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AUGUST 8, 2013

Changing of the Guard Father Shaun says ‘so long’ as the county’s new priest steps in Pages 3, 23

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Dispatch Desk July 29 1:06 p.m. — A caller advised of a two vehicle accident in a parking lot in town.

The officer arrived and took a report.

11:51 p.m. — On a routine traffic stop, an officer arrested an individual for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia.

July 30 12:16 a.m. — A woman called to report her ex-husband was at her apartment, was intoxicated and wouldn’t leave. The responding officer got the man to agree to leave in a taxi.

July 31 6:15 a.m. — A security company advised of an alarm sounding at a local restaurant. An officer responded to find all was secure.

6:19 a.m. — Carroll County Sheriff’s Office advised of a possible suicidal male.

An officer as well as EMS responded and the man was taken to the hospital.

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vising that the man brought in previously had left. An officer located the individual and he agreed to return to the hospital.

10:25 p.m. — A local restaurant owner called to request an officer to take a report of a customer that walked out on their bill.

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Aug. 1 10:08 a.m. — There was a call to report a dead deer. The animal was removed.

11:54 a.m. — Caller reporting of a pickup driving recklessly, ignoring a yield sign and gave the location. The officer located the vehicle unattended. Ghosts perhaps?

4:23 p.m. — An employee of a gas station called to make a report of a drive off.

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5:13 p.m. — Officers responded to a call requesting assistance, as an ex-boyfriend was parked outside the concerned woman’s employment. The individual See Dispatch, page 25

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A Style All His Own

New priest steps into Carroll County role

By Jennifer Jackson Three things Father Kevin Atunzu likes to do: sing, dance and pray. Like his predecessor, Fr. Shaun Wesley, he sings the mass. Fr. Kevin has also been known to break into song during the homily, former parishioners said. And he loves to dance – at parish parties, he puts on the music and gets everyone dancing.

And after mass, Fr. Kevin doesn’t shake hands with people as they leave.

“He’s a hugger,” Ben Ballenger said.

Ballenger was one several hundred people who turned out Sunday to say goodbye to Fr. Kevin, who served Christ the King Catholic Church in Fort Smith for two years. On Monday, he left for his new assignment as priest at St. Elizabeth’s in Eureka Springs and St. Anne’s in Berryville. What he brings to his new post: an exuberance for faith, for doing God’s work and for people.

“Fr. Kevin is very spiritual, very holy-filled and uninhibited,” said Alice Nahas, a Christ the King member. “He’s not afraid to sway when the spirit moves him behind the ambo (podium).

Fr. Kevin, who is 60, began his new assignment in Carroll County on Tuesday, August 6, the 35th anniversary of his transitional deaconate ordination.

Born in Nigeria, he has been “Father Kevin” to his siblings from the time he was three years old – he was always the priest when the children played “house,” Ballenger related. According to his biography in St. Elizabeth’s newsletter, Fr. Kevin was ordained a priest in Nigeria in 1979 and taught spirituality and psychology at a Nigerian seminary. He came to the United States in 1982, lived in California, then moved to Arkansas, where he was assigned his first parish, St. Michael’s, in Cherokee Village in 1987. He also served Our Lady of Good Hope Parish in Hope. He is currently working on a master’s in spirituality from Creighton University.

Fr. Kevin is a big soccer fan – accord-

ing to Jennifer Ballenger, he once gave up watching soccer for Lent. He used to play soccer, and now keeps fit by eating right and working out every day, according to Tom Jacobs, the deacon at Christ the King. At the farewell party on Sunday in the parish center, parish council president Sean McCaffrey presented Fr. Kevin with a certificate for a new exercise bicycle, his old one having had a “tragic accident,” McAffrey said. McCaffrey and parish leader Carol Hargrave also presented Fr. Kevin a check on behalf of the parish to help defray the cost of his next trip to Nigeria to see his family.

Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders proclaimed August 4 “Father Kevin Day” in the city.

“In just the short time you have been here, you have had great impact, not just in this church but in our community,” Mayor Sanders said.

The children’s choir sang four songs, including “My God Loves Me,” which Fr. Kevin taught the congregation when he first came, Ben Ballenger said. Ballenger said Fr. Kevin also taught everyone to sing the responses at mass. Dick Litzinger, who emceed the program, said Fr. Kevin will be remembered for the simple homilies he delivered at weekday mass, the dialogues he held with children at the parish school on Fridays, and his booming voice on Sunday morning.

“Most of all we will miss his message of love that is inherent in his every action,” Litzinger said.

Marna Boltuc, principal of the parish school, thanked Fr. Kevin for teaching the children to sit down, close their eyes and see God in their hearts and minds after taking the Eucharist, something some adults also learned to do. Jacobs said that Fr. Kevin’s hug may have been his signature, but it was the priest’s relationship with God, and his faithfulness in consistently following God’s will, See Kevin, page 22

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Father Kevin talks with Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders at the farewell party hosted by his parish there. Sanders proclaimed last Sunday “Father Kevin Day” in the city.

Parishioners filled Christ the King parish center Sunday to say goodbye to Fr. Kevin, their priest for two years. Almost all raised their hands when asked how many had received a hug from the priest.

On Page 23: Parishioners throw Father Shaun a goodbye bash

Page 4 – Lovely County Citizen – August 8, 2013 The 1st Presbyterian Church of Eureka Springs is undergoing a interior facelift – the first in an estimated 40plus years. More than 40 gallons of paint covering an estimated 5,400 square feet of space were rolled and brushed onto the walls and ceiling of the church’s worship space. Eric Hulsey Painting of Eureka Springs is handling the job. Pictured is Scott Eddy as he hands down a section of scaffolding to coworker Lane Aschwege.

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‘One-man chamber’ Floyd Happy Jones dies at 81

By Catherine Krummey Floyd E. “Happy” Jones, 81, of Eureka Springs died on Friday, Aug. 2 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale.

As his nickname suggests, he was an outgoing, friendly man, known well Jones at Wanderlust RV Park, where he worked for the last 14 years.

“He was just a very friendly, genuine person,” said Pam Hardesty, who had camped and worked with Mr. Jones since 2004. “He treated everybody the same. He was just a good person.”

Mr. Jones’ friendliness extended beyond human beings. At the RV park, he was known to always have dog treats, and eager canines awaited his twice-daily stops to hand them out.

“As soon as the dogs arrived at the park, they had to go see Happy,” Hardesty recalled.

In recent years, Mr. Jones became a regular at various restaurants throughout Carroll County, including frequenting Pancakes for breakfast, The Roadhouse for lunch, Myrtie Mae’s for dinner, as well as La Cabaña in Berryville – for a small Mexican plate, a small side of green sauce and iced tea – and The Big Dipper Ice Cream Shop.

He was known by those at the RV park and at the restaurants he frequented as a

skilled storyteller.

“He loved to tell a good story,” Hardesty said.

Hardesty and her husband, Dennis, recalled how Mr. Jones welcomed them to town, showing them all the sights.

“He was a one-man Chamber of Commerce,” Dennis said.

“He was a great ambassador for Eureka Springs and the whole state of Arkansas,” Pam added.

He passed away last Friday from complications from a recurring infection that stemmed from an injury he sustained during the Korean War when he was a Marine.

He was born on July 7, 1932, in New Castle, Penn., the son of Floyd Nelson and Goldie Mae Way Jones.

He is survived by two sons, Dwayne Jones and wife, Merry, of Aurora, Mo.; and David Jones of Springdale; four grandchildren, Amber, Isaac and Brandon Jones and Mandy Doty; and four great-grandchildren.

Mr. Jones’ wife, Jo, preceded him in death.

“We’ve lost another one of the good guys, but he’s back with Jo, hanging over a counter in some RV Park in the sky reading his Trailer Life Magazine,” Pam said.

Wanderlust RV Park, at 468 Passion Play Road in Eureka Springs, will host a memorial service in his honor on Saturday, Aug. 10 at 11 a.m.

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Acuna-Sanchez deemed competent for murder trial

By Landon Reeves Victor Acuna-Sanchez, the Berryville man accused in the New Year’s Eve 2012 slaying of 21-year-old Laura Acevez, was deemed competent to cooperate with his defense attorney and proceed with trial hearings by the state’s psychological expert at his status hearing on Thursday.

The next pretrial hearing is scheduled for Sept. 3 at 9 a.m. at the Berryville Courthouse.

“I would imagine there will be a couple more hearings before the trial, but we could see a trial date in September,” said Prosecuting Attorney Tony Rogers.

Before the status hearing, Rogers had filed a motion to see the witnesses and expert testimonies of Defense Attorney William James. The defense had said they had Sanchez evaluated and found him competent to proceed as well, but Rogers will not be satisfied until he sees a report from James.

Acuna-Sanchez is also being represented by Public Defender Robert “Beau” Allen. James was specially appointed to assist in the case in January by the Arkansas Public Defenders Commission.

James is acting as lead counsel for the defense because Allen is not certified to handle capital murder cases and federal law requires both a lead and assistant counsel in cases involving the death penalty.

James is also filing more than 25 motions against the prosecution, mostly for not waiving the death penalty, he said.

Judge David Clinger gave James a deadline of Aug. 15 to present his information to the state and file his motions against the states decision to further pursue the death penalty.

Judge Clinger was appointed to the case after Judge Kent Crow recused himself in January because Acevez and Acuna-Sanchez were former tenants of his.

Acuna-Sanchez has been charged with capital murder for the death of his former girlfriend. If convicted, he would face death or life imprisonment without parole. In addition to the murder charge,

Acuna-Sanchez is accused of aggravated robbery and violation of a no-contact order. He pleaded not guilty to all counts.

His defense attorneys maintain he is innocent, but refused to share any facts of the case.

“Our position is he didn’t do it,” James said. “We are staying with not guilty. …

Plea negotiations will be ongoing.”

Acuna-Sanchez has been in custody since Dec. 31, when paramedics found Acevez lying unconscious in her Eureka Springs apartment with a gunshot wound to the head and the couple’s 4.5-monthold son near his mother’s body. Deputies found Acuna-Sanchez hiding in a shower with a .22-caliber handgun after they kicked in the door to a cabin on Bluebird Mountain.

The medical examiner has ruled the death a homicide. A bullet found lodged in Acevez’s skull was too damaged to match with Acuna-Sanchez’s gun. However, investigators did determine another, unfired bullet found at the crime scene had been “cycled through the rounds” of the weapon.

At the status hearing, eight members of Acuna-Sanchez’s family were present.

The gathered in support of their relative and greeted each other with hugs as they tried to hide the tears in their eyes.

Acuna-Sanchez sat in the courtroom trembling as attorneys in pinstriped suits discussed the young man’s future or possible lack thereof. The dreadful and worried look on his face was shared with his mother until their eyes met. Then a small smile crept onto both faces that was as brief as it was insincere.

Eric Acuna-Sanchez, Victor’s brother, was also in attendance. He said the events have made him question his own life and decide to give himself to his lord.

“We are all here for support,” Eric said.

