happening.

“It doesn’t bother me a bit, and I am not See Open Carry, page 19

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State report: Visitors to Eureka down 15%

By Kristal Kuykendall

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Newly released state tourism figures show a precipitous drop – over 15 percent – in the number of visitors to the Eureka Springs area last year.

According to Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism annual reports, Carroll County had 745,077 visitors in 2013, down significantly from the 880,928 the county saw come through the year before. Travel expenditures here dropped about 1 percent since 2012, for a total of $174.7 million in 2013, the state’s report shows.

Eureka, as the primary (some would say sole) tourist destination in Carroll County, has been feeling the brunt of this decline, according to dozens of people in the hospitality and tourism business who have contacted the Citizen in recent weeks.

A small group of these business owners who have said they are concerned about the city’s declining tourism figures and the methods being employed by the City Advertising and Promotion Commission to draw more visitors here have organized a town hall meeting to discuss ways in which the city can better promote itself to potential visitors.

The meeting, which is open to the public and particularly in need of participation from any concerned tourism industry workers or business owners, is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, April 7 at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center Oak Room. Organizers, which include several

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

Mark McKenzie, a professional wedding photographer from Holiday Island, photographs Damon and Christina Maples of Winslow, Ark., in Basin Park after the couple were married in the King’s River Chapel on March 30. Weddings and related tourism business are being emphasized by the CAPC with renewed focus this year.

hoteliers, said the meeting will be held to discuss “tourism, lodging, weddings, and the CAPC.” Though the state report figures are not good, not all the news is horrible; the city is still collecting well over a million a year in tourism taxes, the CAPC said recently in its annual report.

Tourism tax revenue, according to the CAPC, grew ever so slightly in 2013, up 0.6 percent from the year before at $1.2

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However, when adjusted for inflation, the industry figures show an even more dismal picture. After inflation, Eureka’s tourism tax revenue – the funds that pay for marketing and advertising our tour-

ism industry – actually fell last year. City tourism officials now say a renewed emphasis on overnight trips and lodging revenue is called for to help the city’s biggest industry recover from a slump that began as early as 2000, as figures from CAPC documents show.

A recent Lovely County Citizen study showed that the cornerstone of the industry, overnight lodging, is struggling more and more every year.

Lodging tax revenue in 2013 totaled $616,045, which is a half-percentage point drop from 2012. The decrease follows two decades of struggles: When converted to the pre-2007 tax rate of just 2 percent – so we’re comparing apples to apples – 2013’s lodging tax total is $410,675. That is a 0 percent increase over the lodging tax total from 2003 of $409,697. Furthermore, it reveals just 8.2 percent growth in the lodging business since 1993.

Mike Maloney, executive director of the CAPC, acknowledged that the low lodging figures are a challenge that Eureka has to overcome.

“Lodging is the foundation of tourism; when somebody spends the night they’re taking advantage of the big experience of Eureka Springs,” Maloney said. “They check in on Thursday, and first thing, they’ve got to go eat. Then the next day, they opt for the retail experience, or they visit some of our attractions and they’ve got to eat again and again.

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O’Reilly store coming to town

Sonny Carter to challenge Ballinger in District 97

By Kathryn Lucariello CCNhi@cox-internet.com

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Work begins on the new O’Reilly Auto Parts Store on East Van Buren. Founded in 1957 by the O’Reilly family, the company grew from one store in Springfield, Mo., to 4,135 stores in 42 states.

Charles “Sonny” Carter, a Democrat, has put his hat in the ring to challenge Republican Bob Ballinger as Arkansas District 97 representative in this year’s election. As Carter has no Democrat opponent in the primary, he will go on the ballot in the election this fall.

District 97 Sonny Carter encompasses parts of Carroll, Madison and Washington counties.

Carter, 71, was born in Pryor, Okla., in 1942. He moved to Eureka Springs from Bloomington, Ind., in 1997, although he had a home here since 1990, he said. A singer/songwriter, he also was a chauffeur for Indiana University and a teacher’s aide, teaching high-school-aged students of college professors. He taught guitar as well as math and other subjects. Although he himself did not have a college education, he said he had a “pretty darn good self-inflicted education.”

Carter has never held public office, although he ran for mayor of Eureka Springs in 2010, and he was a senior member of U.S. Congressman Ken Aden’s staff.

Carter stresses that he is “the working man’s candidate.”

“I want to represent people who are working, struggling to make a living,” he said. “It’s gotten ridiculously hard.”

His campaign mailout card says, “Stop SWEPCO. Keep our healthcare. Raise the minimum wage.”

He is opposed to SWEPCO building a 345 kV transmission line across the Ozarks and taking people’s private land in order to make more money for corporate shareholders.

On the healthcare issue, Carter says that even though the state passed the private option, “Just because they saved it this time

doesn’t mean they won’t try to get rid of it next time. About 200,000 people have signed up for the private option. Other states were looking at our model before they tried to get rid of it,” he said.

As for the minimum wage, he’d like to see it raised to $15 an hour, but he’s realistic that that probably won’t happen.

“If you start higher, at least you might get something livable,” he said. “It’s ridiculous when you have to have two or three jobs just to get by.”

Carter said he is not about doing things for the corporations, who already have all they need. His slogan is “Unbought and unbossed.”

“If elected, I want to work for the people.

I’m not corporate-bought, and I will never be corporate-bought. I will always work for the people. It’s time we got back to that. It’s time we have politicians who care about the public.”

He expresses some strong opinions about his opponent on his website, carter4arkansas.com.

Carter said he is not going to the state capitol to make friends.

“I’m going down to get jobs for people.... Life is not a game, and watching people suffer is not a game. We’ve got to put this country back to a better course.

One district can’t do that, but I can make a difference.”

Without taking corporate money, he said he will have to rely on donations and fund-raisers, but he is hopeful because almost all the people he has talked to love what he is saying.

He said the Washington County Senior Democrats donated some funds so he could purchase campaign materials, such as cards and buttons, to hand out.

“We shouldn’t be selling elections,” he said. “I have to work way harder than [Ballinger] and contact as many people as I can.”

He said it’s important to vote in this “off” election year.

“We need to start changing things now.

We need to have a Congress that works together and not apart. We need to help the people here; we don’t need to help the corporations.”

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Earth Day plans shape up

By Jennifer Jackson JJackson.Citizen@gmail.com

The Eureka Spring Downtown Network has announced plans for an all-city observance of Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, which will include music, food, trail clean-ups and the Blessing of the Springs.

The Earth Day observance is being held in conjunction with the annual citywide clean-up. Volunteer registration tables will be set up at Pine Mountain Village from 8 a.m. to noon and in downtown Basin Park from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Volunteers can work whatever amount of time they have, cleaning up litter and debris around their homes or businesses, on the highway or on city streets. Trash bags and Keep Arkansas Beautiful T-shirts will be given out free. The goal: to have 100 peoples sign up and help with the clean-up effort, ESDN director Jacqueline Wolven said.

At 11 a.m., the annual Blessing of the Springs procession starts at at the Crescent Spring gazebo next to the Carnegie Library, and proceeds along Spring Street, with stops at each spring for a blessing by a local minister or spiritual leader and singing.

The procession will end at Basin Park, where an Earth Day celebration lunch will be provided by area banks from noon to 2 p.m. Vendors and the Farmers Market will also have booths, along with Parks committees, Save the Ozarks, the E. S. Garden Club, Master Gardeners, the

Beaver Water District and other environmental-related educational organizations or activities. There is no charge to set up a table or booth. Call Wolven at 479-2445074.

At 1 p.m., Mayor Morris Pate will make an Earth Day proclamation. At 2 p.m., the Eureka Springs Preservation Society will serve cake as part of the celebration of Basin Spring.

Other events: 8 a.m. - noon: The Carroll County SWA Big Green Bus, a traveling recycling classroom, will be open for tours at the Tuesday Farmers Market at Pine Mountain Village.

10 a.m.: Tree-planting and seed-sowing by students at Eureka Springs Elementary School.

11:30 a.m.: Group photo at the stairstep gardens above the Art Wall on Main Street to commemorate the work done to clean up the gardens by the city, ESDN and the E.S. Preservation Society.

11 a.m.: Volunteers will clean the trails above Basin Park and repaint the interior of the band shell.

In addition to the Blessing of the Springs, the Parks Springs Committee is sponsoring a free geology walk. The time will be announced.

The Dirty Butts contest, with a prize for the person who collects the most cigarette butts, is part of the city-wide clean-up.

For more information about Earth Day in Eureka Springs, go to the Eureka Springs Downtown Network facebook page.

Arts Council announces ArtRageous Parade prizes The Eureka Springs Arts Council will award $1,000 in prize money for the best entries in the 2014 ArtRageous Parade, which will be Saturday, May 3, at 6 p.m. First place prize is $500, second place is $300 and third place,$200.

To enter, pick up an application from the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center in Pine Mountain Village or at

the CAPC office behind the Quarter.

Or download the application from the “Info” page on the May Festival of the Arts website: http://eurekaspringsfestivalofthearts.com Everyone is encouraged to get ArtRageous and participate, organizers say.

For more information call the CAPC: (479) 253-7333.

Undivided attention

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Joe McClung of Cornerstone Bank recently took time to explain stock market basics to the third- and fourth-grade gifted and talented class students. The students are competing in the Stock Market Game. McClung taught them how to read stock prices, discussed why you need to diversify and explained why and how students should research stocks before investing.

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Citizen Editorial We’ve got to stop the tourism bleeding

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ureka Springs is failing — failing to successfully grow our tourism industry; failing to efficiently and effectively reach the millions of would-be visitors all within a day’s drive of our city; failing to reach our potential.

Why do we believe we are failing to grow or even to sufficiently support our own biggest industry? Read the report on Page 7 of this edition. In short, we haven’t shown any growth in lodging — the most important and most telling sector of tourism — in over a decade, and while we enjoyed somewhere around 2 million visitors per year in our heyday, we now are “just getting by” with fewer than 750,000 visitors annually, according to a new report from the state Department of Parks and Tourism.

That is a LOT of lost revenue for our local hotels, retailers, restaurants and attractions.

It’s kind of like cutting their income in half, only worse.

Why are we failing? Or, on the flip side, what can we do differently to improve our tourism outlook? Those are complicated questions, with many answers. But we feel it’s vitally important to get these issues out on the table for discussion, before it’s too late.

Some of the things that need to be addressed: We need to emphasize weddings like gangbusters — and in all the right places for brides and potential brides to see it.

We need to better employ Facebook and other social media and online marketing opportunities. We need to consolidate our city’s websites and save a LOT of money in the meantime. These are just a few of the ideas that we think would almost certainly have a positive impact on our tourism industry.

But the biggest thing we believe needs to be addressed is: Who’s in charge?

The Citizen, like a number of local business owners who have contacted us recently, believes that Eureka Springs needs to more wisely spend our tourism tax dollars by hiring a professional tourism ad agency to oversee and implement our marketing and advertising efforts. Currently, the City Advertising and Promotion Commission is

overseeing the marketing and advertising management in-house, with an outside ad agency doing the actual advertisement creation in conjunction with CAPC staff.

Eureka Springs is one of the few visitor-heavy cities in Arkansas — and the only tourist town in the state that we know of — to not have a tourism ad agency working on its behalf to spread the word and draw more tourists. For decades, Eureka Springs had a highly respected ad agency on its payroll, but after enjoying a meteoric rise in visitors and tourism revenue in the 1980s and early ‘90s, city officials in 1995 decided they could do the work themselves and fired CJRW, then called Woods Brothers. CJRW also manages the marketing and advertising for the state Department of Parks and Tourism as well as for other tourism-focused cities such as Hot Springs – both of which have shown steady visitor growth over the past decade.

Had we been around back then, we would have screamed, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Tackling the extremely technical, detailed and complicated job of managing a city’s tourism marketing and advertising is not to be taken lightly, and it is a job for professionals trained in that arena – an arena that changes almost daily as more and more marketing and advertising is moving to the internet.

