Lovely County Citizen May 2, 2019

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Fiber in the Ozarks

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Event moves to ESCC

Filmmakers talk to local students Page 3

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VOLUME 20 NUMBER 45

MAY 2, 2019

Eureka Springs Community Center hosts Highlander Basketball Camp May 4-5 By Samantha Jones Citizen.Editor.Eureka@gmail.com

Former Eureka Springs Highlander basketball players are returning to the old high school gym as coaches for the first annual Highlander Basketball Camp May 4-5. Nick Bower and Ryan Sanchez will be coaching Carroll County students at the Eureka Springs Community Center during the two-day camp, starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4, and noon Sunday, May 4. The camp is for students between fifth and

12th grade and features a 3-on-3 basketball tournament Sunday. Bower said there will be two skill sessions on Saturday, split between grades 5-8 and 9-12. “The whole camp is co-ed, and on the first day, we’ll work with the kids in groups,” Bower said. “We’re going to have the 3-on-3 tourney on Sunday. There will be lunch at noon and then at 1 p.m., we’ll start the festivities.” Bower continued, “We’ll do a warm-up and then there will be rounds of the 3-on3 tourney. Hopefully, we’ll have enough

kids to make it a full, fun day. We’ll have the free throw competition, a three-point skills test, and there will be winners crowned at both the junior high and senior high level.” Sanchez said he’s excited about the camp, because there hasn’t been a camp for all the students in Carroll County quite like this before. “Usually the schools have their own little camp. We want to change that,” Sanchez said, “and grow it a little more. Hopefully, down the line it’ll attract kids

from schools all around. I think it’s a good steppingstone for outreach for the community center.” “It’s not Highlanders only,” Bower said. “Anyone in those age groups is welcome. We’re doing it for the betterment of all basketball players.” Bower and Sanchez played basketball together at the old high school, years before the Eureka Springs Community Center Foundation purchased it. They are both coaches today; Bower is the head See Basketball, page 11

Carving in the Ozarks Photo courPurdy Art Company

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The Eureka Springs Fire Department celebrates the success of Carving in the Ozarks, an annual event where chainsaw artists create specialty pieces out of wood. The artists auctioned off their work on Saturday, April 27, with 50 percent of the proceeds benefitting ESFD.


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