“When everybody is pointing fingers that is when you see who matters. That is when you see who is family. I just want the best for my brother and for everyone.

I just don’t know what that is yet.”

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Victor Acuna-Sanchez, charged with capital murder in the shooting death of his former girlfriend on Dec. 31, 2012, is led out of court last week in Eureka Springs.

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Land bank would expand city-owned property Proposal gives city a way to clean up, redevelop or preserve strategic spots

By Landon Reeves The Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Department is developing an ordinance to establish a land bank for the city to keep it from losing undeveloped property such as green space, officials said.

The proposal is expected to be at least discussed – if not introduced in a new ordinance – at Monday’s City Council meeting.

The land bank will allow the city to set aside funds to purchase property and classify and develop land it already owns. The intent is to use the land bank for projects such as connecting trails and protecting natural springs inside the city limits.

In other cities, a Property Development Department, Urban Housing Committee or the like often handles issues that the Parks Department will be tackling with its proposed land bank.

In Eureka Springs, Parks is responsible for street vacations, or what to do when the city abandons property, so it seemed like a natural choice for Parks to handle the land bank, officials have said.

The idea was mentioned near the conclusion of the July 8 City Council meeting by Parks and Recreation Director Bruce Levine. It was not the first time the concept was brought to the council.

Four years ago, Parks made a similar push, but nothing ever came of it.

Some officials attribute the project’s failure to take off to an “unfriendly council” that they say stonewalled several city projects, but especially ones from Parks.

But Levine has a different theory: The reason that nothing happened with the last attempt was because the ordinance to establish the land bank

requested a $5,000 loan to provide seed money for the bank. The loan request was stricken from the newest version of the land bank proposal, so that should no longer be a problem, explained Levine.

“This was originally talked about three or four years ago and it (later) had a reading in 2011,” Levine said.

“The philosophy behind it is to form a committee of city officials that, over the years, will analyze the property the city owns and classify it into four different categories.”

The categories include: conforming properties that contribute to the city somehow; nonconforming properties that don’t really contribute; open streets that were deeded to the city by the state or federal government; and developable spaces that don’t necessarily contribute but have potential so the city should hang onto them, Levine said.

The committee will decide what property the city should purchase or sell — or in some extreme cases, demolish. Land in the city’s land bank can be used for whatever purpose the city deems appropriate, such as green space preservation or urban redevelopment, said Bill Featherstone of the Parks Department.

“The plan is to go through a process by which you identify all city property and classify it into a category that comes with a description on how that property should be handled — or even destroyed,” Featherstone said. “The land bank will hold money and property. All of the funds will be used to purchase land. It is a vehicle by which the city can acquire land it needs for a variety of purposes.”

See Land Bank, page 14

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City Council agenda for Aug. 12 Following is the agenda for next Monday’s City Council meeting on Aug. 12.

It begins at 6 p.m. and is held in Council Chambers at City Hall, 44 S. Main St. The public is invited to attend.

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Bluegrass Festival to feature New festival will celebrate famed ‘Rocky Top’ singer McReynolds cancels, is replaced by legendary Bobby Osborne and band

By Kristal Kuykendall The previously announced headlining act for the Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival, Jesse McReynolds, has cancelled his scheduled performance here due to serious health issues — but an equally remarkable and highly regarded act will take his place, organizers announced this week.

The headlining performer of the Bluegrass Festival will be bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne — the man who made the song “Rocky Top” famous. Osborne and his band, the Rocky Top X-press, will now be performing as part of the 2.5 hour Saturday night concert.

Osborne is best known for his collaborations with his brother Sonny Osborne in their band, the Osborne Brothers. The Osborne Brothers’ recordings of “Rocky Top” and “Kentucky” were named official state songs of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively.

Bobby Osborne was a pioneer in conceiving the now-popular “high lead” vocal trio concept. He has released many recordings since the 1950s. The Osborne Brothers recordings of “Rocky Top,” and “Kentucky” were named official state songs of Tennessee and Kentucky, respectively.

Osborne was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps in 1951 and served in the Korean War. He was wounded in action and received the Purple Heart.

Osborne was the first person to craft a style not based on Bill Monroe’s style of mandolin playing. Osborne’s mandolin style reflected his love of the fiddle and the electric guitar skills and style of Hank Garland and Grady Martin. Industry leaders and critics have explained that Osborne is an extremely gifted singer and instrumentalist who always saw himself as part of the County music business; in the 1940s when he burst onto the scene, there was no separation between the styles. Bluegrass hadn’t yet become a genre unto itself; it was all

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Osborne’s first professional recordings were with Larry Richardson and their group The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, in 1949. Fifty years later, in 2009, they were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Hall of Honor as members of The Fiddlers. It was his second such honor by IBMA, as the Osborne Brothers were inducted into the IBMA Hall of Honor back in 1994.

Osborne’s early songwriting skills were noted among other Country music and bluegrass stars as well; songs that he penned were recorded and made famous by the likes of Flatt and Scruggs and Bill Monroe.

In 1964, Osborne was made a member of The Grand Ole Opry, performing there frequently alongside the likes of Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, Jim and Jesse, Grandpa Jones and Little Jimmy Dickens, Porter Waggoner and Ernest Tubb, for starters — many of whom were a young Osborne’s idols and his inspiration for starting a music career in the first place, according to his website’s bio.

See Bluegrass, page 29

‘Ozarkan facial hair’

By Kristal Kuykendall A new “facial hair festival” in the works for the end of November will promote men’s health — and celebrate the prevalence of facial hair in the Ozarkan region — in conjunction with the popular “No Shave November” and Movember, one of the world’s top charitable organizations.

The Great Ozarkan Beard Off of Eureka Springs will take place Friday, Nov. 29 through Sunday, Dec. 1 and will feature dozens of beard and mustache competitions and events. The festival, co-sponsored by the Lovely County Citizen as well as a number of local and regional businesses, will donate a majority of the proceeds to men’s nonprofit health organizations.

GOBO’s featured events will include: • A variety of fun facial hair competitions with multiple categories, wherein participants will vie for cash and prizes throughout the weekend; • Beer and moonshine tastings and events sponsored by Ozarkan breweries and distilleries; • Musical performances throughout the weekend culminating in a major concert performance on Saturday, Nov. 30; and • Holiday shopping specials throughout town for the bearded participants and their significant others.

In addition to featuring categories standard at increasingly popular facial hair contests around the globe, GOBO weekend will conclude with the “ultimate testament to manliness”: the Grizzly Adams of the Ozarks Award, which will be given for best overall hair, said festival founder and organizer Hillary Fogerty of Eureka Springs.

“Celebrating men’s facial hair, and the bonding over facial hair as a rite of passage among men, is a fun way to raise money for and awareness about men’s health issues,” Fogerty said.

“Eureka Springs has better beards than any place I’ve ever been in my life. I want to celebrate them, recognize them and reward them,” she said, grinning. “It’s a part

of what makes Eureka Springs unique. I would not recognize my late father without his beard, and here he would have been in good company.”

GOBO will kick off on Nov. 1 with an open invitation to clean-shaven Ozarkans to send in “before” photos of themselves for No Shave November-specific categories, which will include a Most Growth in November contest, for example.

Other GOBO categories will include Best Full Beard, Best Partial Beard, Best Sideburns, Best Mustache, Best Santa Beard, Most Bearded Workplace, Best Band of Beards, and more.

The panel of GOBO judges, which has yet been finalized, will be comprised of women.

GOBO organizers are currently accepting submissions from Ozarkan artists, entertainers and would-be judges who would like to participate in the celebration of men’s health or perform during the festival. Submissions should include a sample of music or art (if applicable), a brief biography and contact information; send submissions via email to goboeureka@gmail.com by Sept. 1.

Eureka Springs businesses and vendors interested in hosting events or sponsoring competitions are invited to contact Fogerty at goboeureka@gmail. com as well. Many different levels of sponsorship and participation are available, she said, noting that interest among regional businesses and potential sponsors is already proving strong.

Fogerty said she has high hopes that participation in GOBO — by competitors and their significant others as well as by Eureka Springs businesses — will make for a spirited, successful, community-oriented weekend that will help promote tourism, all for a good cause. And, she added, she hopes the city will be packed with visitors and holiday shoppers for the festival.

“I have a good feeling that it’s about to get really hairy around here,” she said with a laugh.

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Mysteries We All Know But No One Gets Crescent Hotel conference will explore paranormal, ‘Things Unknown’

By Jennifer Jackson You’ve probably heard of dowsing, the art of finding water with a branch.

Ditto crop circles, the rings that appear in fields of grain.

But did you know that Harold McCoy of Fayetteville could not only find underground springs with a dowsing rod, but also divert them for irrigation purposes? Or that at least 200 people have died of what appears to be spontaneous combustion, including a man found last February in the kitchen of his home outside of Fort Smith?

Dowsing, crop circles, spontaneous combustion and other phenomena will be explored at the Crescent Hotel’s annual Parallel Universe conference August 23- 25. Last year, the conference focused on scientific explanations for the supernatural, according to director Keith Scales. This year, the focus is “Things Unknown,” topics that continue to mystify people.

“The purpose of this event is not to reach consensus, but to explore a diversity of opinions, knowledge and experience regarding some of the most enduring mysteries of our time,” Scales said.

The featured speaker is Larry Arnold, a Pennsylvania engineer who wrote the definitive book on spontaneous combustion. Arnold will discuss case histories and lead a discussion on possible explanations for the phenomenon, which emergency service personnel sometimes encounter. In the recent case, relatives

found the man’s body in his kitchen in ter a series of scientific tests for psychic Muldrow, Okla., 12 miles west of Fort potential, including remote viewing and Smith. That nothing else in the room extra-sensory perception. was burned left the Sequoyah County Scales had hoped to have Justin Easter, sheriff to conclude that spontaneous a local musician who researches crop circombustion was a possibility, news cles, at the conference, but he had an outagencies reported. of town booking. Easter’s research will What else you might not know: that be incorporated into a presentation on Irish poet William the subject by ThomButler Yeats was a as Stacks, Scales said. magus, a member Scales will also pres“The purpose of this event of a secret society ent an inquiry into the is not to reach consensus, of magicians. Yeats legends of the Dogon, and spouse Georgie but to explore a diversity of a West Africa tribe Hyde-Lees held au- opinions, knowledge and ex- that tell of travelers tomatic writing seswho came from the perience regarding some of Sirius star system and sions at which she channeled John Dee, the most enduring mysteries contain knowledge of the court astrologer astronomy not visible of our time.” for Queen Elizabeth to the eye.

– Kieth Scales I. Dee was a major A legend closer to figure at a time when home: did you known the practice of althat Ozark parents chemy and study of used to invoke a chemistry overlapped, Scales said, and monster called the Tantrabobus, which practiced scrying – seeing visions in a would grab children if they looked crystal ball– and automatic writing. For down a well? The monster, which has the conference, Scales will give a brief roots in old-world bogies, is described presentation on Dee and Yeats, then set by Ed and Karen Underwood in their up an automatic writing experiment. book, “Tales of Forgotten Arkansas.”