Mike Maloney, executive director at the CAPC, is working hard to head up our marketing efforts as a city, and we are grateful for his tireless efforts and his unquestionable dedication to the cause.

But looking at the results — such as the figures reported on Page 7 — it is clear to us that something IS “broke,” and it needs to be fixed. Immediately. Maloney needs the assistance of a professional tourism ad agency to oversee our advertising and marketing campaign and stop the bleeding. It’s already gone on for years, and local tourism-related businesses and workers have suffered long enough.

Some of those business owners and workers are unhappy with the way the city’s See Editorial, page 20

Citizen of the Week It’s a dirty, thankless job, but somebody has to do it.

Seante Helms, who is basically Eureka Springs’ “City Housekeeper,” is this week’s Citizen of the Week.

Her nominator Meagan Chipouras notes: “She cleans all the of public restrooms including the one on Pendergrass Corner, the one by The Auditorium, the new restrooms by the train station and the courthouse bathrooms, and keeps the police station clean. EVERY DAY. Besides scrubbing the toilets that hundreds of people use each day she sweeps the sidewalks around those areas including picking up tons of cigarette butts all along the streets.” Seante also has been spotted scraping the sidewalks when they’ve been covered with ice

and snow — a duty far and above her required job. “Yes, she gets paid to clean the restrooms, but she goes way beyond just scrubbing toilets!”

Thank you, Seante, for keeping our Public Use areas clean and helping Eureka Springs shine for its residents and visitors.

Who do you think should be Citizen of the Week?

Send us your nominations

Citizen, P.O., Box 679, Eureka Springs, AR 72632, fax to (479) 253-0080 or e-mail to: citizen.editor@yahoo.com

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What should the city do to reclaim Eureka’s status as the Wedding Capital of the South, and thereby boost tourism? (The Facebook Edition)

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The opinions on the Editorial page are our opinions. The opinions on the Forum pages are your opinions.

Gun-rights advocate says ‘Not on our watch’ Andrew Schwerin

Michael Walsh Cindy Studer Out in Eureka

“Start lobbySycamore Bend ing heavily for Farm Grunt marriage equality; “More shotgun advertise ES as weddings to go LGBT honeymoon capital of with the loaded questions. Or, how the South. States where marriage about hosting a wedding planners’ equality is now legal have raked in convention?” millions of dollars.

We’re losing competition to gay marriage destinations when our own people are going to Iowa to get married.”

Inn Nature Hospitality VP

“How about actually running some ads and promotions featuring the wedding and reception venues in town (and surrounding area). Fantasy and themed weddings and receptions are popular now and we have the ideal location – but people need to know we’re here and what is available.”

Chris Gray

Forever a Eurekan at Heart “Regional radio advertising about Eureka. I tell my fine dining guests in Fayetteville about how great Eureka is all the time. A LOT of the locals really don’t know anything about ES. The university alone rotates in THOUSANDS of brand new potential tourists every year and I don’t see that crowd being addressed anywhere.”

Meagan Chipouras

Booze Slinger / Adult Babysitter

“More ads, more promotions. We should have a council that is in charge of JUST that. Oh wait?

Isn’t that what the CAPC was formed for? And when it did just that, isn’t that is when we were the Marriage Capital per capita?”

Eric Parkinson

NWA Transplant & Filmmaker

“A reality TV show for cable: A celebrity ‘honorary mayor’ battles (challenges) to attract visitors, called ‘Eureka Freaka’ ... If Duggars and Duck Dynasty can work, a show set in the wackiest town in America is a no-brainer.”

Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in.

The group Northwest Open Carry is gone from Eureka Springs, but not the people who are members of the group, nor the people who believe in their Constitutional right to bear arms.

I am one of them. There are many more like me who live in Carroll County and in fact, all over the nation as well. Judging by the overall reception by shop owners, restaurants, and workers, you who oppose us and our rights are far outnumbered. That is not meant to be a threat by any means.

Perhaps living and working in Eureka Springs has skewed the perception of some to the reality of life outside the city limits. Or maybe some just like to play “pretend” and cower in their own self-perceived “la la land” make-believe world.

I had fully divested myself of the Northwest 746 group two weeks before the event. The reason was because I advised the membership not to begin posting on Geekfest (geekfest.com). Some did so anyway. The local chat forum, Geekfest, and its members, do not represent the opinions of most of the city residents, although they think they do. For you to believe otherwise, well then yes, you live in “la la land.”

But there was another reason I left the group, and that was the fact that I challenged the leadership to come up with educational materials in print. My suggestion was not taken seriously. Though I had a copy of the law in my wallet, I gave it to a woman I met at The Daily Roast on Saturday. She is a teacher of history in the middle

grades in Oklahoma and I hope she uses it in the classroom. I mistakenly assumed people knew how to obtain (copies of) the act for themselves and would do so. Here is a link to read Act 746: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ assembly/2013/2013R/Acts/Act746.pdf.

“Seldom do well-behaved women make history,” said Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and I guess I am one of those women who are not well-behaved. When I found that the group leadership had caved in to the powers that be in Eureka and agreed to conduct their walk on Highway 62, I called them cowards. Oh well. That was the end of my tenure with the group. Perhaps that was the event that made them change their minds about openly carrying. If it was, you can blame me. I am not a coward.

For those of you who do not wish to have people openly carrying a side arm in your establishment, I suggest you keep your signs posted. As people begin to take notice of the attempts to alter our most famous document, the United States Constitution, you will be seeing more of us who take every opportunity to express our 2nd Amendment rights, along with every other right this document affords us. Those rights also include free speech and freedom of the press.

The Constitution is not a “living and breathing” document and subject to change as some might claim.

It is the foundation for our country’s governance, then and now, and should not be altered or changed in any way. We Oathkeepers (oathkeepers.org) intend on keeping it that way.

“Not on our watch.”

— Marti Suchsland

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION

See Forum, page 19

74 votes cast

How would you feel if your church voted to openly accept LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) members? m I would be happy about it.: 67.6% (50 votes) m I would disagree with the decision.: 21.6% (16 votes) m I haven’t made up my mind about how or whether the church should take a stand on homosexuality.: 10.8% (8 votes) Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in. Vote by Wednesday 9 a.m.

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Willie Nelson + funnel cakes + ES = Love Couple makes concession to romance, moves to Eureka, buys a business

By Jennifer Jackson JJackson.Citizen@gmail.com

What do Willie Nelson, funnel cakes and Eureka Springs have in common?

Jerry and Vicky Carsten.

The Carstens got engaged at the 2004 Willie Nelson concert at the Auditorium in Eureka Springs. They were married in Basin Park in 2005, and this winter, bought the Funnel Cake Factory with long-time friend Steve Gardner, re-opening it on Valentine’s Day. That the business is on Main Street, across from the place where Jerry proposed to Vicky during the Willie Nelson concert, is part of an ongoing romantic saga that connects the Carstens to City of Springs.

“It brings all the parts of our lives together,” Jerry said of buying the Victorian-style building.

Residents of Siloam Springs, Jerry and Vicky Carstens own five mobile concession stands and travel to 70 festivals a year. But because of their connection to Eureka Springs, Jerry always wanted to own the Funnel Cake Factory, which belonged for years to a woman named Rosie.

“I’d come up every spring, summer and fall and ask her if she was ready to let it go yet,” Jerry said. “She’d say no, and I’d say, “See you next time.”

Jerry grew up in the food business — he remembers doing his homework on the deep freeze at the Tastee Freez, Dairy Queen or Big T restaurants his parents owned in southwest Missouri. After his parents sold the restaurants, they bought a couple of concession trailers. By the time Jerry was in high school, his mother, Mary Carsten, owned “Mary’s Greater Shows,” half of a carnival that traveled with McCrater’s.

“They were the rides,” he said. “We were the food and games.”

Jerry and his high school friends, including Gardner, spent summers on the carny circuit. They were ‘rich’ carnies he explained, because they lived in campers or fifth-wheelers, but he did pick up a bit of the lingo, cazarny, which resembles French pig latin, he said. Jerry also worked at the auto glass stores his grandfather and father owned, and within a year of graduating from Republic, Mo., High School in 1983, had his own auto glass shop.

“I also had a concession trailer to make money on weekends,” Jerry said.

In 2003, he met “a beautiful Arkansas girl” who lived in Bentonville and worked for Walmart. He and Vicky had gone on two dates when he called her from Springfield one night. She was watching the Willie Nelson 70th birthday concert on television. He stayed on the phone and listened to it with her.

“That was the start of our infatuation with Willie Nelson,” Jerry said.

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

Vicky and Jerry Carsten hold their signature product in front of the Funnel Cake Factory on Main Street. Referring to old photographs, the new owners repainted the building and reinstalled the decorate white Victorian eave drops, which had been removed and stored.

Vicky and Jerry Carsten had their photo taken with Willie Nelson at his concert at the Walton Arts Center last month.

In the spring of 2004, they came to Eureka Springs for Nelson’s concert. When they checked into the Crescent Hotel, Vicky found a huge bouquet of red roses waiting in their room, along with card that Jerry wouldn’t let her open until after the concert. They had seats in the balcony for the show.

Near the end of the concert, Jerry went downstairs and unrolled a big banner in front of the stage with a heart on it and the words “Will you marry me?”

“Willie Nelson stood on it, holding it with his foot,” Jerry said.

Vicky, standing up in the balcony, said yes, and the crowd went crazy, Jerry said. Back at the hotel, she opened the card, which said “Yes was the right answer.” He also presented her with a wedding-ring charm for her bracelet, joining the miniature cotton candy, hot dog, ferris wheel, guitar and motorcycle charms that chronicled their relationship. They were married in Basin Park with tourists as witnesses.

“We turned around and they were all gathered around,” Jerry said.

When he first met Vicky, he was “hobbying around” in the concession business, Jerry said, trying to figure out what he wanted to do. They were at the Old Applegate Harvest

Festival in Bentonville when Vicky, asked to fill in at the counter of Jerry’s brother’s concession stand, said, “This is what I want to do.” The concession business is a lot of work and comes with long, hard hours, Jerry said — during Bikes, Blues and BBQ, they have all five concession trailers on Dickson Street. But the business stays solid when the economy shrinks.

“People who can’t afford family vacations compensate by taking more day trips and going to local festivals,” Jerry said.

Besides their busy schedule, the Carstens try to attend every Willie Nelson concert they can and during the past 10 years, have made the acquaintance of Nelson’s promoter and road manager. Last month, they got to meet Nelson at the concert at the Walton Art Center and their picture taken with him. Their big goal, now that they have bought the Funnel Cake Factory: “We want to bring Willie Nelson back to downtown Eureka,” Jerry said.

Ideally, it would be in the spring of 2015, the anniversary of the concert where they got engaged. Or in the fall, to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. They may do a renewal of their vows, Jerry said. And there will be cake.

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Pretty in pink

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

Elected to the Eureka Springs Opera Guild board at the 2014 annual meeting Sunday are Ronn Hearn, left, president; Mary Dolce, vice-president; Bill Mills, co-treasurer, and Danna Hearn, member at large. At right is Ron Morrison, past president.

Bravo, Brava, Bravi: Opera Guild sets up for season

By Jennifer Jackson

JJackson.Citizen@gmail.com

The Eureka Springs Opera Guild held its annual meeting at Crescent Hotel conservatory on Sunday, with members and guests getting a preview of the upcoming Opera in the Ozarks season and signing up for behindthe-scenes jobs.

Soprano Leanne Scaggs, an alumna of the 2006 and 2010 OiO, sang “Una Donna a 15” from Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutti” and “O Mio Babbino Caro” from Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi,” two of the operas that will be staged this summer. She also sang “Jewel Song” from Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide.”

Tatyana Hetzer accompanied Scaggs on the piano.

Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” will also be staged during the 2014 season, which starts June 20. Opera Guild members put on the opening night reception and the “Art in Opera” exhibit, which raised $3,712 last year.

Guild members also help build sets, provide transportation to and from the airport,

keep the grounds landscaped, distribute rack cards and cover the office during staff lunch breaks.

Jim Swiggart reported that air-conditioning is being installed at the covered outdoor theater, located at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony five miles west of Eureka Springs.

Tickets for the first performance of each opera are half-price for residents of Carroll, Benton, Washington and Madison counties and must be ordered through the OiO office when it opens (479-253-8595).

Full-price tickets for performances are now available online at opera.org. “Gianni Schicchi,” a comic opera in one act, will be paired with another one-act Puccini opera, “Suor Angelica.”

Swiggart, who retired last year as OiO’s general director, will be honored at a special concert at the Arend Arts Center in Bentonville on July 13. The 4 p.m. concert will feature Met Opera artist Latonia Moore, an See Opera, page 19

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

Bride-to-be Cambre Brooks of Fayetteville, center front, poses with her bridesmaids in Basin Park after a bridesmaids’ luncheon at Mud Street Cafe hosted

by Cindy Rieff, third from left, and Allison Tennant, back right. Cambre’s mother, Lonnia Brooks, is back center. From left, front, are Kayla Hollin, Hannah Tripodi, the Bride, Katie Tennant, Halsey Brooks and Allison Bobb.

Tourists get involved – in fun

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For the past couple of years, a group of friends from Joplin, Mo., have come down for the Eureka Springs St. Patrick’s Day parade. This year, some of the more serious members of the group created a pirate-ship float and participated in the recent parade instead of just watching from the sidelines. Pictured are pirates, from left, Clint and Sara (with back turned) Hines of Gardner, Kan., and Tom Hempen, Cathy and Brad Lankford, Cecilia Hempen, and Bruce “Captain Morgan” Lais, all of Joplin.

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The Parks and Recreation Commission and the Trails Committee have released an initial concept plan for a master trail, but there are still several steps — some of which are becoming contentious — that the project must go through before any trails come to fruition, said Parks officials.

The map, pictured on the opposite page, that was released by the PRC was called a concept plan by Parks Director Bruce Levine. The commission still has to schedule a workshop with the City Council and a public hearing to discuss the plan, then take the suggestions of the council and residents to the Trails Committee and have them change the plan to fit any concerns residents and the council.

After that, the PRC will approve the plan and introduce it to the Planning Commission, who will review it and either give it back to parks for more changes or give it to the City Council with a recommendation to approve it.

If the council approves, then the PRC and Trails Committee has to seek funding for the trails and conduct multiple surveys to discover the impact of the proposed trails and if a trail is available in the planned area.

But the first and foremost concern of the PRC is getting the city’s approval, Levine said.

“We would like to see it [the final plan] submitted as a amendment or addendum to the city master plan,” Levine said. “Before we do anything, we will contact all land owners that are adjacent to the trail or that may have interest in the trail. We will use whatever means possible to make sure we talk to everyone along those segments, have a formal meeting with them and look at all the issues, whatever they may be to make sure we can solve them.”

Sherry Willis of the Trails Committee provided a statement to the Lovely County Citizen saying that the committee will do everything within their power to preserve the privacy of property owners

whenever possible.

It also stated that the trails are for pedestrian and bicycle traffic only; almost all the trails will be dirt paths through the woods and the purpose of the trails is to provide an off-street passage in a loop that connects all the major points of interest and use in the city.

Two of the property owners that have a problem with the initial plans are Rachel and Ryan Brix of 1 Magnetic Drive. The City Council read and approved, for the

“We are desperately against it, it is very invasive and it makes us vulnerable to burglars.”

– Virginia Voiers

second time, Ordinance 2207 at its most recent meeting. This ordinance reclaims a portion of Rock Street from the Parks Department. This portion of Rock Street runs through the Brixes’ property and is essential to the initial plan of the master trail, Willis said.

The council has to read the ordinance once more before the property is reclaimed and then there is 30-day waiting period before the ordinance to takes effect. The council would then have to go through the same protocol for the ordinance to vacate the property from city control.

The Brixes have attended several meetings and provided research and maps that suggest the city does not own the property, or street, that runs through their land. They requested the city vacate the land during one of the previous council meetings.

The council has debated and discussed vacating the Brixes’ property for the better part of a year. The lack of action on this issue has prevented the Brix family from

developing their property, threatened to negatively impact the marketability of their property and could also “obscenely” affect their right to safely access, use and reasonably enjoy their property, Rachel Brix said at a meeting before the council begin to vacate the property.

The PRC has recommended that the council should not give up the land and Willis has started a petition opposing the vacation. Willis also said that past city councils have “irresponsibly” vacated the land around the area that they would prefer to use and that the Brixes’ property contains the cheapest and easiest route for the committee to use in its master trail plan.

Rachel Brix has never been offered any negation on the plan for the trail through her property, she said. But Levine said he intends to reintroduce an offer he made to the Brixes last year, which was to compromise and run an easement for a trail around their property rather than through it. The Brixes did not accept the offer the first time, Levine said.

Other property owners, namely Virginia and Bill Voiers, are concerned about their safety as well as their privacy. The initial plans have one of the trails running along the backside of their property near their home.

“We are desperately against it, it is very invasive and it makes us vulnerable to burglars,” she said. “There were other people who opposed it too. I think the problem is in this town the houses are so close together, so if you are on a trail or path, you are going to be looking through someone’s bedroom windows.”

Her husband went on to explain that a trail would allow someone to easily access their property unseen and undetected until the intruder was at their back door.

The Trail Committee usually meets on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. in the PRC offices at Harmon Park, but this week’s meeting might be postponed, Levine said.

The PRC meets every third Tuesday at 6 p.m. in City Hall.

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The zombies are loose at Leatherwood!

Photos by Chip Ford

Annalee Grat moves in for an attack after chewing up the humans on one of their various missions. She won the award for “Most Infectious Zombie,” managing to “tag” more human players throughout the game than any of the other undead. Annalee took home six books donated by the prolific zombie author Sean-Michael Argo and a zombie trophy that her father Timothy says she is afraid to keep in her room at night.

Dozens of humans “dropped” groups of zombies to make it to the FEMA communications drop box in hopes their apocalyptic letter might find lost family and friends.

Mary Wise springs into flesh-ripping action in Creeper Creek. One human that no zombie could take down was Ricky Waggoner, who was the sole survivor. He was awarded a creepy zombie trophy handcrafted by Sytnathotep Studios and a gift certificate from ESSA for a three-day workshop.

ABOVE: Kids navigate the hay-bale obstacle course after passing through the Zombie Squeeze then moving into the Tunnels of Terror.

AT RIGHT: Event organizer Jeff Danos instructs participants on the various rules of the day before turning them loose into the basic training course. About $300 and 250 cans of food were raised for donations to Flint Street Food Bank.

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Beth Olsen waits in the bushes at the 2nd Annual Zombie Tag event at Lake Leatherwood on Saturday.

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Timothy Grat proclaims victory as he turns the first human child into one of the zombie horde. 155 partic- Callista Audet hops through a series of hay bales during ipants gathered at the lake with 103 of those traveling the home stretch of the Zombie Basic Training Obstacle from out of town, said organizer Jeff Danos.

Course.

Kids catch spare marshmallows in their mouths between events.

Hannah Grat applies makeup to a recently turned human child.

John Larrison, better known as Dalamar Argent, stalks all those who attempted to enter under the bridge in Mulladay Hollow during the FEMA Mission portion of the zombie games on Saturday.

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Breaking bread together at the Passion Play

Photos by Chip Ford

An estimated 150-plus people gathered at the The Great Hall Friday evening to celebrate the progress The Great Passion Play made in 2013 and to hear about various plans for the 2014 season – like the re-surfacing of the Christ of the Ozarks statue and a new event dubbed Bikes, Bibles and BBQ.

Kent Butler, better know as the guy who (sometimes) plays Jesus, takes the mic and informs the crowd about the schedule of events at the grounds for the season.

Vic Myers from Kingston takes the stage to read his poem “The God of All Creation.”

From left are Lou Hulsebus, Shirley Ballard, Barbara Harpham, Renee McGovern and Chuck Ballard posing for a quick photo as they serve food to the masses. They are part of the 30-plus volunteers from Campers on A Mission who are in town to dedicate hundreds of hours of work to help improve the Passion Play grounds and facilities.

Bill Ott works his way through the dessert section of the buffet line.

Abbie Blevins of Berryville takes a pastry from the Cody Naas of Green Forest looks for sweet treats on table. Her family of 7 all play roles in the Passion Play the buffet line. Naas has played the Lantern Boy in – from a disciple to a deceased child. the play since 2008.

A young man drifts into a slumber after filling his belly with food as Gospel music plays in the background.

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Clear Spring has a Ball

Photo by Chip Ford

Clear Spring School held its annual spring fundraiser on Saturday at The Barn in Holiday Island. This year’s event was the CSS Beach Ball, replacing the previous year’s Spring Fling. The event is a gathering of facility, students, friends and alumni while also serving as a recruitment tool. This year the school is celebrating its 40th year and various events are being planned for Oct. 3-5, including the annual Eurekapalooza Festival. Pictured from left are Sarah Weston, Chance FitzPatrick, Karen FitzPatrick, Phyllis Poe, Kylee Fife, Lucy Stowe, Peggy Kjelgaard, Sarah Barner, Ruby Barner, Rebecca Babbs and David Zhou.

Opera

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Opera in Ozarks alumna. Tickets ($27) are available online at opera.org.

The 2014 Opera in the Ozarks is June 20 through July 18, with performances Monday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. except for June 23 and July 4, 10 and 12.

Sunday performances take place June 29 and July 6 at 4 p.m. at the Arend Arts

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a gun owner,” Rice said.

“I’d rather not have people open carry,” Tate, who is a gun owner, said. “Oklahoma has been doing [open carry] for a while now and I have friends that do it.”

As the group meandered about town one man sat stationary with his banjo picking, grinning and witnessing the whole ordeal.

“I heard some tourist lip off to them, but other than that, nothing has happened,” said Lance Levi Schrumpf of

Center in Bentonville. Opera in the Ozarks also stages a shortened version of an opera suitable for children at the Eureka Springs Auditorium. For more information, go to opera.org.

The Eureka Springs Opera Guild supports Opera in the Ozarks and youth music camps at Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony through volunteer work, endowments and scholarships. For more information, contact Mary Dolce, Marydol5@aol.com.

Siloam Springs. “It is not the people carrying stuff around that cause trouble. It is the people who try to tell others what they can and can’t do that cause trouble.”

The next day, Police Chief Earl Hyatt said that the event went fine and nothing really happened at all.

“It went smoothly,” Hyatt said. “There were people that didn’t like that it happened and there were people who liked that it was happening.”

Alderman Mickey Schneider was there and used the same words, stating that the event went smoothly and there were no incidents.

Forum

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Reader says thanks for taking a stand My heart swelled with pride and gratitude in reading your words regarding the efforts of Eureka’s First United Methodist Church to advance full inclusion for gays and lesbians in the United Methodist Church.

I am one of those self-avowed homosexuals mentioned; I am one of those who has been relegated to a subordinate status because I am gay. I am one of those who has been on the receiving end (all-too-often) of the “we love you ... but” comments.

Kudos to FUMC for being the first methodist church in Northwest Arkansas to publicly proclaim that this subordination is wrong, that it is and has been — for a very long time — hurtful, counter-productive and demeaning. And kudos to the Lovely County Citizen for shining the light of day on it.

Your editorial makes it clear — at least to me — that the challenges to disparate treatment for gays and lesbians in the legal system is not the only arena where progress is being made. Thank you for your efforts.