Other hands-on activities at the con- The authors will be at the conference ference: Gladys McCoy of the Ozark to present “Bizarrkansas,” based on Research Institute will give a demon- the tales they have collected from the stration of dowsing and let people try stranger side of the state. it on the hotel grounds. Larry Flaxman, “Bizarrkansas” is one of four live perhead of the Arkansas Paranormal and formances offered during the two eveAnomalous Studies Team, will adminis- nings of the conference. Paul Prater, a

Little Rock lawyer who does mind-reading on the side, will present “The Odditorium,” in which he performs illusions like driving a nail through his head and mind-over-matter feats. Ozark ghost stories, a one-act mystery and the hotel’s ghost tour are part of the evenings’ entertainment.

“Parallel Universe: Things Unknown” starts Friday, August 23, and goes through Sunday, August 25. The Crescent Hotel offers a conference package with two-nights lodging, breakfast and admission to all events for $439 per couple.

For people who live in the area, there’s a three-day pass without lodging or meals for $125. A day pass for Friday is $75, Saturday $100.

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Holiday Island Singers welcomes new director, begins rehearsals The Holiday Island Singers is pleased to welcome a new music director, Carol Morrison.

Morrison has an extensive musical Carol Morrison background, directing church choirs in the Northeastern United States for 30 years. In addition, she has experience in directing musical dramas, has written narration for musical productions, and serves as a private vocal instructor.

As a performer, Morrison has a classically trained voice and has performed in numerous choirs and groups since childhood. She is passionate about shaping and mentoring individuals and is excited about leading a community group of singers.

According to Singers’ President Jackie Phillips, “Carol is full of energy and enthusiasm, and will use her creative skills to bring an exciting music program to our community.”

Also returning to the Singers this year is accompanist Diana Brown, about which the group is very excited. “Diana and Carol will be a dynamic duo!”

Phillips says.

The Singers will begin rehearsals for their holiday season on Wednesday, Aug. 14 with a meeting at 1 p.m. followed by rehearsal from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Holiday Island Clubhouse ballroom.

Concerts are scheduled for Dec. 14 and 15 at 2:30 p.m., but the rehearsals are about much more than preparation for a performance. It’s about people who love to sing coming together for the joy of singing.

“The objective of the Singers is to promote good fellowship and bring joy and the appreciation of music to our members and to Holiday Island and the surrounding community,” noted Phillips. “We are a nonprofit organization with members of all ages. Singers need not be residents of Holiday Island and there are no try-outs.”

New members are encouraged to join this fun-loving talented group of people.

For more information, visit www.holidayislandsingers.org or call Phillips at 479-253-7365.

Eureka Springs School Board meets to approve new hires, accept resignations

By Kathryn Lucariello special meeting Monday evening, the Eureka Springs School Board approved the hire of two teachers and three classified staff and accepted the resignations of two staff.

The board approved the hire of Jaime Green as a teacher and girls coach and Peggy Jones-Poe as a special education teacher for the middle school.

Both hires are contingent upon completion of requirements for an Arkansas’ teaching license.

The board also approved the hire of Terri Ledbetter as a cafeteria worker and both Mary Pinkley and Bob Belzung as full-time bus drivers.

The board also accepted resignations of custodian Eliot Walker and paraprofessional Katie Avery.

What’s My Line?

Genealogy group branches off at library

By Jennifer Jackson Ruth Wood has several mementoes of her grandfather. One is the photograph taken of him before he went to fight in the Civil War. She has the bullet that struck him, and the coin in his pocket that saved his life.

Wood also has family records going back generations and is interested in showing others how to trace their ancestry. Last week, she and Sean Franklin, another ardent genealogist, moderated a meeting at the library annex that drew a dozen people interested in tracing their family trees.

“We have been thinking about this a long time and wanting to get a genealogy group started if there was enough interest.” Wood said. “This looks like enough interest.”

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library, the genealogy sessions will explore subjects of interest to the group, and are open to everyone. On August 13, Franklin, a former support staff for ancestry. com, will give an introduction to using the program, which is available on the library computers.

“There are things you can do to make things easier or a lot harder,” Franklin said.

On August 20, Wood will give a presentation on using military records.

Both meetings are at 6 p.m. at the Eureka Springs Library annex, 192B Spring Street. Dates and topics of future sessions will be determined by participants.

People at last week’s meeting also expressed interest in learning how to research native American heritage, and how to find records of ancestors in Prussia, the British Isles and Sweden. Olin Karch, a Newton County resident, said he got interested in genealogy when he was teenager and has experience researching ancestors in Sweden, along with copies of the church records of two parishes.

Wood said that she started doing genealogical research 30 years ago the old way – by writing away for copies of documents and visiting county courthouses,

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

Sean Franklin talks about using online resources at last week’s meeting of the genealogy group at the library annex.

libraries and museums in person. Now, more and more sources are online. In addition to ancestry.com, the library subscribes to Heritage Quest, which can be accessed by patrons at home through the library’s website, library director Loretta Crenshaw said.

Wood and Franklin advised beginners to start by talking with relatives, writing down everything you know and documenting the source. One pitfall to avoide: don’t trust other relatives’ research, they said, unless you can document it.

Another source of information discussed at the meeting: DNA testing, which several people had had done. The test, which consists of sending in a saliva sample, costs $100 to $300, depending on whether you use ancestry.com, National Geographic or other test service. Karch said he had his DNA tested on 23andme, which tells you how much Neanderthal DNA you have – in his case, 3 percent out of a possible 4.

The genealogy sessions are free and open to the public. For more information, call the Carnegie Public Library, 479-2538754. genealogy

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‘Plant Spirit Medicine’ shaman to hold workshop

By Kathryn Lucariello Eliot Cowan, founder of the Blue Deer Center in upstate New York, Huichol shaman and author of “Plant Spirit Medicine,” is coming to Eureka Springs on Sept. 1 to do a Eliot Cowan one-day workshop, called “Rekindle your connections to the divine natural world.”

The workshop will be hosted by Fire Om Earth Retreat Center. Cowan will also conduct a Sacred Fire Circle that evening, hosted by local Plant Spirit Medicine practitioner Melissa Clare at her home on Roark Road.

What sets Cowan apart from many alternative medicine and ancient wisdom practitioners today is not only the sheer amount of time he has been studying and perfecting his craft, but his endorsement by indigenous and renowned Western practitioners.

According to his website, www. bluedeer.org, he began his study and practice of herbalism in the 1960s. A decade later he studied classical acupuncture in England under J.R. Worsley, who brought classical acupuncture

to the West, using the Chinese “five element” healing system. Cowan received a Master of Acupuncture degree and then returned to working with plants to heal the human mind and spirit, developing a method he called Plant Spirit Medicine.

He apprenticed with Mexican Huichol healer don Guadalupe Gonzalez Rios, a “marakame” shaman. In 1997, don Guadalupe initiated Cowan as a marakame, and in 2000, as a “Tsaurirrikame” shaman, authorized to guide other apprentices in the Huichol tradition, “an unprecedented honor for a person of our culture,” notes the website.

Cowan travels extensively, helping people to reconnect with the natural world and to experience healing by connecting with the spirits of various plants.

Local Plant Medicine healer Melissa Clare took Cowan’s extensive training at the Blue Deer Center starting in 2003 and completed it in 2004.. She is also a Sacred Fire keeper of the Huichol tradition and holds a sacred fire ceremony once a month.

Clare said plant spirit medicine is fundamentally different from herbalism.

Cowan, she noted, in his quest for working with plants as healers, came across various indigenous cultures and elders working with plants.

“They were all working in a similar

way. Very often they did not use the physical plant. Sometimes they did, but basically what the indigenous societies understood was that to work with a plant for healing, you have to make friends with it, and that friendship is between the plant and the person being healed.

If 10 different people were to contact a dandelion, they might be given 10 different medicines,” Clare said.

She said this work is not about ingesting plants as psychedelics, as has become popular with many Westerners who have sought out shamans in recent years to participate in ayahuasca ceremonies. Often questions about this kind of practice come up in workshops, and Cowan is happy to give his perspective on it.

The Rekindle workshop is one in which Cowan will help people to develop their connection to the divine natural world in an experiential way.

During the two-hour lunch period, participants will have an opportunity to visit with others in the workshop, talk to Cowan, or spend some time outdoors.

Clare said Cowan is likely to guide the participants in a dream journey in which they make contact with the spirit of a plant.

“When you let go of your critical, analytical mind that our society has worked on promoting, then you really have access to a much deeper, richer

communication with all life, and starting off with plants is a wonderful, very supportive, very joyful place to begin,” she said.

She said that having a shaman of Cowan’s experience and caliber is a rare treat, one not usually available to a small community like Eureka Springs.

In addition, Cowan will hold a community fire circle on Sunday evening at Clare’s home.

The fire circle will be open to all, including those who have not attended the day-long workshop. The fire will be a question-and-answer session for many of the deeper questions that may have gone unanswered during the day, or questions from those coming to just the evening event.

Cowan will also be offering a limited number of one-on-one healing sessions while he is in town.

The workshop will be held Sunday, Sept. 1, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fire Om Earth Retreat Center. Registration is open now and available all month. To sign up or to find out more information, visit www.fireomearth.com.

The fire circle will be held at 7 p.m. at Clare’s home on Roark Road. Those interested in that event can call Clare for details at 479-253-8252.

For more information about Cowan and Plant Spirit Medicine, visit www. bluedeer.org.

Eureka Springs inn earns spot on top North American B&B list SelectRegistry.com has announced that Inn at Rose Hall of Eureka Springs has joined its portfolio of celebrated B&Bs. “We’re delighted to welcome this exceptional property,” says Phil Jenkins, executive director, Select Registry. “Of the 20,000 inns in North America, only 350 have earned this prestigious designation.

“Gaining admission to Select Registry is no easy task,” Jenkins noted.

“Each property must pass rigorous, unannounced inspections to qualify and maintain its membership. We set the bar

extremely high. Our goal is to give guests the confidence of knowing that when they check into a Select Registry inn, they’re in for an exceptional experience.”

Inn at Rose Hall is set in the heart of the Ozark Mountains in the charming Victorian town of Eureka Springs. While each of the five guestrooms is unique, all are elegantly appointed, with Victorian décor, fireplaces, two-person jetted tubs and beds wrapped in luxurious linens with a choice of pillows. Adding to the comforts are sherry, fresh fruit, flowers, homemade

cookies and gourmet breakfasts served daily in the Morning Room.

This romantic inn is an easy, 10-minute walk through a historic neighborhood to downtown Eureka Springs’ boutiques, art galleries and restaurants. Outdoor enthusiasts find much to do: Explore nearby caves and natural springs. Go hiking or horseback riding on scenic mountain trails. Rivers and lake abound here too, and canoe adventures are within easy reach.

Among the other nearby attractions: Promised Land Zoo; Turpentine Creek

Wildlife Refuge; and the Thorncrown Chapel, recognized by the American Institute of Architects among the Top Four Designs of the 20th Century. The innkeepers are happy to offer tips on everything from historic sites, wineries, restaurants and shops to hiking and biking trails, golf courses and more.

Other Select Registry inns in Arkansas are: Arsenic and Old Lace B&B, also in Eureka Springs, and Lookout Point Lakeside Inn and Hilltop Manor Bed & Breakfast, both in Hot Springs.

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Guest Commentary Utilities, state officials don’t ‘get it’ – but we do, and it’s not good

By Martha Peine I’m starting to get it; “it” being the perspective of SWEPCO and the Arkansas Public Service Commission. They believe absolutely no area is off limits to EHV transmission expansion plans.

After proposing alternate routes with equally destructive potential, the unchosen routes are magnanimously “saved” by SWEPCO and the APSC, while the chosen route is “unfortunately” sacrificed — as if there were not less-destructive ways to reliably deliver electricity.

It is simply amazing that SWEPCO, its parent company American Electric Power, the Southwest Power Pool, Gov. Beebe and APSC the cannot see the forest for the trees. If they did, they would embrace decentralized renewable energy as their guiding principle.

Long-distance EHV transmission expansion plans should be rejected outright because their costs outweigh their benefits. The costs include, but are not limited to, destabilization of local climates. Magnify one EHV transmission line’s effect on climate by a hundred or more to account for transmission expansion plans around the globe, and what do you get? Colder winters and hotter summers with increased demand for electricity to meet heating and cooling needs.

Ah, a plan that substantially contributes to the problem it purports to solve. How convenient is that!

Crumbling or potentially outdated infrastructure can never justify environmental mayhem when more sustainable options are available. But really, I am starting to get it. APSC and the other powers that be accept, whole cloth, the perversion of increased reliability standards (and even the delivery of “green” energy) as justification for unspeakable and unbearable destruction. And why is that?

Well, we know transmission expansion plans are a cash cow for the transmission industry, but why are our representatives so willing to go along with those plans at our expense?

Let’s see, there’s that lucrative employment pipeline from the APSC to the Energy Sector. Check out the current employment of a few former commissioners and com-

mission employees: • Sandra Byrd, former Chairman of APSC, now VP with Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.

• Michael Henderson, previous employee of APSC, now VP with Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.

• Paul Suskie, previous Chairman of APSC, now Senior VP with Southwest Power Pool.

• Daryl Bassett, former APSC Commissioner, now with the small, nonprofit Empower Consumers Inc. (This one is a jewel). Mr. Bassett lobbies for putting the brakes on “green” energy solutions on the grounds it will be too expensive for poor people (disproportionately minorities) and old folks. OK, Mr . Bassett, are you concerned about how the poor and old are already disproportionately negatively effected by climate change?

Then there’s AEP’s Platinum Sponsorship of Southern State’s Energy Board’s Annual Conferences. The Southern States Energy Board was founded in the 1950s to promote nuclear power as God’s answer to everything ailing the South.

Their focus changed to energy in general in the late ‘60s because of growing environmental and nuclear power safety concerns. Our own Gov. Beebe is a member, as well as his Energy Policy Advisor Marc Harrison, who has been returning some of the governor’s calls concerning SWEPCO’s proposed EHV transmission line from Shipe Road to Kings River. (Mr. Harrison told me it wouldn’t be fair for Gov. Beebe to pick sides. Oh boo hoo, I guess we’re on the playground here — the playground called Earth!)

As far as I can tell, SSEB functions mainly as a Meet-and-Greet for politicians and their SSEB sponsors/campaign contributors. Their meeting agendas provide multiple private opportunities for SSEB members to meet with and collect their scripts from platinum and gold sponsors.

Gov. Beebe and his “alternate,” Mr. Harrison, also belong to the Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition. At one of their recent meetings, Jay Caspary, of Southwest Power Pool, gave his “The Transmission Imperative” presentation. Accord-

See Utilities, page 22

Citizen of the Week Have you noticed any strange, rainbow-colored tree trunks or light poles around Eureka Springs? We have, here and there. One is at the corner of White and Owen streets; another was spotted earlier this year near the library.

We think the Eureka “Yarn Bomber” is great and truly adds to the whimsical, fun and funky spirit of our city — helping make it an even better, more colorful (literally) place to live.

Who is the Yarn Bomber? Gina Gallina, that’s who — our Citizen of the Week.

Featured in a recent Citizen cover story, Gallina first moved to Eureka in 1994, moved back here in 2011, and has been crocheting since age 8. She’s been Yarn Bombing friends and neighbors off and on since winter of 2011, she said. Nancy Paddock’s trees were her first “victim,” she recalls.

Not only does Gina spice up our landscape with some only-in-Eureka personality, artwork and even a little mystery, now she’s become a sort of an accidental ambassador for the city and its large number of talented artists.

Gallina and her unbelievable crochet designs were just featured in her very first show, held in Bentonville. It was a hit, and we expect many more good things — not to mention more exposure for Eureka’s unique and varied art community — to come from Gallina. We love her work and her always-positive attitude and generous, sweet spirit. We also are extremely grateful for all the high-quality bands she helps bring to Chelsea’s every weekend as their booking manager.

Thanks for all you do, Gina!

Meanwhile, watch out for a Yarn Bombed tree to appear overnight in your neighborhood! Fun!

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What do

think

Citizen Opinion by Margo Elliott

Do you plan to go to any of the Bluegrass Festival performances next weekend, Aug. 16-18? If so, which ones?

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Citizens should not give up in fight against fluoride

Kelle Cross “Dream Girl”

No, because I’ll be working all weekend.

Yume Leavell “Bunny Slave”

No, I love all kinds of music, but after working, I’ll be resting.

Cheri Lacock

Lilah Stiger

grass and plan to see the McClungs and other bands at Basin Park. This is a great event for Eureka Springs.

Yes, I plan on going to Voulez-Vous to hear Honkysuckle.

“Quilt Shop Lady” “Fancy Panty Yes, I love BlueSlinger”

Cindy Whitt Michelle Taylor “Rock ‘n’ Roll” “Yarn Harlot”

Yes, I’m hoping to hear Mountain Sprout at Chelsea’s if John gets home from work early enough.

No I’m not, however, I hope it draws a large crowd. The movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou” is a fave.

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I found it ironic that the Adolf Hilter quote “I really thought we’d win that” on the cover of the ES Independent last week was followed by an article about the Fluoride Mandate written as thought we had already lost the fight and that fluoride was eminent. There were no words intended to empower readers to continue to stand their ground on this issue. A similar article in the Citizen only encouraged concerned citizens to insist that the fluoride be pharmaceutical grade instead of industrial (waste) grade. While one is worse than the other, they both add known carcinogens, lead, and arsenic into our water. So I ask, why should we settle for either? Rather than feeling disempowered, let’s take this to the Supreme Court!

We have fought this issue and won in the past, we should not feel powerless now just because the mandate comes from the state. Laws are found to be unconstitutional and reversed all the time, that is the beauty of our country. Let’s work together to get this mandate reversed. If a mandate of this sort is not already unconstitutional, we need to re-write the constitution so that elected officials do not have the power to mandate the supplementation of “medicine” in our drinking water supply or, in some cases, force us to consume a known toxic waste.

This is just un-American, if you ask me. It sounds like something that would be done by a fascist dictator, like, say, Adolf Hitler — not democratically elected leaders.

Most educated people oppose the addition of fluoride to their drinking water, and yet elected officials can write a

Citizen Survey

mandate when their constituents have clearly said “NO.” How is this legal? This is not just a fight for us locally, but so that other communities across the country, and ultimately worldwide, will not ever have to face this issue.

I would like to see the fluoride removed from communities who have already “lost” this battle but who deserve to have the health of their water restored. We only “lose” when we give up. The fight lives on if we keep it alive.

We should never stand for our government to disempower our right to healthy water. We elect leaders who are supposed to fight for our rights, not take them away.

I know we are very busy fighting SWEPCO’s proposed high-voltage power lines and Kings River substation and the Concentrated Hog Feeding Operation near the Buffalo National River, but this issue deserves our collective efforts as well.

It is not over, it will never be over until the people succeed in making mandates of this sort illegal and the addition of fluoride in our drinking water a thing of the past.

— Lilia Beattie

Thanks to SWEPCO, the sky IS falling Dear Editor, SWEPCO’s expert witness Brian Johnson assures us that clearing hundreds of acres for the proposed high voltage power lines will not harm our flora and fauna, our watersheds or our health. I am NOT reassured. His statements strike me as simplistic at best and dangerous-

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION

See Forum, page 30

31 votes cast

Do you plan to go to any of the Bluegrass Festival performances next weekend, Aug. 16-18? If so, which ones?

Do you plan to shop at the “Yards and Yards of Yard Sales” this weekend?

m No, I am not a fan of bluegrass. m Yes, I love bluegrass and this year’s headliner will be great! m No, I have other obligations but wish I could go. m Yes, but I plan to see the smaller, club shows mostly.

m I can’t wait!: 12.9% (4 votes) m I wish I could but have other commitments.: 35.5% (11 votes) m I haven’t decided but sure do enjoy yard-saleing in general.: 12.9% (4 votes) m No way.: 38.7% (12 votes)

Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in.

Go to www.lovelycitizen.com and weigh in. Vote by Wednesday 9 a.m.

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Land Bank

Continued from page 7

In 2008, the Little Rock Board of Directors — its version of a City Council — created a land bank to reverse blight and revitalize areas of the city that have declined over time.

“We wanted to see redevelopment, population increase, property values stabilize and general health and safety issues taken care of,” said Brittany Jefferson, redevelopment administrator for the Little Rock Land Bank Commission. “I am not familiar with using a land bank for natural preservation. A lot of the what we do strictly focuses in more residential areas.”

Jefferson explained there are four ways in which a land bank can acquire property. The first way is through donation. Sometimes people will own property in a state in which they do not reside. The property is neglected and becomes a tax burden so the owner will donate it to the city.

Jefferson said this is only one of many scenarios where people donate land to a municipality. Jefferson said the majority of the land in Little Rock’s land bank comes from donations.

Another way a city’s land bank obtains property is through purchases.

The city is allowed to negotiate deals with property owners in trading land for cash and even land for land.

The proposed land bank for the Eureka Springs will be able to not only purchase land, but trade it as well. As part of the trade, the land bank can either offer or accept funds to make the deal more agreeable between the parties involved. The funds gained through trade will be put with the rest of the money in the land bank, Featherstone explained.

The last two ways a city can acquire property is through a property lien. A property lien is a legal claim on a tract of real estate granting the lienholder a specified amount of money upon the sale of the property.

Liens are often used to ensure the

payment of a debt, with the property acting as collateral against the amount owed. If the city provides services to a property such as mowing high grass or demolishing a building, it can put a lien on the property for services rendered and eventually foreclose the lien and then own the property.

However, in such cases, the city will notify the property owner and request payment and/or assistance with the services to the property between every step of the process, Jefferson said. This is also not an overnight process; it takes a long time, she added, and the property owner is involved in every step from the beginning. So the city isn’t just mowing lawns and claiming they own the property afterward, she noted.