Lamont Richie

Appeal to attend tourism town hall HELP WANTED: A town hall meeting for concerned business owners will be held to discuss tourism, lodging, weddings, CAPC, motorcycle noise, etc. on Monday, April 7. The meeting will be held at the Inn of the Ozarks, Oak/Hickory/Maple Room, at 6 p.m. All those

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interested in promoting and preserving Eureka Springs as a tourist and wedding destination are invited to attend.

There is reason to be concerned about tourism in Eureka, in particular how the CAPC is being run. The undersigned believes that serious mistakes have been made. First and foremost, the CAPC has ignored the wedding industry, and as a result the decline in weddings continues unabated. Second, the CAPC wasted thousands on motorcycle shows. Eureka is fast becoming the Motorcycle Noise Capital of the South, albeit with the support of Motorcycle Mayor Pate. Third, the CAPC wasted over $100,000 on an ineffective website. Fourth, spending money, as the CAPC has done, to entice day-trippers has done little or nothing for revenue. Lastly, the CAPC wasted $42,380 on WoodSsongs, a performance that CAPC Chairperson Charles Ragsdale’s described as an “immensely successful event” — notwithstanding that it lost approximately $30,000.

And it gets worse. In response to the Citizen’s article on the decline in tourism, the CAPC’s finance director, Rick Bright stated to me that Alderman James DeVito called to say the article was BS, which appears to the consensus of opinion at the CAPC. Subsequently, the Citizen reported that mayoral candidate Butch Berry stated that the CAPC “has done a good job of increasing tourism over the past several years.” We need to bring Butch up to date on what’s going on at the CAPC. Hopefully, Butch will attend. Regardless, he will make a good mayor.

– Bob Jasinksi Angel at Rose Hall

BUYING AND SELLING IN EUREKA Paul Faulk, Realtor Cell: 479-981-0668 Office: 877-279-0001

43 Prospect Ave. Eureka Springs AR 72632

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Guest Commentary

Visiting from KC

RatPack Bikers Blog kicks off season

Editor’s note: The following commen- the next time you see a long line of us on the tary is written by our resident Lovely road that we are probably riding as part of a County Citizen motorcycle enthusiast and group fundraiser, trying to help a sick child “biker blogger” Kevin Ratkovich. You or a debilitated family make it till a better can follow his weekly blog at www.Lovely day arrives. Sometimes WE are that better Citizen.com/ratpackbikers. day, bringing toys to children at the holidays elcome back who otherwise wouldn’t to the Ratget any, and delivering Pack BikThanksgiving meals to ers’ Blog – a blog for impoverished area fammotorcycle riders and ilies. Sometimes we are enthusiasts who want to helping a friend bury a keep tabs on biker-fochild or a parent, showcused and biker-friendly ing respect and solidarievents going on in the ty on a day of grieving.

Eureka Springs region.

Sometimes we are just An especially long riding because it’s beauand bitterly cold winter tiful outdoors, and we has motorcycle enthusienjoy the beauty of naasts more ready to ride ture as much as you do. than ever, and many are As for me, let me planning on coming to introduce myself and our little town here in the tell you a little about beautiful Ozark Mounme. I’m that biker who Kevin Ratkovich perches on his Ortains. helps those who need it, ange Crush motorcycle.

With them, they’ll who opens doors for the bring freedom, happiness, money to spend, elderly and raises money for a good cause and a little noise – but no more than the other when I can. I live paycheck to paycheck just “machines” that like to converge on Eureka like most of us do, but I give and live the Springs, such as the VWs, Corvettes, Fer- way I choose because I am the biker who raris and other groups of vehicles. lives free and who honors all who honor But some locals complain about us bikers. me back. I’m proud to be an American and Maybe they don’t like the way we dress – proud to live in Eureka Springs. but that’s how we choose to look. God forbid ••• anyone spend their time complaining about Now, for the news of the week: The next the half-naked film stars of Hollywood, or big event for motorcycle enthusiasts in the the fast and loud vehicles they drive! area is the 13 Rebels Motorcycle Club’s 16th You never know who you are talking Annual Poker Run on Saturday, April 5. about when you complain about a motorThe Poker Run has two starting points cycle enthusiast; we count among us many with one destination: Starting at Harrison police officers, firefighters, paramedics and Visitor Information Center and at D&D Cypoliticians. cles on Highway 102 East in Rogers, and Please don’t presume by the way we bik- ending at the 13 Rebels Clubhouse on Highers and riders look that we are all bad; we as way 143 in Grandview. a group give more to local charities and othThe event will be held rain or shine. er nonprofit organizations than many of the First bike out at 10 a.m., last bike at at groups of tourists who visit Eureka Springs, noon, all in by 3 p.m. we help spread “love” for Eureka Springs Cost is $5 per hand. Maps available at the and its people, and we spend as much as any starting points. other tourists do.

For more information, call 870-427-2185 So give us a fair shake, please, and realize or 479-636-2505.

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A group of 19 international exchange students had a great time at Aviation Cadet World on Monday. They are from the Council on International Educational Exchange, which brought them down from Kansas City. The students are from many nations all over the globe. They said after their visit that they had a great time and learned a great deal about our military and our nation and about the price we’ve paid for our freedoms.

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tourism tax revenue — totaling $1.2 million — is being spent on our marketing and advertising efforts, and they, too, have called for a professional tourism ad agency to take over.

A group of tourism business owners (see related letter in Citizen Forum, opposite page) have called a town hall meeting for 6 p.m. Monday to discuss these issues, emphasizing finding better ways to spread the word about Eureka

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Springs.

We will be at that meeting, to be held at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center, and we hope you will, too, if you are concerned about the future of our town. Surely, if enough of us get involved and put our heads together, we can turn this thing around and build a healthy, wealthy tourism industry for generations of Eurekans to come. The alternative — a return to boarded-up windows and closed businesses everywhere — is simply not an option, but it’s literally up to each of us to avoid going there. We implore you to read up on the CAPC and what it’s doing with your money (you can view past reports at www.LovelyCitizen.com); attend CAPC and/or City Council meetings; or contact your councilperson with your concerns and opinions. Or come to the town hall meeting on Monday.

It’s time for Eureka Springs to realize our potential, but it will require much citizen input and involvement. So, fellow Eurekans, let’s roll up our sleeves, put our thinkin’ caps on, and do this thing. It’s time.

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Clear Spring kids clean up the city’s springs

Clear Spring School Lower Elementary students, from left, Chance FitzPatrick, Rowan Scheunamen, Jenny Amussen, Ana Crider, and Ian Evans clean up Grotto Spring last week on their big day of Great American Clean Up events held around town.

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Upper Elementary students cleaning up at Harding Spring are, front left, Chloe Kirk, Alena Guillory, and Kylie Fife; sitting behind bags, Lily Torgerson and Tarrah Youngblood; standing, Kaitlyn Pearson, teacher Juanita Crider, Oakley Griffin, and Hawk Slane; and Steven Rivers in the rear.

Helen F. Crane

August 3, 1924 – March 25, 2014

Helen F. Crane, age 89, went peacefully to be with her loving Savior on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 with her family by her side. Helen was the first born child to Reverend Archie R. Nichols, and Mary F. Nichols on August 3, 1924. She had five siblings: Florence, Paul, Betty, Walter and Melvin.

She graduated high school in 1942 and met Max Crane, and married on April 4, 1943, in Severy, Kan. They were blessed with five children, Terry, Ross, Billy, Patsy and Rodney. They raised their family on a dairy farm where they all worked together.

After her husband’s death, she sold the family farm and finally found her place in Eureka Springs, Arkansas and lived for

many years (she was a very loving person, good to family, and friends. She was an avid member of Faith Christian Family Church; she was one of the earliest members, and had become the oldest member of the church.

Helen is survived by her children, Terry Crane, Billy Crane (Eureka Springs), Patsy Lanning and Rodney Crane. Also by sixteen grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren; brothers: Walter Nichols and Melvin Nichols. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, son Ross Crane, and sisters Florence Richardson and Betty Myer and brother Paul Nichols.

She will be missed very much.

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Kenneth John Fusaro

Oct. 8, 1954 – March 30, 2014

Kenneth John Fusaro, a resident of Eureka Springs, departed this life on Sunday, March 30, 2014, at the age of 59.

Mr. Fusaro was born in Glenridge, N.J., on Oct. 8, 1954, to Fredrick and Joan (Desmond) Fusaro.

He is survived by three sons, Louis Capawanna of Arizona, Lenard Capawanna of North Carolina and Michael Fusaro of Texas; a daughter, Melissa Capawanna of Kansas; two brothers, Jay and wife Rosemary Fusaro of Texas and Fredrick Fusaro Jr. of Califiornia; a grandson, Brandon Capawanna of Kansas; several nieces and

nephews, and cousins; a host of relatives and friends; and his dog, Shadow.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Fredrick and Joan Fusaro.

Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at the First Christian Church in Eureka Springs. Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service.

Memorial donations may be sent to the Good Shepard Humane Society, 6486 Hwy 62 E., Eureka Springs, AR 72632.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.

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Village View

Alison

By Sandra TaylorSynar Brown

The Many Faces of Memoir (and Poetry)

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emoir has a problem. One word is used to denote very different forms of writing.

In this column last week, I tried to demonstrate how to write “literary memoir” in the path of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild or James McBride’s The Color of Water, which is the wonderful book we are reading this month for the book club that meets at It’s a Mystery Bookstore in Berryville. In last week’s column, I took off my clothes to demonstrate that you really have to bare your soul, to bleed on the page, if you want to write a publishable “literary” memoir. (And thanks so much to all the sweet, concerned, sypathetic people who wrote me. I’m really not unhappy. :-) But, not all of us want to bare our souls. I really don’t, which is why I don’t write memoir. Some of us just want to preserve some stories for our families.

This, too, is called Memoir. And this type of storytelling is what we will explore in our Saturday workshop with Marilyn Collins, who has written several books on how to do it.

Poetry has the same problem. As we try to make our poetry gatherings useful to everyone, we need to define and label the differences. So at our last Sunday Poetry Roundelay, we tried to come up with a name for the “serious” poets who publish in literary journals and write to-the-bone compressed and surprising work. These are the people who understand (and use) scansion and who labor over each syllable, whether it rhymes or not. I think of this as “academic” poetry.

Then there is Helen Steiner Rice, whose poetry has touched millions of people.

There are the verses on Hallmark Cards and DaySpring coffee mugs. The everyday, memorable verses that inspire and amuse us. VERY different from academ-

ic poetry. But valuable to more people. What would you call that? Popular poetry?

As a teacher, I don’t want to force people who want to write popular poetry into trying to write academic poetry. There should be two separate words to express such diversity.

And with Memoir, we might call it “Literary Memoir” and Personal Story.

Of course, literary memoir is—must be— highly personal and personal stories can be literary. Hence, the problem. But if you want to write personal stories appropriate for sharing with family and acquaintances, this Saturday’s workshop with Marilyn Collins will get you going.

“I’m always amazed at the incredible life stories participants share,” says Collins, “and their reasons for preserving these stories. One person was concerned that the religious heritage of her family was drifting away as members scattered around the world. Another wanted to ensure that the women’s stories wouldn’t be lost. Others want to tell the lives they led before their children and grandchildren were born.

“The most important decision that memoir writers make is finding what they really want to say—want others to know and remember about them.

“The first question that memoirists often ask is, ‘What do I do with all my stuff—memorabilia, old photographs and so forth?’ I am passionate about helping writers retrieve their treasures collected throughout their lives from closets or under their beds—gathering dust somewhere—and turning them into story.” Collins offers a simple system for organizing material in a way that you can find what you need and, even better, know where it fits into your memoir.

“People also ask: How do I handle sad

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Alison Taylor-Brown has an MFA in Fiction and a lifetime of teaching experience from preschool to university levels. She directs The Village Writing School, whose mission is to foster the development of area writers through workshops, writers’ circles, and coaching. Her column, Village View, appears weekly. To talk to Alison about your writing goals and dreams, contact her at alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479 292-3665.

or bad times in my life? I don’t want to make anyone mad. A well-balanced picture of your life usually includes both the happy and the not-so-happy events,” Collins says, and she offers positive tips for exploring the more difficult parts of one’s story.