The other lien option is through a state foreclosure. If a property owner has not paid his or her property taxes, the city can certify the property through the county and then take the matter to state government. The state would then start the foreclosure proceedings, and afterward the city can bid on the property at an Arkansas State Land Commissioner Auction, held at least annually in every county.

If the city does not win the bidding, then the money paid for the property by the winning bidder will go to the city land bank to help pay the debt the property owner has incurred.

The two lien and foreclosure options are the least used by the Little Rock Land Bank, and the land obtained through these processes represents the smallest minority of land in the bank as well, explained Jefferson.

According to the proposal being put forth by the Eureka Springs Parks Department, the city of Eureka Springs will have available all four options, including trading, at their disposal to grow the land bank, officials said.

Once the ordinance is introduced to City Council, it has to be read and considered at three consecutive meetings before a final vote can occur.

Go for the Baguette, Return for the Frittata

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

The carrot, ginger and coconut soup, bagel with salad, and a baguette BLT, served on the porch.

By Jennifer Jackson Hannah Maufe was born in Norfolk, England. She worked as a chef at a ski chalet in France, then was a chef on a private yacht based in Spain. She is now the co-owner with spouse Sal Wilson of Oscar’s, a cafe on White Street, where they serve local food with a Mediterranean accent.

“We have a lot of goat cheese, brie and hummus,” Maufe said.

Since Oscar’s opened two months ago, the front porch has become popular with locals who like to sit and sip coffee. Inside are rooms with tables plus the sitting room, where parents with small children can sit and relax while the kids play. Maufe did the wall hangings, one of which features the cafe’s logo, an elephant.

The cafe is self-service. The menu board features scones, quiche, baguette sandwiches and bagels with a variety of toppings.

Maufe offers a gluten-free dessert daily. Last week, it was almond-ricotta-lemon torte. An Oscar’s speciality is the citrus-mint fizz: fresh-squeezed grapefruit, orange, lemon and lime juice, topped off with club soda and garnished with mint.

On Saturdays, Maufe visits the White Street Farmer’s Market and prepares a special using fresh vegetables, usually a strata or frittata.

The menu also has an Indian influence.

The Mango Lassi is an smoothie with lowfat yogurt, mango and cardamon. The chicken tikka masala sandwich is garnished with green chutney, cucumber and cilantro. Last Wednesday, the soup du jour was carrot, ginger and coconut.

Oscar’s is open Wednesday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 17 White St., part of the upper historic loop, Eureka Springs.

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Eureka dancers at Crystal Bridges

The Violetta Lotus Burlesque Dance Troupe of Eureka Springs performed at Crystal Bridges Art Museum in Bentonville on July 25 for the museum’s Art Night Out event.

Dubbed Rites of Passages, it was a celebration of the Angels and Tomboys Art Exhibit, which is about girlhood in 19th century art. The Violetta Lotus Burlesque Troupe created their own interpretation of the art show, inspired by several of the paintings of young girls, and the art came alive through dance — to a very enthusiastic, standing-room-only audience. The show featured Melissa Boyt and Mari Cunningham doing an angel dance with hula hoops, Wendi La Fey performing the Serpentine Dance based on Martha Graham’s vintage footage with large white fabric wings, Kadi Zelt performing a ballet-bellydance fusion piece, and Melanie Pierce performing a modern ballet dance reflecting a girl yearning to become a woman. The Angels and Tomboys Art show is on display at the Crystal Bridges Museum through Sept. 30.

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Howl-O-Ween Spooktacular at Turpentine Creek is Oct. 26

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge will hold its 18th annual Howl-OWeen Spooktacular on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. Games, food, and a children’s costume contest will provide a fun experience for all ages.

The main refuge compound will be open to experience the night habits of lions, tigers, cougars, bobcats, and the ever-popular grizzly bear, Bam Bam. The annual Halloween party is the only time the refuge animals can be viewed in the dark of night.

“This is one my favorite events of the year because the kids have so much fun and it’s the only time to view some of our animals after sunset,” said Tanya Smith, TCWR president and co-founder. “We are hoping to have Bam Bam’s new habitat and swimming pool open before the Spooktacular party, which will be a real treat for first-time visitors to the refuge.”

The refuge will open at 9 a.m. for wildlife viewing with hourly Walking Tours from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Trolley tours will also be available throughout the day, and wildlife feedings start at 5 p.m. Visitors to the refuge during the day will be allowed free entry to the Spooktacular party in the evening, but must exit the refuge at 6 p.m. and re-enter with a pass at 7 p.m. to allow the staff preparation time for the party.

Normal admission prices apply: $15 for adults, $10 for children 12-under, seniors, and military members. Children younger than 3 are free.

All donations are welcome and used to pay ongoing care and feeding expenses for over 130 tigers, lions, cougars, bears and other endangered wildlife making TCWR a life-long home.

For refuge and event details, visit www.turpentinecreek.org or call (479) 253-5841.

Starting on a lunch adventure

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

Assisted by chef/owner Richard Bloch, Sigrid Kline, manager of Autumn Breeze restaurant, wields the giant scissors at an open house last week. As of Aug. 1, Autumn Breeze is open for lunch Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., as well as for dinner nightly.

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Calendar of Events Aug. 8 & 15: Amateur radio club meeting On Thursday, Aug. 8 at noon, the Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will meet at the Pizza Hut on Hwy. 62 in Eureka Springs for lunch and monthly meeting.

On Thursday, Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m., the Little Switzerland Amateur Radio Club will meet in the Berryville Mercy Hospital meeting room. Refreshments will be served.

Aug: 11: Alternative medicine talk at EUUF On Sunday, Aug. 11 at the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 17 Elk St., Francesca Garcia Giri, L.Ac, a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the owner of Flora Roja Community Acupuncture and Herbal Apothecary, will talk about her journey to Flora Roja and creating affordable health care in our community. Program at 11 a.m. followed by refreshments. Childcare provided.

Aug. 11: HI Community Church music service If you enjoy bluegrass and/or inspirational music, you won’t want to miss this. The Holiday Island Community Church (188 Stateline Drive) is featuring “Pure Tradition,” a bluegrass band on Aug. 11 at 4:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Come hear Adam Ash and his group as they bring inspirational music to our community. To offset the band’s cost, a love offering is suggested. For more information, call Bill Branum at 479-981-0153.

Eureka Springs/Holiday Island Lions Club has recently formed and is seeking prospective members. The club meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at noon at Forest Hill.

“We Serve” is the Lions’ motto. Lions Club programs include sight conservation, hearing and speech conservation, diabetes awareness, youth outreach, international relations, environmental issues, and other programs. For more information, attend a Lions Club meeting or contact Dan Ellis at 479-981-9551.

Aug. 13 & 20: Library Genealogy group meeting The free genealogy workshops sponsored by the Friends of the Carnegie Public Library will continue in August in the Library Annex at 192B Spring St. On Tuesday, Aug. 113 at 6 p.m., group member Sean Franklin will demonstrate Ancestry.com searching basics.

If you do not have an Ancestry.com subscription, you may access the Library version from any of the library’s computers (appointments are recommended). On Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 6 p.m., group member Ruth Wood will share tips and resources for accessing many types of military records. The group is asking for other suggested topics to be covered at future meetings, and everyone is welcome to attend any or all sessions. For more information, contact the Library at 479-253-8754 or email info@eurekalibrary.org.

Aug. 15: Elementary School open house Come to the Eureka Springs Elementary “Wild Kingdom” for an open house ThursAug. 13: Lions Club guest speaker day, Aug. 15 from 3 to 5 p.m. Meet your Dave Teigen will be guest speaker at the teachers, see the classrooms and reconnect next Lions Club meeting on Tuesday, Aug. with all your friends. Food and drinks will be 13 at noon at Forest Hill Restaurant in Eure- served and prizes will be handed out! ka Springs. He will speak about “Expansion and Enterprise of the Carroll County Air- Aug. 15: Poetluck features area writers port.” Teigen owns and operates Teigen/McPoetluck on Thursday, Aug. 15, will be Ghee Insurance Agency in Eureka Springs, dedicated to area writers. Attendees will get where he has lived since 2003. He is a mem- a chance to read some new work or perhaps ber of the Eureka Springs Chamber of Com- a bit of an old favorite, for up to four minmerce Board of Director, is active with the utes. The readings follow a potluck dinner, so Academy of Excellence and is now president bring some food and some writing to share of the Eureka Springs Rotary Club. Besides with other bookworms and fans of the writassisting at many local fundraising events ten word. Poetluck takes place every third as an auctioneer, Teigen is chairman of the Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at The Carroll County Airport Commission. The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow, 515 Spring

St., Eureka Springs. Everyone is welcome.

Aug. 15-17: Annual Bluegrass Festival The Annual Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival will be jam-packed with lively and talented musicians for three days on Aug. 15-17. Mr. Big, a.k.a. Joe McClung Sr., is back with the Bluegrass Family Reunion.

McClung brings talented bluegrass acts from all over the region for this event. The Bluegrass Festival kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. with a watermelon social in Basin Park. Free watermelon and water will be provided. Thursday through Saturday evening after the music around town, musicians will be having jam sessions at the Guest House International Swiss Holiday Resort at 2015 E. Van Buren. Free music starts at noon on Friday in Basin Park and will continue on Saturday. There is a grand finale on Saturday night at The Auditorium with bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne and his band. Tickets are available at www.

TheAuditorium.org or at the door. For more info call 479-253-7333.

Aug. 17: The Texaco Country Showdown The 32nd Annual Texaco Country Showdown at Pine Mountain Theater will be on Aug. 17 at 2 p.m. Local radio station KTHS will host the local competition. The Texaco Country Showdown welcomes individual acts or groups with up to seven members to compete. Acts also must not have performed on a record charted in the top 100 country format of Billboard, Radio and Records, or Gavin Report within eighteen months preceding the local competition. To ensure fairness, a uniform judging system is used on all levels of competition. For more information call 870-423-2147 or visit kthsradio.com.

Aug. 17: Luau in Holiday Island The Friends of the Historic Holiday Island Barn are hosting a Hawaiian Luau, Saturday, Aug. 17, social hour at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m., followed by a music program with the fabulous J Rock and the 3rd street band.

Hawaiian dress is optional. Dinner of oven-baked Kahlua pork or grilled Huli Huli chicken tenders, Hawaiian rice pilaf, cole slaw, fresh fruit and pineapple Mandarin cake for dessert. Water, ice and iced tea provided, BYOB optional. Tickets will be available for advance purchase of $12.50 at the Holiday Island Club House or HI Recreation Center or at the door, if available, for $14.

Cutoff date for advance purchase of tickets is Aug. 14. For more information call Susan Smith at 479-253-5136.

Aug. 17 & Sept. 7: Tony Dee benefit concerts Tony Dee will be performing a benefit concert for the Carroll County food banks on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Berryville Community Center at 6:30 p.m. The concert is free, but cash donations will be accepted.

The community center will accept cash, checks and toiletry donations. The food banks that will benefit from this concert are Loaves and Fishes in Berryville and Flint Street Fellowship in Eureka Springs. Dee’s next area concert will be at The Auditorium in Eureka Springs on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 6:30 p.m. The proceeds of that concert will benefit the free health-care clinics in Carroll County.

Aug. 30 - Sept. 1: Holiday Island Art Show and Sale The Holiday Island Art Guild is proud to announce the Silver Anniversary Art Show and Sale to be held Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at The Barn on Holiday Island. The Judge this year is William Derrevere of Tulsa, Okla., who has a MFA from Western Illinois University and 30 years teaching experience, and now teaches in Tulsa. He has won numerous awards for his art, taught classes at ESSA and has shown work at Zarks in Eureka Springs. There will be four categories of work accepted in the show: Works on Canvas and Fabric, Works on Paper, Three Dimensional, and Photography. Cash prizes will be awarded. Entries will only be accepted until Aug. 16. Entry forms or more information are available by contacting Barbara Robinson (479-253-1839) or Joan Hirnisey (479-253-6285).

Sept. 5: Women’s Bible study on Ruth The Holiday Island Community Church is offering a seven-week Bible study on the book of Ruth, called “Ruth – Love, Loss and Legacy,” by Kelly Minter. Classes will start on Tuesday, Sept. 3 and run from 9 to 11 a.m. in the church’s Fellowship Hall Library, and the first class session will repeat on Thursday, Sept. 5 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall Room 108. A single weekly lesson will be available on either of these days for the convenience of those See Calendar, page 25

Drum Circle Saturdays: Not hum-drum

The sounds of drumming can be heard echoing throughout the downtown corridor on the first Saturday of each month. Angelo Yao, top row center, hosts the drum circle in Basin Park, and it usually brings in 100-plus locals and a bevy of tourists on their walkabouts. Individuals are encouraged to bring their on percussion instruments and join in the fun, which lasts until 8 p.m. Yao also serves Eureka Springs as one of its beloved downtown police officers.

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Families converge on Basin Park for Fun After Five

Ricky Waggoner and Shawna Miller go toe-to-toe in a no-holds-barred, life-sized Jenga game. Miller is ecstatic as Waggoner inadvertently tumbles the game pieces to the ground, resulting in a win for Miller.

Men, women and children line up for one of the many booths set up at the Fun After Five events hosted by the Eureka Springs Downtown Network in Basin Park Saturday.

Samantha Grat, 16, chomps into a Marlee Buys, 2, and Jayden Tabor, 6, of Chandler, Okla., cool freshly made ‘smore. off in some shade and eat their ice cream cones from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

Bailey and Annalee Grat, 13 and 5, drop life-sized pick-up sticks.

Jack Moyer discusses the various A bevy of children rush the ‘smore-making station as Samantha events, booths and activities at the start Grat, 16, uses a Bunsen burner to melt her treat. of Fun After Five.

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Operation Piñata Determination!

As events died down in Basin Park during the Fun After Five on Friday, a piñata was hoisted up for the kids. Children clamored for their turn at striking the lumbering paper-mache fish. One after another, the kids frantically beat on the fish until the candied spoils of war erupted from his belly — making for some delighted children.

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Diversity Weekend brings visitors, residents together – mostly

Sandy McCole Young and Sue Glave pose for a quick snapshot on a Basin Park bench.

Individuals celebrating diversity and equality gather in Basin Park for the group photo at noon on Saturday during the Summer Diversity Weekend.

Diversity supporters donned rainbow necklaces, glasses and fans as they gathered in Basin Park.

Patrick Beard and Sam Evans pose with flair Belinda and Dan Harriman of Spring Street don diversity and smiles just before the group photo. wear to show their support.

Christopher Young chats about the finer nuances of lifestyles and individual equality with Kevin Thompson. Thompson and another individual appeared in the park to protest marriage equality and the LGBT movement as a whole. The opposing forces put freedom of speech and tolerance to the test for a little over an hour.

Trella Laughlin takes the high road and walks away from Kevin Thompson’s verbal banter after an intense exchange.

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To Arms! To Arms!

Eureka museum exhibit offers personal glimpses of Civil War in Arkansas

By Jennifer Jackson On Aug. 10, 1861, Omer R. Wilson was killed in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Mo., making him one of the first Arkansans killed in the Civil War. His mess kit, Arkansas Militia belt plate and the last letter that his mother wrote to him were returned to the family. They also received and kept a copy of the ambulance voucher authorizing the transport of his body back to Arkansas.

A photograph of Omer in uniform, his personal effects and the voucher are now in the collection of the Arkansas History Commission, but copies are displayed on the 1861 panel of the commission’s new traveling exhibit, “Fought in Earnest.” At the Eureka Springs Historical Museum through August 24, the exhibit brings together copies of broadsides and documents issued in Arkansas during the Civil War and the stories of people whose lives were altered by them.

Dan Overgaard, who recently moved to Holiday Island from Houston, was one of the first to tour the exhibit, which opened last Monday.

“It’s interesting to see the part that Arkansas played in the Civil War, “ Overgaard said. “A lot of the Arkansas stuff is pretty new to me.”

There are 15 panels in all, two for each year of the war and introductory ones offering an overview. Arkansas sent 60,000 men to fight for the Confederacy, while 13,000 residents enlisted in the Union forces, 5,500 of which were African-American. There is no photograph of George Logan, but there is a record of his enlistment as a volunteer.

Born in Johnson County, Logan, age 27, joined the Army of the United States in October of 1863. His enlistment form states that he is entitled to the pay and other benefits set forth by law for volunteers, benefits that were abrogated by the word “colored,” inserted in writing above the word “volunteers.”

In contrast to his enlistment form is a copy of quartermaster’s requisition

Photo by Jennifer Jackson

TOP: Dan Overgaard of Holiday Island was one of the first people to see the Arkansas Historical Commission’s new traveling Civil War exhibit at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum Monday. The exhibit is on display there through Aug. 24.

BOTTOM: The Call to Arms broadside issued at Fort Smith in 1862 is shown.

for the use of four enslaved men for the Confederacy, with the daily rate to be paid to the owner. The four men – Bob, Hamp, Harry and Ned – are listed by first name only.

As well as personalizing the war, the exhibit places the events of the war in Arkansas in a chronological framework that is easy to understand. The 1861 panels show copies of the feder-

al request for troops, the governor’s response to that request, the Arkansas secession ordinance and the military board minutes. On the 1862 panel are the “Call to Arms” Confederate broadside issued at Fort Smith and the “Now or Never” broadside issued at Fayetteville, General Hindman’s report of the Battle of Prairie Grove and a list of items lost by Union soldiers there. The 1863 panel shows a report of the battle at Helena, which is connected to Grant’s victory at Vicksburg. The 1864 panel shows a copy of Gov. Harris Flanagin’s futile call for the general assembly, and the telegram announcing the election of Isaac Murphy, the governor under Union control.

The 1865 panels show copies of presidential pardons demanded of prominent Confederate soldiers by President Johnson. Lesser mortals signed a loyalty oath. Parole documents for Confederate soldiers include one for Richard Jesse Bailey, a musician in the 3rd Arkansas Infantry, C.S.A., who was paroled at Appomattox. Next to a photograph of Richard is one of the spoon he carved from a piece of wood from the tree where Grant and Lee stood when Lee surrendered.

There are also copies of the letters that James Parrott sent from military prison in Little Rock to his wife in March of 1865. Parrott did not live to follow his letters home.

The traveling exhibit was developed by the Arkansas History Commission for the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The commission also published a companion book to the exhibit, “Documenting Arkansas: The Civil War 1861-1865,” and the journal, “Traveling Through A Fine Country,” of Capt. Henry Brockman.

To arrange school or group visits to the exhibit, contact museum director Steven Sinclair, 479-253-9417. The Eureka Springs Historical Museum is located at 95 S. Main, Eureka Springs.

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Bonnie Jean Farwell Passed Aug. 5, 2013

Bonnie Jean Farwell, a resident of Eureka Springs, AR, was born March 30, 1928, in Eureka Springs, a daughter of Ola and Maye (Shaffer) Farwell.

She departed this life on Monday, Aug. 5, 2013, in Eureka Springs at the age of 85 years.

Bonnie was a homemaker. She was a China painting artist and teacher.

She is survived by daughter, Patricia Noftsger of Berryville, AR; sons, Larry & Mary Norman of West Fork, AR; Freddie & Leah (Karnes) Norman of Eureka Springs, AR; daughter-inlaw, Mary Norman of Hawaii; brothers, Paul Farwell of Tulsa, OK; Wayne Farwell of Eureka Springs, AR; grandsons, Ricky Norman & Nicholas Norman; granddaughters, Malia Norman, Laura Norma, Brittney Norman, and Katie McGaugh; several nieces and nephews and a host of other family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Ola and Maye Farwell; sister, LaVonne Copeland, and son, Richard

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The Springfield Writers’ Guild of Springfield, Mo., has announced its 20th Annual Prose and Poetry Competition is now open with a deadline of Sept. 15.

Cash prizes totaling over $900 will be awarded. The competition is open to all writers everywhere and there is no limit to the number of entries. An entry fee must accompany each entry. Entry fees are $3 or $4, depending on the category.

Entries must be original and unpublished. Nine categories include poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. For the first time

this year it will be possible to send entries in by email as well as regular mail.

Contest guidelines are available now at http://springfieldwritersguild.org/ files/2013SWG_Contest_Guide.pdf, or send your request by email to swgcontest2013@gmail.com.

If you prefer to receive guidelines by regular mail, send a stamped self-addressed envelope to: Toni Somers, SWG Contest Chair 1338 S Fairway Springfield, MO 65804

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their faith, and and cited the wonderful work the Hispanic prayer group had been doing.

“Continue to nurture small groups, continue to nurture fellowship, continue to sing the song,” he told the people.

And continue to follow Christ’s instruction to welcome strangers, he said, as they did when he came two years ago. Christianity is not about going to mass, he said, but about loving Jesus in other people. It’s also about allowing God to embrace you unconditionally, he said, which he exemplified by greeting people with a hug, and allowing yourself to be loved, which he celebrated by praying, singing and dancing.

“He loves to dance,” Ben Ballenger said. “He said it’s not a party unless you dance.”

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Norman.

There will be no visitation. Graveside service will be 2:00 PM, Friday, August 9, 2013 at the Roach Cemetery with Bro. Acra Turner officiating. Interment will follow at the Roach Cemetery under the direction of Nelson Funeral Service. Online condolences may be sent to the family at nelsonfuneral.com.

Floyd E. “Happy” Jones

Floyd E. “Happy” Jones, 81 of Eureka Springs passed away August 2, 2013 at Circle of Life in Springdale. He was born July 7, 1932 in New Castle, Pennsylvania the son of Floyd Nelson and Goldie Mae Way Jones. He was a retired truckdriver and worked at Wanderlust RV Park in Eureka Springs for the past 14 years.

Floyd served in the United States Marine Corp.