Collins helps students create and use story-prompt cards about their lives which make putting a memoir together much easier. “My students love this system and continue to use it as they write and finish their memoir. Students can shuffle the cards, visually order and reorder the story

line, and even toss a few. Using this method along with the timeline process gives a picture of the entire book at once. Writing and finishing the project becomes believable.”

Whether you write “academic” or “popular” poetry and whether you want to write a “literary memoir” or a story for your grandchildren, there’s a place for you at the Village Writing School. This Saturday, Collins will give you plenty to work with to Tell Your Story Your Way. Register online at VillageWritingSchool. com or phone me at 479 292-3665.

All Creative Writing Workshops at theVillage Writing School will be

FREE

to High School Students in 2014 Fantasy Stories Welcome!!

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The Village Writing School If you’ve ever watched a little boy suddenly explode into seemingly random movement, as if energy were shooting from every cell, then you’ll recognize Tandy Belt’s perfect picture of that magical moment when, just as suddenly, he switches from High to Off.

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Boyful Joyful Noise

avin was about twenty months old when he came for an all-day adventure at “Dodie’s House.” He ran around in only a diaper, as I snapped photos of him in his brother’s cap, my widebrimmed sun hat, and a bent-up cowboy hat.

He wore each in turn, trying out characters as if to learn who he might become.

He spent the entire day in various get-ups, while I played paparazzi. My photos show him climbing, squatting, licking spoons of brownie mix, wiping his hands on his li’l belly. He is inside, outside, devouring slices of watermelon, and patting dogs from the neighborhood.

In the series he is never still, and I feel joy in the memory, with a keen awareness of the gift he was to me with his cavalier disregard for my snapping photos of his antics.

I remember thinking how different boys are from girls in the way they play and do the work of childhood.

I had been a mom of girls, never actually knowing how completely my experience differed from my friends who had sons.

Then I got a slew of grandsons and realized my joy was only beginning!

I admit it was challenging for me to allow the climbing, jumping, and mechanical experimentation that never stopped. Their serious faces, intent on bugs, guns, and machines would change suddenly, brilliantly, into bursts of unbridled movement. . .and I felt each was on the verge of death if I failed to keep up! It was tiring, aggravating, and scary.

But then there would come this moment in early evening, when the boy would become quiet, toy truck still in his hand, and the tipping would begin, softly at first, gently, like soft snow falling. . .the squat became a sit, and the sit, a belly roll, and the army crawl lightly became a rolling over, with one last look at the ceiling, truck falling from open fingers, and suddenly silence. . .stillness.

It would come like some kind of spell, right in the midst of chaotic and jerky movement, as if this boy who moments before had

been inexhaustible, had accidentally hit the safety switch, the off button, to fall asleep in his tracks.

This moment, that special and amazing moment happened over and over again, and my mother’s heart would return to me.

All of the annoyances of my day seemed sinful on my part, and the shrieks of “No!” and “Watch out!” and “What is wrong with you?” confronted me there, in the waning daylight, and I silently asked forgiveness for my harshness over his day of development.

It is different when you become a grandmother. We take time. We feel no obligation to get it right. Yet we are still mothers.

MOTHERS, with all the accompanying guilt, frustrations, hopes, and dreams, while at the same time knowing we will not be there to watch over them when they are growing families of their own unless we are very, very lucky, and do a very, very good job preventing their deaths as we boldly face our OWN. Whether our time left is short or long, we spend it lavishly, as if we will always be here.

I leaned over him, smelling his breath, turning my face to feel it on my cheek and counting his eyelashes when I turned back to look at him, marveling at the length of them. I set my camera on the bedside table, and leaned closer to study his face for several minutes. The sheer miraculous beauty of the boy with his lashes sweeping over a perfect (but dirty) cheek, lying there with his heavy head crushing his cowboy hat astonished me.

I gently tried to take the hat from him, but he stirred, firmly lifting his strong little hand to the top of his head, preventing me from removing the thing. He was a cowboy, at least for that day, and early signs show more of the same. I allowed it then and allow it today.

I lifted the camera for one last shot. Somehow I needed proof for myself that hard men all over the world had once been like this child. ALL men, all over the world. Yes.

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To support our local writers, the Lovely County Citizen is providing space each week to showcase a student of The Village Writing School.

For more information, email alisontaylorbrown@me.com or call (479) 292-3665

This Week’s Writer Tandy Belt Tandy Belt grew up in Minnesota, surrounded by a host of Norwegian relatives, whose humor and perseverance was exemplified by the often repeated reassurance: “Things are never so bad but they couldn’t get worse.”

The gifts of humor and perseverance, served her well as a foster parent to 18 children, mostly teenaged girls.

While rearing three daughters of her own, Tandy continued to write and journal daily. Currently attending the Village Writing School in Eureka Springs, she also writes an on­line blog http://tandybelt.wordpress.com She has taken to heart the words of Crescent Dragonwagon: “While you might not [yet] be a published author, you ARE a writer.”

ALL. Were it not for mothers of boys, the world would have destroyed itself long ago. I will

never fully understand it, but I am grateful for every girl who is one of those mothers chosen by God to be one of them.

Everything You Need to Write a Beautiful Book 2014 Writing Craft Core Curriculum

Rebecca Mahoney $90 April 5: Memoir Writing – Marilyn How to create a true scene Collins How to incorporate dialogue, 9 am - 1 pm $25 How to create a story arc Which stories to tell How to create characters.

Organizing memorabilia and photoWhere to draw the truth line? graphs Part workshop, part writing circle, How not to start a family feud this 3-afternoon series will allow you And much more! to get some feedback on your story April 19: Subtext, High Events, and your writing. Limited to 8. $90 Closing May 3: Short Stories – Pat Carr 9 am - 4 pm $45 9 am – 4 pm $45 Below the Surface of Story, Plot, Finding the core incident Context Making the reader care about your Implicit Narrative characters Weaving the Dramatic & the Subtle Keeping your voice Two Mistakes with High Events Setting the scene Endings can Culminate or Imply Plotting the story arc Continuation Beginning and ending the story Ending Literal or From Afar?

Revising and submitting the story April 24: Spring Memoir Series – Register online at VillageWritingSchool.com For more information, contact alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479 292-3665.

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Calendar of Events April 3: Business After Hours

April 6: Creativity via Poetry

The public is invited to join the Chamber of Commerce for its First Thursday Business After Hours with host Retreat at Sky Ridge on Thursday, April 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. This event was rescheduled from March due to poor weather. Sponsoring the event are supporters and leashed pets of the Eureka Springs Dog Park; leashed pets are invited to this chamber event.

For more information or directions call Suzanne at 479-253-8737 or email Suzanne@EurekaSpringsChamber.com.

On Sunday, April 6 at Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk St., Jim Dudley will be the moderator for a “Creativity via Poetry” program. Using the Writer’s Colony PoetLuck format, each participant will have four minutes to celebrate their love of poetry by sharing a favorite or one of their own. The program is at 11 a.m., followed by refreshments.

Childcare is provided. Please note: There will be no Soup Sunday this week since Easter is coming up in a few weeks.

April 4: Eureka Springs High School Movie Night

April 6: Final Destination Band at HI Praise Night

The next installment of “movie night at the high school” will be Friday, April 4, at 7 p.m. at the Eureka Springs High School auditorium. This movie has the Coen brothers putting the “Soggy Bottom Boys” through a series of adventures that loosely resembles “The Odyssey” by Homer. Once again, the soundtrack from this movie was almost as popular as the film itself. Music from the soundtrack will be featured before the film. Popcorn and water will be available before the movie. All proceeds benefit the Eureka Springs High School Drama Club.

April 5: Drumming in the Park

Drumming in the Park is back on Saturday, April 5, at Basin Spring Park from 6 to 8 p.m. Join local drummers as they create a joyful noise in the center of downtown. This event is free, kid-friendly and open to everyone.

April 6: Women Be Wise

Women Be Wise, a one-day retreat, will be held April 6 at Fire Om Earth.

The retreat includes sacred chanting with Rebekah Clark, Gestalt dream interpretation with Lilian Bern, bringing your dreams to life with Budhi Whitebear, lodge pot cooking and gluten-free sourdough bread. To register, go to www. fireomearth.com or call 479-363-9402.

The Final Destination Band has been rescheduled to play at the Holiday Island Community Church Praise Night on Sunday, April 6 at 4:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come hear their good, original country Gospel music. There will be a freewill offering taken for the band. Holiday Island Community Church is located at 188 Stateline Drive. For additional information, contact Bill Branum at 479981-0153.

April 7: Holiday Island Community Blood Drive

The Holiday Island Community Blood Drive will be held on Monday, April 7, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, located at 4 Park Cliff Dr. in the Holiday Island shopping center. Free cholesterol screening for all donors. Help make a difference in your community by donating blood!

April 7: Tourism town hall meeting

A town hall meeting of concerned business owners will be held to discuss tourism, lodging, weddings, CAPC and other topics at the Inn of the Ozarks, Oak/Hickory/Maple Room, on Monday, April 7, at 6 p.m. All those interested in promoting and preserving Eureka Springs as a tourist and wedding destination are invited to attend.

April 8: Scottish dancing spring series starts

Register now for the Scottish dancing spring series, starting April 8. Classes will be held at the Elks Lodge in Holiday Island on Tuesday nights, April 8, 15 and 22, and May 5, 13 and 20 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, call Melissa Clare at 479-253-8252.

April 8: Goddess Gala returns

The Goddess Gala dance party will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8 at the Basin Park Hotel Barefoot Ballroom in downtown Eureka Springs. Events include a gourmet potluck, hoop dancing, & drumming. Creative costumes are encouraged. Music provided by Lany & The Lively Ladies. All profits will benefit the Merlin Foundation for abused children.

Advance tickets are $13 or $15 at the door. Tickets available at Gazebo Books, Annie’s, Eureka Market and Keels Creek Winery. This is a women-only event. For more information go to www.GoddessGala.com.

April 9: Eureka Springs Potters Association meeting

A Eureka Springs Potters Association is forming with the goal of bringing together people with an interest in functional and non-functional ceramics. The group will be social and educational, with plans to open a co-op storefront in ES. An organizing meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 9 at 7 PM at Fire Om Earth (872 Mill Hollow Rd.). Anyone with an interest in pottery is encouraged to attend.

Call Elby at 914-584-2145 for additional details.

April 10: Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser for Good Shepherd

Want a delicious dinner at a good price for a great cause? Then come to the Berryville United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on Thursday, April 10 for a Spaghetti Dinner to benefit the Good Shepherd Humane Society. Proceeds will go

toward the purchase of a seven-acre land tract running behind and to the west of the shelter. Feast on spaghetti - with or without meatballs - garlic bread, salad, and drinks for just $8 for adults, $4 for kids ages 4 to 12. Kids 3 and under eat FREE. A huge home-baked goods sale rounds out the fun, and individual desserts can be purchased for $2. To-go dinners will also be available for those on the run. Master Card/Visa/Discover/debit cards accepted. Sysco of Harrison, Little Apple and Hart’s will be supplying the food. Tickets are available at both Doggie Shops in advance and also at the door the evening of the dinner. The church is located at 400 Eureka St. on Highway 62 West in Berryville. Doors open at 4 p.m. and close at 7. Bone appetit!

April 10 & 17: Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club meetings

The Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will meet on Thursday, April 10 at noon at the Eureka Springs Pizza Hut, 2048 E. Van Buren, for our monthly lunch and meeting. The club will hold its monthly evening meeting on Thursday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the physicians building at Mercy Hospital Berryville. Refreshments will be available. Anyone with an interest in amateur radio is welcome at both meetings. For additional information, go to lsarc.us or email gmj@bscsystems.com.