He is survived by two sons Dwayne Jones and his wife Merry of Aurora, Missouri and David Jones of Springdale; he has four grandchildren Amber Jones, Brandon Jones, Mandy Doty and Isaac Jones and four great-grandchildren.

Memorial services with military honors will be at Wanderlust RV Park in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on Saturday; August 10th at 11:00a.m. with Pastor Jo Jones officiating. Memorial

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that was inspirational for him.

“He lives out that faith,” Jacobs said.

“He believes in doing what is right, whether or not it seems like it in the short term.”

Parishioner Lottie Klein said that Fr. Kevin exemplified the idea of the good shepherd. Boltuc said that the priest inspired the parish to step up and do what they needed to do: to become the body of Christ in their community.

Speaking at the close of the program, Fr. Kevin said what he will miss the most is talking with the school children on Fridays.

Fr. Kevin encouraged parish members to talk with young people about

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contributions may be made to Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, Arkansas 72762. Arrangements

by Benton County Funeral Home, 306 N. 4th Street, Rogers, Arkansas. Online condolence to www.bentoncountyfuneralhome.com

ing to SPP, wind energy won’t work without massive increases in EHV transmission capacity. Uh, what “wind” are we talking about here?Anyway, he ended his presentation with this Thomas A. Edison quote, “If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” Yes, I am astounded Jay; just not in the way you think.

Finally, let’s not forget the amount of AEP and their subsidiaries’ lobbying efforts and campaign contributions; about $2.4 million in 2012. Say what? Was that on my electric bill?

These people actually think you can eat, drink, breathe, recreate, and appreciate the

awe-inspiring beauty of money. How sad is that! At some point, you just have to wish them well because you can’t reason with them. Try as you might to point out all the inconsistencies in their positions, the flaws, the inaccuracies, the magnitude of the malicious consequences of their proposed actions, they just won’t get it.

But I do get it, and I don’t like it one bit.

••• Martha Peine of Eureka Springs submitted this as a letter to the editor, but we liked it so much — and we agree with it, of course — so we opted to run it in this space as a Guest Commentary. Submissions for Letters to the Editor and Guest Commentary pieces should be emailed to citizen.editor.eureka@ gmail.com.

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Parishioners bid farewell to beloved Father Shaun

By Jennifer Jackson On July 30, Father Shaun Wesley, pastor of the two Catholic churches in Carroll County, was given a royal sendoff with a party at a castle and fireworks at dusk.

For the past four and half years, Father Shaun has served the two St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Eureka Springs and St. Anne’s in Berryville. He was scheduled to start his new assignment as pastor of St. Joseph’s in Fayetteville on Tuesday, Aug. 6.

The public was invited to the farewell party, which was held at the Castle at Rogue’s Manor, overlooking the White

River at Beaver. Father Shaun arrived in style in a white stretch limousine accompanied by Rod and Phyllis McGuire. The McGuires co-hosted the party with Fatima Treuer, whose father, Smith Treuer, built the castle. Fatima Treuer also gave guests a tour of the castle’s guest quarters.

At dusk, Smith Treuer set off fireworks from the bluff. The finale of multiple volleys echoed off the hills.

“We’re sending Father off with a bang,” parishioner Marilyn Aldridge said.

St. Anne’s planned to hold a farewell Photo by Jennifer Jackson potluck for Father Shaun last Sunday afBarb McClung talks with Father Shaun Wesley on the balcony of the Castle at Rogue’s ter mass.

Manor, where friends and parishioners gathered for a farewell party last week.

Greeting Father Shaun in center are, from left Sharon Parker, Judy Giggey, Marilyn Aldridge, Gloria Rennels.

Father Shaun and Rod McGuire

Mary Popovac, Father Shaun, and Sandy and Fred Nelson

From left: Marge Schoenhofer, Barb McClung and Larry Schoenhofer

Sheriff Bob Grudek, Chuck Olson and Ted Meyer

Photo by David Bell

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By Mary R. Flood

To motivate and get better results, know what makes employees tick

ob satisfaction is a basic ingredient in the delivery of superior customer service. Like they say (the nice version here), “Stuff rolls downhill,” and, like it or not, an employee’s basic ability to deliver superior service rests on his or her mindset and happiness at work.

It is necessary for workers to be satisfied in order to perform an excellent job and spread goodwill among the customers. And, of course, that is the way it should be! We want our people to be happy — especially here.

There are so many different motivating factors among individuals that it can easily become time and labor intensive for small businesses owners, management, and shift leaders to uncover such intricate – and personal – details of what makes their employees “tick.” Such research can easily get out of hand and morph into employee wish lists, too, which can be a challenge.

And, of course, there are some head honchos that have an old-fashioned, bureaucratic view and do not consider such things to be relevant nor any of their business. However, in missing this point, they miss the highly valuable opportunity of strengthening their management toolbox: Knowing what makes their employees work better.

That knowledge — what makes an employee “tick” — is a very powerful management tool, one that big corporations strive very hard to obtain and spend big money to uncover. Many companies use this valuable information when designing compensation packages and reward programs, building corporate culture, and forming teams across departments. They go to such lengths as hiring consultants or forming committees to research and conduct employee surveys and personality quizzes, just for starters.

In large businesses, top management rarely has the opportunity for “face time” with hourly workers. In many corporations, departments and subdivisions are spread all over the country – or the globe, for that matter.

That precious, valuable face time just doesn’t have the chance to occur.

This is the area where small businesses, such as the ones in our beautiful resort village of Eureka Springs, have a distinct advantage — a very competitive advantage that if used correctly could result in higher employee satisfaction, which in turn translates into increased productivity, improved attendance, and better disposition at work. Not to mention superior customer service.

Our local businesses know their people face-to-face, are aware of their different personalities, living situations, hobbies, and family status – or at least the opportunity for such knowledge is there. And if these opportunities are not being taken, it’s time to correct that.

But before we get into the frills, the essentials need to be covered. First off, an employee’s pay has to fit the job; the worker needs to be confident and properly trained in the job; and a structure of rules needs to be clearly understood, agreed upon, and enforced for all – in other words, things need to be organized and fair.

For example, workers need to know the proper dress code and the consequence for showing up to work late.

They need to know that this dress code and consequence applies to everyone, and they must receive that psychological confirmation that the rules are applied fairly. Favoritism is inappropriate, and fair pay along with proper training and fair treatment at work should be a top priority. Once the ba-

sics are in place, management (or owners) should work to get to know their people to uncover hidden motivators.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a good resource. This chart of five different hierarchal levels of needs is used throughout the professional world to better understand work motivation.

Physiological needs, the primary level in this hierarchy, is that of food, shelter, and proper sleep. If a worker is not getting enough sleep, or fighting to keep a roof over their head, it will most definitely affect their work. Give a worker a weekend off to help secure a new living situation, if necessary. If deadlines are met and productivity is good, award your sleepy employee an afternoon off or a “ticket” to be used at a later time for their efforts.

Just be there to understand what the workers are going through, if they feel the need to talk. It may not be your job to “fix it,” but it’s management’s job to know what the people are focused on – and what employees are going through does in fact affect the business. It pays to be informed and to show you care.

The next level, that of safety needs, must also be met. This includes feeling safe in general, safe at work, and secure in resources and bodily health. If you have a worker who is battling an illness or has a family member who is ill, it is helpful to have a heads-up. Being able to coordinate a worker’s schedule around their basic primary needs of health and family is a challenge for management, but this is a circumstance where understanding and consideration are key.

If you have an employee who you know is struggling to meet their car payment or buy school supplies this year, award their good performance and punctual attendance with a gift certificate to a local general store. Every bit helps, and situational rewards at proper times can speak volumes when there are no words. When employees know that management is paying attention and is concerned, loyalty flourishes —

and that is truly priceless.

From these two basic foundations, higher-order needs such as personal connections and relationships, self-confidence, achievement, and self-actualization come into play. All employees should be thanked individually for their time and efforts, but remember that people are different. Praising an employee in front of the other staff may build the confidence of a certain personality, but may really make someone else with a different personality uncomfortable. Know the differences in your workers — differences in their values, needs, and wants.

Remember, it is OK to simply ask!

“What motivates you?” is a great place to start. Other good suggestions are: “What are your goals?” “What are the three most important things in your life right now?” “Are you happy at work?”

Keep it simple and keep it focused on the employee. Once you are aware of what employees are focused on and what they value individually, you can design rewards and hand out motivators to fit their specific needs. An extra 15 minutes at lunch on a busy Monday when you can swing it is a great way to say, “I appreciate you, and I understand you need to escape this jungle.” **As a side note, compensation bargaining (such as configuring a raise for workers) should never be discussed with employees gathered together because it teeters on Union classifications. Only one-on-one discussions (between a worker and superior) are appropriate for discussing compensation changes.

••• Mary R. Flood writes weekly in the Lovely County Citizen, sharing insights on business topics to help Eureka Springs business owners, operators and employees succeed in their work-related endeavors. She will at times entertain and answer readers seeking advice. To contact Flood or send your questions in, email citizen.editor.eureka@gmail. com or mail your letter to the Citizen at 3022 E. Van Buren, Suite H, Eureka Springs AR 72632.

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made a wise decision, he went home.

10:34 p.m. — CCSO advised of a fight in progress between friends in front of a local hotel. One individual had to be taken to the hospital by EMS, a report was taken. Sounds more like “frien-emies”!

Aug. 2 7:08 a.m. — A local resident reported at the ESPD office that the passenger window of her vehicle had been broken out while parked at her apartment parking lot.

10:43 p.m. — A woman informed that an intoxicated driver had left a local restaurant on the highway and was headed toward downtown. Officers kept an eye out for the vehicle. Ooh, that had to hurt.

10:58 p.m. — Caller advised that a highly intoxicated male was doing Karate moves in the middle of the street downtown. Officers arrived but were unable to locate him. Chop chop then he was gone.

Aug. 3 8:24 a.m. — An employee from a local Inn advised that he had guests reporting their tires had been slashed. Officers responded and took a report.

Aug. 4 5:56 a.m. — A woman called to say there was a large barking unleashed dog running around and her neighbor had not been able to leave her porch because of it, as the dog seemed to be aggressive.

Officers responded and tried to locate the owner, but were unable to, so Animal Control will follow up. Is that woman STILL on her porch?

4:17 p.m. — A complaint came from a local restaurant that a pub nearby had the music too loud. Officers responded and the level was acceptable. Order that man some ear plugs please.

4:48 p.m. — A local resident called to complain that someone was playing their guitar too loudly. The officer arrived, but did not hear any music anywhere. More ear plugs?

11:32 p.m. — CCSO advised of a call received that a man was laying in his own driveway at the edge of town. When someone tried to help him, he became belligerent and violent. Officers and EMS arrived. He was intoxicated and had fallen, but refused EMS treatment. He was able

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Eureka’s Boogie May modeling going viral Boogie May, the furry, four-legged companion of crochet artist Gina Gallina, has launched a modeling career — sporting Gallina’s crochet pieces. The new photos have quickly become a hit on Facebook, Photo by Jennifer Jackson and Boogie now has a Facebook page, too: Celebrating the opening of Yarnography at the Press Room in Bentonville TuesFacebook.com/BoogieMayTheChihuahua. day are Mark Wetzel, left, Alix, Gina Gallina, Breana Clark, Zeek Taylor and Photo by Jeremy Mason McGraw Caroline Eggert.

to go back into his residence and determined to be okay, other than that hangover he’s likely to have.