April 11: Rain Garden Academy

Learn how to build a rain garden – which captures and filters rain water – on Friday, April 11 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Carroll Electric’s Huntsville location, 5056 Highway 412 B. The cost for the event – sponsored by the Beaver Water District, Beaver Watershed Alliance and the Illinois River Watershed Partnership – is $25 for adults and $15 for students.

Attendees will receive hands-on experience building a rain garden, a low-impact development manual and lunch. Pre-registration is required; you can do so online at www.irwp.org. For more information, call 479-215-6623.

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The Natural Way The good deeds of Saw Palmetto

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hen I was a kid tromping around the Everglades I was careful to step around Jim Fain the Saw Palmetto plant. It wasn’t for the reason of protecting the hardy plant which is in the palm family but because the Diamondback Rattlesnake would often wrap itself under the low fronds and be very difficult to see. Little did I know then the benefit those odd looking berries that the Saw Palmetto produced.

Saw Palmetto (Seronoa repens) is a well studied long used herbal. The old ones would make a tea of the berries or simply chew them.

These days we have standardized tablets or capsules, which swallow better and avoid the bitter taste. It was used for and has been medically proven as beneficial for irritable bladder in both men and women as well as for reducing the size of an enlarged prostate gland. The medical comparative studies were well done and very strong - gaining the approval for use by the German Commission E. The technical explanation is complex and well understood. The herb causes a blocking of certain byproduct steroids that are naturally produced in men. This in turn leads to preventing the buildup of the steroid and that decreases the chances and affect of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). BPH creates symptoms of having to urinate frequently with urgency though very little urine is released from the bladder. This is particular bothersome at nighttime. Use of Saw Palmetto results in more normal urination with a much stronger stream. The herb also lowers the ability of estrogen to lock in. This is beneficial to both men and women as we get older.

The herb contains antispasmodics to reduce the irritability of that cranky bladder. If you’ve ever had a cranky bladder or knew someone who did, then you know what a Godsend this is. Just imagine driving from Springdale arguing with a cranky bladder just as you reach the Leatherwood curves... get the idea?

Saw Palmetto is used topically to regrow hair in both men and women for the same reasons I’ve already mentioned. The dosage of a standardized product is around 300mg/day. Whole herb is different. A good product will also include Pygeum and Pumpkin Oil.

Wisecrack Zodiac Aries: Some days your inner child leads you to unbelievable joy.

On Thursday, it has a dirty diaper and encourages you to find a gas mask. Deal with the mess and try not to barf in the wicker trash basket.

Taurus: Quit looking for silver linings in clouds. That’s just the universe’s way of saying “Thank you for playing” and giving you a year’s worth of Rice-A-Roni. Hold out on Friday for the big prize.

Gemini: If life is a roller coaster, you’re inching up to the top. This fun has been a long time coming, so hold those arms up and get ready to scream.

Cancer: Don’t do anything stupid at 2 p.m. on Monday. That’s when your guardian angel sees his therapist, and he really needs the whole hour, especially after that llama mishap.

Leo: Life can be beautiful, especially if you make it wear the blonde wig and tell it to go easy on the makeup. Take your existence out for a hot date and show it a good time.

You won’t regret it.

Virgo: If someone can read you like a book, it’s only because you’re in large print. Play hardcover-to-get and change up your font. Everyone loves a mystery.

Libra: It doesn’t take much to make you happy on Saturday. That’s good, because not much is all you’re going to get. Keep loving the little things, and you’ll never be disappointed.

Scorpio: Sometimes you run as fast as you can, but it still feels like life is passing you by. Don’t worry, the next ice cream truck will be playing your song. Throw a few nails out in front of it and you’ll finally catch your reward.

Sagittarius: Forget about stacking the deck in this new relationship; your sweetie is pretty stacked already. If you add anything more, they’re likely to fall over, es-

© Beth Bartlett, 2013 Want more? Visit Beth at www.wisecrackzodiac.com

pecially in those shoes. Just smile and enjoy.

Capricorn: You don’t want answers, you just enjoy sneaking up on the questions and wrestling them down like surprised alligators. Watch out for the death roll of moronic theories, and work those opinions until they tire out.

Aquarius: Just when you’re getting a handle on a situation, the bottom of the box gets wet and everything hits the pavement.

Nothing’s broken, so just brush the

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dirt off that cupcake and give it to the boss.

P isces : You’ve been like a set of Russian nesting dolls, pulling your world tighter and tighter around yourself until you have a wedgie of the soul, which is one of the worst wedgies to have. Break open the mold and go party with some new friends, like those trampy Barbie knockoffs across the aisle.

Answers on page 30

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Lively Entertainment

By Kristal Kuykendall

by Kristal Kuykendall

Roots-rocker leads the weekend

Tyler Gregory’s show at Cathouse Lounge/ Pied Piper Pub is my pick for the best original live music this weekend. He performs both Friday and Saturday nights from 8 to midnight.

Hailing from the rolling hills of Kansas, Tyler Gregory can regularly be found performing with his steam-powered melodies.

Gregory’s mix of blues and roots music howls with a sense of passion and freedom. This songcrafter takes the cues and lifestyle from WWII-era blues bellowers and drives full force on his guitar/banjo/ stomp-box live performance arrangements.

Tyler Gregory & The Bootleg Band have release three albums as well as managed to tour (averaging 230 shows a year) consistently the last three years.

They have shared the stage with bands such as, JJ Grey & Mofro, Lucky Tubb,

Dawes, Split Lip Rayfield, Charlie Parr, and Truckstop Honeymoon.

Critics seem to love Gregory and his music. Hype Weekly writes: “When listening to Tyler Gregory I feel as though I’m sitting around a campfire, drinking Scotch. I feel as though this is what I should have been listening to my entire life, and as though it’s where I’m supposed to be at that moment.”

And The Examiner music writer said: “Tyler Gregory has earned a reputation as the best act in town, with good reason.

The musical magician has a sonorous, resounding voice that demands every listeners’ attention, and the multi-tasking powers to stomp a percussion beat while plucking and strumming at a guitar.”

Gregory’s show at Cathouse / Pied Piper is open to ages 21 and up; no charge for admission.

Cathouse / Pied Piper is located at 82

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Tickle Me Tuesdays!

Armstrong St., on the south end of Main in downtown Eureka Springs. 479-3639976.

Following is the complete schedule of entertainment for Eureka Springs venues during the coming week: THURSDAY, APRIL 3 • Blarney Stone, 85 S. Main St., 479-363-

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Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday & Saturday 8 a.m. - Midnight Sunday Noon - 6 p.m.

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479-253-7102

6633: Lynched and Morgan O’Kane, 7 p.m.

• Jack’s Place, 37 Spring St., 479-2532219: Karaoke with DJ Goose & Maverick, 8 p.m. to midnight FRIDAY, APRIL 4 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring St., 479-253-7837:

A Comedy of Queens Come Party & Dance Underground April 4th & 5th

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Tyler Gregory performs at Cathouse / Pied Piper Friday and Saturday nights.

FRI. APRIL 4TH DJ PHARAOH $10.00 Cover • 9:00 - Close Come Early for Best Seating

Felicia Blackheart

Jamie Ray Downs

Sybil Ann Storm

Special Appearance by: Brock Hard DJ “D. Underground”

Beer Garden with $5.00 Menu Wed & Thurs 5 - Close Fri, Sat & Sun 11am - Close

35 N. Main • Eureka Springs • 479-253-7020 www.eurekaliveunderground.com

KARAOKE w/POLE DANCING IT’S FUN

SAT. APRIL 5TH @ 9PM

JAB

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Hogscalders, noon to 2 p.m.; Hogscalders, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Blarney Stone: Ozark Thunder, 9 p.m.

• Cathouse / Pied Piper, 82 Armstrong St., 479-363-9976: Tyler Gregory, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s, 169 E. Van Buren, 479-2535522: Rideshy, 8 p.m.

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

• Eureka Live!, 35 N. Main St., 479-2537020: DJ & Dancing, 9 p.m. to close • Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Juke Box, 9 p.m.

• Jack’s Place: Blue Moon, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard), 105 E. Van Buren, 479-253-2500: DJ Pharaoh and Karaoke, 8 p.m.

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then we have an opportunity to showcase the rest of the town for those visitors.

Lodging is very, very important. It really does become the foundation of why people have a good experience here.”

Lodging and the Eureka Springs lifestyle and experience in general are actually the focus of 2014’s advertising campaign, Maloney said. It marks a significant new direction in how the CAPC is promoting and advertising the city.

FOCUS ON WEDDINGS The CAPC is also planning to put a heavier emphasis in its advertising on Eureka as a wedding destination – after more than a decade of decline in the number of marriage licenses obtained here.

Eureka Springs in the late 1990s and early 2000s earned the moniker “Wedding Capital of the South” after the number of marriage licenses obtained at the Eureka courthouse outstripped the rest of the state.

But since its peak total of 5,124 in 2001, fewer people have been coming to Eureka to wed each year. Last year, the Eureka courthouse issued just 2,139 marriage licenses – a mere 42 percent of the high reached in 2001. This shows that Eureka Springs, as a tourist destination, has in recent years not even reached half

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• New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main St., 479253-2525: Rockenheimer, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den, 45 Spring St., 479363-6444: DJ Goose, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern, 417 W. Van Buren, 479-253-8544: Karaoke with Jerry, 7:30 p.m.

• Voulez-Vous Lounge, 63 Spring St., 479-363-6595: Show Me Burlesque!

Lola Van Ella Productions, 8:30 p.m. ($20 ticket) SATURDAY, APRIL 5 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: Catherine Reed, noon to 2 p.m.

• Blarney Stone: Ozark Thunder, 9 p.m.

• Cathouse / Pied Piper: Tyler Gregory, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s: He’s baaaack! Sing ‘n’ Dance

with Tiny, 8 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Iris, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live!: DJ & Dancing 9 p.m. to close • Henri’s Just One More: Juke Box, 9 p.m.

• Jack’s Place: Blue Moon, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): JAB, 9 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe: Pete and Dave, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den: DJ Goose, noon to 4 p.m.; DJ Goose, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Third Degree, 7:30 p.m.

• Voulez-Vous Lounge: Show Me Burlesque! Lola Van Ella Productions, 8:30 p.m. ($20 ticket) SUNDAY, APRIL 6

• Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: Jeff Lee, noon to 2 p.m.; Chris Diablo, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Iris, 2 p.m.

• New Delhi Cafe: Terri & The Executives, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den: DJ Goose, noon to 4 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Sports Day • UU Church, House Concert, 17 Elk St., 479-244-0123: Michael Reno Harrell, 6 p.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 7 • Chaser’s: Poker ‘n’ Pool night • Chelsea’s: Springbilly, 9 p.m.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8 • Chelsea’s: Open Mic, 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 • Chaser’s: Ladies night, 9 p.m.

of its potential for wedding visitors.

Marketing Eureka Springs as a wedding destination has not been a high priority at the CAPC for some time, but it has been bumped up in importance and will be the focus of a good portion of the city’s advertising campaign this year, Maloney told the Citizen recently.

Maloney and other CAPC officials have noted that weddings are down nationwide, and they are down across Arkansas as well, falling from 40,128 in 2001 to about 31,000 last year, the Arkansas Bureau of Vital Statistics reports.

The marriage rate nationally is at its lowest point in more than a century, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and the number of marriages fell 5 percent during the recent recession.

But a new report from Demographic Intelligence of Charlottesville, Va., predicts an upcoming increase in the marriage rate, in part due to pent-up demand and a recovery from the recession.

The company predicts a 4 percent increase in the number of weddings nationally this year for a total of 2.189 million, and another increase, to 2.208 million, in 2015.

The number of destination weddings in the United States is expected to comprise 10 percent of those totals, a trend that has grown 25 percent since 2009, the report said. According to Reuters,

the destination wedding industry will grow to be a $16 billion market this year, booming from just $3 billion in 2001, the last banner year for such events in Eureka Springs.

The marriage rate is expected to stay around the same as it was last year,

which was about 6.8 marriages per 1,000 population. In Arkansas, that figure is considerably higher. Our state had the third-highest marriage rate in the country in recent years, making it the perfect breeding ground for a comeback for the Wedding Capital of the South.

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Announcements

Classifieds Help Wanted

JUSTICE FOR LAURA in 2014. facebook.com/RememberLauraAcevez Stop Domestic Abuse in Carroll County WINTER MARKET: ONLY 2 MORE LEFT! Thursdays 9a.m. to noon, Pine Mountain Village: You'll find spinach, lettuce, scallions, radishes, kale, salad turnips, mustard greens, winter squash and more; Fresh cheese, super-natural eggs, grass-raised beef, handsome pork, chicken that tastes like chicken, shiitake mushrooms, and local honey; Pies, muffins, homemade bread, and baked goodies. Regular season begins April 17th.

YARD SALE: April 4th & 5th, 8a.m.-5p.m. 5 miles North of Holiday Island on Hwy. 23. Peach Lane.

LOTS-of-STUFF!

Pets PET SITTING/HOUSESITTING. For Eureka Springs, Holiday Island and surrounding areas. 25+ years experience. Reliable, references, insured.

Call for details of service. Emily 918-409-6393, Lynn 479-363-6676

Help Wanted WE HAVE A LONG-TERM career opportunity for the right person, a dependable Housekeeper who is a hard worker, doesn't call in sick, has reliable transportation, a cell phone (but doesn't use it at work), and have worked for over a year at a job at some time. The pay rate starts at $10.00. We do offer a $1.00 bonus! We are taking phone interviews at 479-253-9493.

Classifieds work! Call the Lovely County Citizen today and place your ad. (479) 253-0070.

Services Offered

PART-TIME MATURE PERSON with light mechanical knowledge of older vehicles. Make 'em Start, Move, Stop. Work when you feel like it or when I need you! Please call Bill Billings Vintage Vehicles, 479-253-4477

CHIMNEY WORKS - Complete chimney services: sweeps, repairs, relining, and installation.

Call Bob Messer. (479) 253-2284

WAIT STAFF & HOST/HOSTESS: Apply in person Wednesday or Thursday 4 p.m.-to-5 p.m. Horizon Restaurant, 304 Mundell Rd., Eureka West

Land for Sale

ESTATE/MOVING SALE: Antique sofa back table, Exerciser, Mini-elliptical (new), Lazyboy microfiber double recliner sofa, pool table, 10inch table saw on stand, Foosball/air hockey table, cast iron/wood bench, glass top patio table/4 chairs, Weber propane grill, wrought iron bakers rack, ice cream freezers, table top propane grill, porch rocking chair, 7.5ft. pre-lighted Christmas tree, oak coffee table, tailgate propane grill-full sized/wheels, 3 shelf glass TV table, electric fencer/insulators/posts, bar refrigerator, outdoor umbrella/cast iron base, 14inch electric chain saw, Oak Poker table/4 adjustable armchairs, Women's golf clubs, clothes & size 7M shoes, lamps & shades, wrought iron patio table/4 chair set, assorted linens, many dishes & kitchen items misc. hand&power Tools, & MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!

MOVING/GARAGE SALE: April 4th and 5th, 9a.m.-to-5p.m. Furniture, household items, tools and misc. items. Eagle Rock, Chain-O-Lakes.

Follow signs. 417-271-3101

Help Wanted

PERSONAL CARE-GIVER for elderly lady in assisted living facility. 2-4/hrs. daily. Mon.-Fri., to assist with exercises, fine motor skills and ADLs. Physical Therapist a plus. 479-253-8955, please leave message.

Garage Sale

20+/-ACRES located about 20 minutes north of Eureka Springs off of County Road 226 at the end of County Road 2264. The land is a gentle east slope and has a great wide angle view! Mix of Hardwoods and Cedars! Perfect for seclusive living or hunting land! Shown by appt. $32,000! Terry @ McCLUNG REALTY, 479-253-4142 for Appt.

MLS#699838

Real Estate for Sale CHARMING COTTAGE on Owen St. 1BR/1BA Stucco on 2+ landscaped lots. Built 2003. $139,000.

479-244-9155.

FULL-TIME/PERMANENT POSITION BEAVER LAKE COTTAGES Looking for unique individual to help run an upscale lodging property. Duties would include reservations, PR, cleaning & general make-ready.

MUST live near the Grassy Knob area, or be willing to relocate, possible nearby living quarters.

Some flexibility in days and hours. Benefits include yearly bonus and paid vacation. Rewarding position with pleasant working conditions for the right fit!

Call 479-253-8439 HOUSEKEEPER PART-TIME HOURS. Must be experienced. Reliable transportation. Must work Sundays. B&B/Cottage Lodging. Start $10/hr. Call 479-253-8035 for interview appt.

PARTS UNKNOWN, Eureka Spring's destination for a broad assortment of fine men's and women's fashions and accessories, is hiring Part-Time Sales Professionals. If you are a service driven, energetic fashion enthusiast, we'd like to meet with you.

Please email your resume to eureka@partsunknown.com or fax to 866-498-2780 ROCKIN PIG SALOON is now hiring for wait staff, grill cooks and lead kitchen position. Please apply in person today!

To place a classified ad in the CITIZEN, stop by the office, call 479-253-0070, or e-mail us at citizendesk@cox-internet.com

PREMIUM LOCATION!! 780 Pivot Rock Road and it's just out of the city limits but it has all utilities offered in the city except sewer! VERY CUTE COTTAGE and >1.5 acres. Room for expansion, garden, you name it! NO ZONING! MOTIVATED SELLER! $125,000! Terry @ MCCLUNG REALTY 479-253-4142 for Appt. MLS#540455 TWO for ONE, 1886 cottage refurbished & updated 1991 and studio apartment & garage built 1997.

Best location in town, no traffic & quiet, one block above Spring St. $175,000/OBO. Call 951-545-3740 or kd6uih@juno.com for pictures.

VACATION HOME Little Lake Eureka. 2BR/1.5BA, WB fireplace, HW floors. Furniture and appliances included. Secluded end of hollow, yet walk to town. $135,000. 913-634-2833

Services Offered ASK ME ABOUT FENCING! New fencing and repairs. Call 870-480-3884.

CHEF4YOU CATERING/PERSONAL CHEF SERVICE: I can work with any budget and all types of events. PERSONAL CHEF Service available, healthy weekly meals prepared for you and your family. Call Denise at 479-253-6118.

DON'T BE AFRAID to get a reading, here in Eureka Springs. Charms and Angel Cards. Call 816-273-3668, or visit www.CharmReader.com

COMPUTER PROBLEM? We have a solution!

Hardware, software, technical, upgrades or connection issues.

Eureka Springs Computer Solutions.

Call 479-244-9335 FANNING'S TREE SERVICE Bucket Truck 65' reach. Professional trimming, stump grinding topping, removal, chipper. Free estimates.

Licensed, Insured. 870-423-6780, 870-423-8305 HANDYMAN HOME REPAIRS & REMODELING carpentry, drywall, decks, tile, plumbing, electrical.

One call does it all. Bonded. Serving NWA since 1977. Bob Bowman. 479-640-5353 TOM HEARST Professional Painting and Carpentry Painting & Wood Finishing Trim & Repair Carpentry Drywall Repair & Texturing Pressure Washing 479-244-7096 TREE WORK - Skilled tree care: trimming, deadwooding and removals. Conscientious, professional arborist and sawmiller, Bob Messer (479) 253-2284 J.B. CUSTOM WOOD FLOORS: Installation, Sanding & finishing. Refinishing hardwood flooring.

Pre-finished glue-down, nail-down. Stairs. Free Estimates. Insurance, References. 870-754-1303 LAST RESORT SOLUTIONS for old and new injury affecting nerves, brain, vascular, respiratory, digestive and urinary systems. Pain, Numbness, Fatigue, Brain Fog, Allergic or Inflammatory states.

Neurology, Acupuncture, Kinesiology, Clinical Nutrition. Steven Shiver, DC, ND. 479-665-2544 OZARK PAINT COMPANY: Interior, Exterior, decks and pressure washing. Call Andy Stewart at 479-253-3764 PATHWAY MEDIATION — private, informal, confidential, affordable. Check us out at www.pathwaymediationworks.com. 870-423-2474.

Q&R OUTDOOR SERVICES Gutter cleaning, mowing, painting, pressure washing, staining, tree removal. Call John 479-244-0338 SPRING HAVE YOU itching to remodel your kitchen or bathroom? Need a deck to enjoy this beautiful weather? Call Ricky's Custom Carpentry and Tile at 479-981-2383. Specializing in building your dreams.

THE CLEAN TEAM Housecleaning and Janitorial.

Bonded and reliable. Many references. Free estimates. 20 years experience. Call 417-655-0694 or 417-597-5171.

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Boats & Watercraft

Wanted to Rent

2000 14' SEA ARK flat bottom boat with like new 2003 25hp Mercury, Minn Kota trolling motor, swivel seats, rod holders, 1/2-inch camo neoprene floor mats, wired for depth finder and accessory plugs.

All on Yacht Club trailer. Call Kyle for info 479-253-3134.

WANTED TO RENT OR LEASE: Clean, furnished house with garage or carport. Prefer a very good view. No kids, No pets, Don't smoke. Call 479-244-0844.

Recreational Vehicles 1991 FLEETWOOD 38' MOTORHOME. May need rear end work. As is, Where is. $4000. 26K miles on engine/transmission. 479-244-5011.

For Rent 1BR APARTMENT. Stove, fridge, W/D available on premises. Call for information 479-244-5011.

2+BR/1.5BA HOUSE in quiet neighborhood in Eureka. W/D, furnished or partially furnished. One or two people. References & background check required. Available May. 479-981-1705 2BR/1BA APT. or 2BR/1.5BA TOWNHOUSE: W/D hookups, full equipped kitchen, CH/A. On-premise mgr. Pivot Rock Village Apartments, 479-253-4007 or 479-244-5438.

2BR/2BA TOWNHOUSE APT. w/Garage, W/D, dishwasher, no smoking inside, small dog ok w/dep, $650/mo. 12 month lease, Pivot Rock, First/Last required. Available early April. 479-981-0682 2BR HOUSE Close to Hart's. Beautiful woodland view from balcony. Large dry basement. $800/mo.

Call 479-253-9636.

Commercial for Rent 1,200 to 1,400 SQ FT COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE SPACE Hwy. frontage available. For immediate occupancy. Call Rex at 479-981-0081, 9am to 5pm

Misc. for Sale 16' x 20' LOG HOME KIT. Dove-tailed and drilled for electric. $5900 or will complete. 479-253-2383 DERKSEN PORTABLE BUILDINGS for sale or rent-to-own. Hwy 62West, across from Walmart, Berryville. No deposit or credit check.

Free Delivery. 870-423-1414 SOLID OAK 48in. round table with lattice-type wrought iron legs and base. $250; 4 chairs sold w/table or separate at $35/ea.; SLEEP BETTER number bed, double size $300; adjustable frame $600. 479-253-8635.

Keep up with the latest & watch for what’s coming up in the Citizen!

3BR/2BA HOME NEWLY REMODELED. Wood laminate floors. East edge of town acreage, semi-secluded, yet close to shopping. $750/mo., E.S. 479-253-9564 HOLIDAY ISLAND: 1BR, Furnished. Deck, woods view. $525 single. $575 couple. Includes utilities, cable. No Pets. No Smoking. References. Lease.

F/L/S† 479-981-2979 LOG CABIN LUXURY Apartment. Stove, Fridge, DW, W/D. 30 days free electric. Call 479-244-5011.

SPACIOUS UPSTAIRS 2BR/1BA, Large living room and dining. All-electric. No hookups. CH/A. No smoking, No pets. References, $550/mo, 1st/last/deposit. 479-981-0233 STORAGE SHEDS AVAILABLE at Bass Lane Storage on Holiday Island. 479-253-1772 or cell 262-496-5025.

STUDIO APARTMENT. Kitchen, Large bathroom.

Private fenced yard. Near Hart's and downtown.

Quiet neighborhood by woods. $425/mo.

1st/Last/Dep. 970-404-5199.

UNIQUE STUDIO apartment in Eureka Springs Wi-fi/cable/utilities included. New hardwood floors & paint. Enclosed pet porch/deck. Mountain/forest view, W/D on premises. 479-981-3449

To advertise in the Lovely County Citizen classifieds Call (479) 253-0070

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people and beating on cars. An officer responded and the man was arrested for public intoxication.

10:48 p.m. – A caller advised of a black Pontiac following other cars very close and passing them on Van Buren. Officers were unable to make contact with the vehicle in the city.

March 26 2:39 a.m. – A complainant advised of a possibly intoxicated driver sitting in a car passed out in the Chelsea’s parking lot.

An officer responded, but upon arrival, the subject was not passed out and advised he was walking home. That’s definitely the safer route if you’ve had too much to drink.

3:26 p.m. – An officer responded to a car accident close to the intersection of Van Buren and Highway 23 South, near Thurman’s Lodge. An emergency medical crew also responded to check the patients.

March 27 7:15 a.m. – An officer found a loose chocolate lab on White Street. The officer brought it to the police department, where it was later released to its owner.

No “Lost Dog” posters needed here.

9:08 a.m. – A burglary alarm was sounding at a business downtown. An officer responded and found the door unlocked, but everything was okay. The officer waited for a key-holder to respond as the door could not be secured without it.

10:17 a.m. – A complainant reported that someone flipped him off in traffic and is generally harassing him on a regular basis, adding that he would like it to stop. An officer made contact with both parties and took a report. No one likes to be harassed.

11:35 p.m. – A caller stated someone entered his apartment uninvited. No one likes uninvited guests, either.

March 28 9:11 a.m. – A caller reported a missing cell phone at a local business. These days, a missing cell phone is kind of like a missing limb.

9:28 a.m. – A man reported that his driver’s license and debit card were stolen from his vehicle overnight. A report was taken. That will teach you to leave valuable items in your car.

9:58 a.m. – A woman on Spring Street

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reported that a delivery truck hit the awning on her building and requested a report. Sounds like it’s time to find a new delivery service.

3:12 p.m. – An officer responded to the admissions area of Eureka Springs Hospital after assistance was requested.

3:19 p.m. – A caller on Center Street requested a traffic officer to clear up the congested street. By the time the officer responded, the traffic had cleared. Gotta love the 1-minute traffic jams in Eureka.

Much easier to deal with than 20 minutes on a major interstate.

March 29 12:54 a.m. – While on patrol, an officer witnessed an argument between two men on Spring Street. A cab was called to take them back to their hotel. Is arguing in a hotel room better than arguing on the street?

2:13 a.m. – An officer arrested a man during a traffic stop, after he nearly hit the officer head-on. The charges were DWI, driving left of center, possession of a controlled substance and possession of paraphernalia.

10:11 a.m. – A complainant called to report a stolen fishing pole at Lake Leatherwood, but when the officer responded, the person no longer wanted to file a report.

2:01 p.m. – The CCSO advised of an erratic driver coming into town from Highway 62 West. An officer responded and did not observe any reckless driving. It’s funny how you change the way you drive when you suddenly spot a police officer.

2:18 p.m. – An officer responded to take a report on a non-injury, two-vehicle traffic accident in a parking lot.

3:57 p.m. – A report of a male subject with an outstanding warrant from another agency coming into town came into the police department. An officer responded to the east side of town, but no contact was made.

7:53 p.m. – The CCSO advised of a woman running up Planer Hill yelling derogatory comments. An officer responded, advising them to get a cab and stay inside for the night. If you don’t have anything nice to say, go home and stay there.

10:55 p.m. – A caller from a local convenience store advised that a banned customer came in, was advised she wasn’t See Dispatch, page 30

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Pet of the Week

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This little sweetheart is “Elsie” (#146.)

She’s a shorthaired, medium size black & white 1 yr. old. She loves to be petted, gets along great with other cats & is a truly lovable lap cat! She has all her shots & is spayed & can be adopted for 1/2 the usual adoption fee at the Good Shepherd Animal Shelter, Hwy. 62 east of Eureka Springs, open 12-5 every day but Wed., phone 253-9188. The shelter has 100 homeless cats & kittens. Adopt a pet & save a life, & thank you for caring.

allowed in the store, made a big scene and then left. Officers were on the lookout for her car.

March 30 2:26 a.m. – A caller advised of a belligerent individual in front of Basin Park. An officer responded and arrested the man for public intoxication.

9:07 a.m. – An officer came across a disturbance involving a man that had just been released from jail. The man ended up leaving the scene.

3:12 p.m. – A complainant advised that

a group of protesters were causing issues.

An officer was already in the area and advised that they were not causing any issues, but he would keep an eye on them.

5:19 p.m. – An officer issued a citation to a vehicle parked in a handicapped spot without the necessary license plate or placard.

5:21 p.m. – A complainant advised that a group of about six motorcyclists were racking their pipes and being rude, headed toward a local bar. An officer responded and did not witness any motorcyclists with loud pipes or being rude. Everyone has a different definition of what “being rude” is.

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LunchServing 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thurs., Fri. & Sat. Dinner Nightly Dinner Nightly p.m. pm Seating from 5:005-9 – 9:00 37 N. Main • 479-253-6756 • RESERVATIONS SUGGESTED

Myrtie

OUR 23rd YEAR

It’s Love At First Bite At

Myrtie Mae’s!

In Eureka Springs OPEN DAILY AT 5PM

OPEN Wed - Sat 5-9 pm • www.horizoneurekasprings.com

304 Mundell Road, West Eureka Springs off Highway 187 479-253-5525

Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

Lunch & Dinner 7 days a week

Breakfast Saturday & Sunday

Wi-Fi Access

Take-Out Available

Catfish, Burgers, Chicken & Salad All-You-Can-Eat CATFISH “The Best Around” Playing on the deck Fri. & Sat. evenings

In Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Hwy. 62 West, Eureka Springs, AR

weather permitting

479-253-9768

479-253-8806

“A Family Atmosphere”

Don’t miss our famous Sunday Brunch www.MyrtieMaes.com

26 White St. on the Upper Historic Loop

DIRTY TOM

14581 Hwy 62 W • 479.253.4004 Just 3 miles West of Town – Towards Beaver Lake

To advertise in the

Citizen Restaurant Guide Call us at (479) 253-0070

April 3, 2014 – Lovely County Citizen – Page

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Photos by Chip Ford

Mary Poppins and her chimney sweep companion were on hand to greet patrons at the door to The Aud during Classic Film Night. The next showing will be “Singing in the Rain” on Sunday, April 13 at 7 p.m.

FAR LEFT: Sarai and Sierra Aleshire take a moment from tending the counter to pose for a snapshot.

LEFT: Glen Couvillion was on hand filming his newest episode of Glen TV.

Home Improvement Made Simple Everything you need to build and maintain your home

Faucet Fixing Professionals Ask us HOW!

650 Hwy 62 West

Berryville, AR

870-423-6271

Where Courtesy and Service is still a Time Honored Tradition

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THE FIRST & LAST AL HOOKS – NAME IN REAL ESTATE! CALL ME IF YOU WANT IT SOLD!!! – 479-363-6419

‘CALL US ABOUT ANY HOME IN EUREKA - AL, Cheryl, Paul, Dom’

Beautiful cedar sided home nestled on 1 acre in Beaverview estates.

Sip into sunset admiring fantastic views from your deck. This well maintained home host 4 bedrooms, upper and lower entertainment areas, a charming sun room, refurbished kitchen, and many more amenities. The home comes with a private boat slip in a community dock for your boating pleasure. $255,000.

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Charming Victorian two story cottage, 2 baths each w/Jacuzzi tub, living room has gas log fireplace, 4 lots 25 x 80 each, cave & BONUS 4 - 6 off street parking spaces. Commercial possibilities or family home. $115,000.

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Log home in desirable Lake Lucerne Estates sits on 6 (+/-) acres.

Bright open living space is graced with exposed beams, stone fireplace, beautiful hardwood floors. Huge master suite has many possibilities. Covered front porch, large back deck overlooks big backyard & offers valley views. $189,000.

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SOLD IN 63 DAYS pending sale – 11 days pending sale – 35 days

AWE INSPIRING LAKE VIEWS from every room of this 4 bedroom 3.5 bath custom built home, open floor plan, 2 living areas, workshop & more. Boat slip included. $469,900.

CHERYL COLBERT 479.981.6249 eurekaspringsrealtor.com – cjceureka@yahoo.com

NEW ON MARKET

8 Main Street Lots !!! Beautiful commercial lots located between Planner Hill and downtown Eureka shopping.

The heavy foot & road traffic make this an ideal location for a commercial business. $349,000.

PAuL FAuLK 479-981-0668

Great Investment opportunity. Extremely well maintained 4 plex with proven rental history. All units are spacious with 2 Bdrms, 1 bath, porch or private balcony with wooded views. Off street parking, hiking paths, minutes to shopping, downtown Eureka, marina and lake. $199,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419

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1,240 sq ft 1800’s shotgun-style farmhouse on 1 acre offers end of road privacy. Double parlor, covered porches and old barn. Open garden area. Minutes to downtown. $124,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

The perfect marriage of home & lake. This geo Dome Home & fab guest house are nestled on pristinely landscaped grounds & gardens with million dollar views. Multi leveled decks surround this home, and invite the Ozarks into your living areas. The home has been immaculately maintained with attention to detail and quality. Amenities too numerous to list. $299,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

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LIKE NEW Custom built 3bed/2bath home on the “Island”, granite counters, hardwood floors, fenced yard, sunroom w/lakeview. Meticulously maintained, MOVE IN READY $234,000.

CHERYL COLBERT 479.981.6249 eurekaspringsrealtor.com – cjceureka@yahoo.com

T h i s charming 2,250 sq ft home w i t h finished downstairs boasts 2 bedrooms, 1 & 1 1/2 bath, huge kitchen, w/w, covered deck upstairs PLUS 2 bonus rooms, large living area with stone fireplace, a 2nd kitchen, Jacuzzi tub, covered deck and another bonus room downstairs.

Sits on a nice sized lot. $139,900.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

NEW

Meticulously constructed & maintained home with attention to detail and quality. This totally custom home offers amenities galore! Spectacular mountain & valley views are offered from your private decks or soaring living room windows.

Gourmet kitchen, beautiful balconied library, fantastic work shop and studio, 3.5 car garage, 3.3 private acres and much much more. Call me for a private showing. $459,500.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

Beautiful 3/2 Federal style home offers charm & appeal with its landscaped yard, ample living space, basement and off street parking right off of the Historic Loop. Call me for a Showing TODAY! $242,000.

PAuL FAuLK 479-981-0668 eurekasprings-realty.com - pbfaulk@cox.net

This cleared 3.96 acre property comes with a beautifully maintained 3 bed / 2 bath home, separate garage w/ electric, gas, water, a well house & bonus building. 4th room in home used as office but can be bedroom. Nearby school bus stop, stores, amenities. Minutes to downtown Eureka. Don’t miss this one! $121,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com • alhooks@me.com

Cedar home w/ guest house on 8.29 (+/-) acres, pond, beautiful mtn. views & land. The home features large open rooms, geothermalheat,generator, large windows, 2-car garage, 1-car carport, detached 3-car carport w/storage, guest house w/kitchenette, bath.

POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING. $395,000.

AL HOOKS 479.363.6419 alhookseureka.com – alhooks@me.com

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