Aug. 5 12:24 a.m. — A woman reported a possible accident involving one car and a tree. She heard a car speed by her house, then heard a loud crash. Officers responded and found the car with no one in it. The car was towed and public works department was notified of the damage to the tree, as the top was going to fall into the road.

1:53 a.m. — Male caller advised he needed an officer at a local Inn because a man was hitting a girl. Officers responded and the owner had been able to get it calmed down.

2:23 a.m. — Officers responded and took a report following a call from a man that his ex-girlfriend had driven into his car on purpose and then left. Love hurts.

5:40 a.m. — An operator from an alarm company advised of a burglary at a local restaurant and trying to contact the owner.

Officer responded, everything was secure, it had been an actual false alarm.

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who wish to attend. The cost of the study book is $12.96. The church is located at 188 Stateline Drive in Holiday Island. For more information, contact Sharl Taylor at 479-253-6892.

Sept. 17: School board elections All Carroll County School Board elections will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 17 from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The deadline to register to vote in the school elections is Monday, Aug. 19 at the county clerk’s office. Green Forest School District will not have a polling site on election day, but will conduct their election through absentee and early voting, as there are no opposed candidates and no proposed millage change. The polling location for Berryville School District will be the Berryville Community Center, and for the Eureka Springs School District, voting will be held at the St. Elizabeth Parish Center.

Sept. 24 & 26: Help with health care enrollment When key parts of the Affordable Care Act take effect Jan. 1, 2014, Arkansans will have a new way to buy health insurance: the Health Insurance Marketplace. The Arkansas Insurance Department is partnering with the federal government to establish this insurance marketplace where individuals, families and small businesses can compare qualified health insurance plans in Arkansas and choose the plan that best meets their needs. Consumers and small businesses will be able to shop for, compare and enroll in high-quality, affordable private health insurance at competitive prices beginning Oct. 1, 2013. Collette Crawford, an In-Person Assistor Guide with Boston Mountain Rural Health Clinic, will discuss how to enroll in the newly available healthcare coverage on Sept. 24 at 6:30 p.m. and on Sept. 26 at 9:30 a.m. at the Library Community Meeting Room in Eureka Springs. The public is invited to attend.

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Village View B

Alison

By Sandra TaylorSynar Brown

These People we Love

eginning writers have a lot of challenges.

• They have to learn the mechanics of storytelling, such as how to create believable characters and dialogue.

• They have to figure out exactly what story they want to tell—their own, someone else’s, or a fiction.

• Sometimes they have to do a lot of research, and they have to organize that research and then hold it in their heads as they craft the plot, which they also have to hold in their heads.

• They have to learn to transition into that trance where the scene that is playing in the cinema of their mind is blocking out the dusty furniture and that white squirrel on the bird feeder.

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

• They have to rearrange their lives to carve out the time and energy to make all this happen.

But something that rarely gets mentioned in discussions about becoming a steady writer is the impact that such a transition has on our significant others.

Suddenly you, the fledgling writer, have a new interest that may not include your spouse or partner. You have new writing friends whom they don’t know and a new passion that keeps you at your keyboard for hours. Even if you’ve written before, you may be doing it now for longer periods of time or be more excited about it. You are suddenly jabbering on about stuff your life partner doesn’t care about or understand.

Is your significant other supportive or a little jealous or threatened? Beginning writers—or writers who return to writing

Village Writing School coming workshops

Ann Carter

Karma I get the feeling We’ve been at this a long time One life I kick you out, The next I stand by your door.

It’s your turn now To smile while I plead, Say if you love me this day, We’ll finally break even.

So be careful, dear.

For you could come back As a tall glass of fizz To chill this thirst felt here Or as a mutt I’d pet But leave out at night.

I might not even know it was you.

Worse, I might.

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with a new commitment and energy—can good anyway?” encounter a subtle or not-so-subtle resentI’m going to look at this problem as senment that plays out in either overt conflict sitively as I can, without assigning blame or passive aggressive behavior. When one or choosing sides. (Well, ok, I’m on the of our students took a second workshop writer’s side, but I can see the other side. in a month, her partner of 29 years said, All I have to do is think about my hus“You’re ALWAYS taking workshops.” band’s golf, and I totally get it.)

Sometimes the spouse deliberately or So how can we, the writer, minimize the subconsciously sabotages writing time or angst of our partners? How can a new writlures the writer away with other activities. er, who’s already got a lot on his mind with This is tremendously frustrating for the all those characters and that plot, minimize writer. It’s horrible to be yearning to write the pouting and shouting in his home? and not have the time. After a while, I get At the risk of sounding like Alison’s really cranky.

Advice to the Lovelorn, I believe the first I’ve seen new writers fold up because step is to communicate as clearly as posof this issue, choosing to avoid tension sible how much writing means to you and rather than pursue their dream. Sometimes why. Perhaps your partner has seen you they rationalize this by saying, “Well, why go through various creative projects and make waves when I’m probably not any See Village, page 34 ••• 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, Notes from the Village, appears weekly. To talk to Alison about your writing goals and dreams, contact her at alisontaylorbrown@me.com or 479 292-3665.

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The Village Writing School

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A Writing Kerfuffle

ast week’s collection of reflections by a number of Village writers was an imbroglio, due to my failure to understand how the paper expected the writers’ names. I put them at the end, like a poem. They read them as being at the beginning, like a byline.

The result was that everyone’s remarks were attributed to someone else, sick people were healed, and sons changed mothers. To their credit, most of the writers saw the whole thing as a big hoot and said that what was attributed to them was much cooler than what they actually said.

Nevertheless, the only way to correct this is to reprint the piece correctly, for what is more important to a writer than his words?

Kay Smith Every aspiring writer probably starts somewhere along the early way thinking: these complications are just too much, the creek too high to cross. I wonder if I have what it takes to disassemble the maze of what to do and what not to do and reconstruct it all into my brain in some usable fashion.

Then PUBLISH!! happened. I wasn’t feeling well in the morning but managed the afternoon and very glad I did. These are real people, not imaginary, unapproachable ones. They, no doubt, have their own complications dealing with their end of the process. However they are willing to share their knowledge and expertise to help unfold the mysteries of the next step, after we have our writing in hand.

So, well yes, maybe I can begin to unravel these complexities called “publishing”.

Tandy Belt Before the pitches started, I overheard the publishers say that the first thirty seconds probably tells the story, and I thought that was harsh. But once I sat nearby with my timer, I discovered it is true. Less is more. Also, pitching is

half speaking and half listening. I did not pitch my novel, but when I have the opportunity, I will prepare a solid two-minute presentation. I will have two or three questions ready to ask. Writers need to realize publishers review many works and hear many unworkable ideas. A great pitch about a worthy project really stands out.

Most of all, I learned every writer contributes something very special, significant, and personal by doing his work and sharing it with the world. Like every other writer, I am a human with a unique voice, and I do have something to say.

From now on, I will take that gift more seriously!

Judy Singleton PUBLISH! changed my life. Hearing the speakers share their experiences, and then encourage us to submit to them, sharing philosophies about books and life...it was wonderful. Then, I had the opportunity to pitch my book to two publishers and heard the sweetest words I’ve heard yet from one of them, “I’m interested in your book. Send me your manuscript.” I know the work left to do, but I’m beyond excited, and I’m very grateful.

Valerie Fondetti Publish!! was so much more than I expected in so many ways. Not only were my eyes opened as to what is required to get a work published by some very accomplished and generous publishers, I met other writers from as far away as Houston, some published, some not, who blew me away with their skill, talent and creativity. The workshop gave me hope, and with hope comes the energy to keep writing.

Linda Hebert A good conference is especially valuable when it provides the answers to questions that you didn’t think to ask.

For those who’ve been around since the

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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: Craig Froman

days of paper submissions, it was vital to learn how submissions and promotion have changed. Electronic submissions, social media has taken over, and this is definitely a plus for all involved: publishers, writers and readers.

Beyond the education part was the invaluable active participation opportunity: the pitch. A writer writes in isolation within the walls of his own mind. A writer needs honest feedback. A pitch takes care of his uncertainties (or over-confidence!) in fifteen meaningful minutes.

Yes, I was fortunate to have both publishers request my book for consideration when it’s finished. With this kind of feedback, a writer can forge onward to “The End” with a new motivation, knowing that there’s something forthcoming, and it might be very good indeed.

Linda Maiella I was questioning whether or not to go to the PUBLISH conference because as a writer I am nowhere near ready to think about being published, But it was so exciting to be a part of this local event by and for local (and not so local) writers.

The wonderful presentations from NY agents to national and local publishers were hugely informative and so inspirational. There was not one presenter that did not have some bit of information that was valuable to me.

I was supposed to be at an Event in St Louis on Saturday but chose to go to PUBLISH!! instead. Then I sat next to a woman from St Louis who represented the Warrior Arts Alliance for Veterans.

My oldest son is a Iraq War veteran, purple heart recipient who still battles with PTSD, and an aspiring writer. The Networking Factor cannot be underes-

timated!

Marianne LeGrande The Publish! conference was the most productive I have attended. The speakers were informative and the opportunity to converse with the agent on Skype was extremely helpful. My chance to pitch my book to two small presses resulted in my being asked to submit my complete manuscript to one and a query letter and chapters to another. That is the break I needed to get me back on track even though it means hard work and deadlines!

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Lively Entertainment

By Kristal Kuykendall

By Kristal Kuykendall

Blowing-up bluegrass band comes to town This weekend brings a highly respected and intensely energetic bluegrass quintet from Springfield, Mo., to Chelsea’s Corner Cafe & Bar on Friday, and a fun, talented “bayou reggae� band, the Stiff Necked Fools to Squid and Whale Pub on Thursday night. For more information on the latter band, or to hear their music, visit Reverbnation.com/StiffNeckedFools. Following is an extended preview of Friday night’s Hillbenders show: FRIDAY The Hillbenders, who won the coveted Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition in 2009 and the National Single Microphone Championshiop the following year, were not available for interviews this week; however, I really wanted to tell you about them so you don’t miss this show!

Thanksfully, they sent along an extended biography and press release featuring interviews with several of the increasingly

sought-after musicians. Excerpts from that information follows: “This is awesome – ladies and gentlemen, once again, The HillBenders!â€? The shouts and cheers of the 2012 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival attendees filled the tent as the band tuned up for their encore. The guitarist, sporting a headband and John Lennon sunglasses, approached the microphone. “Folks, we apologize in advance if one of us falls into your tent ‌ we plan on playing all night tonight!â€?

The supercharged crowd roared in response.

This scene reflects the typical energy of any HillBenders performance. The dynamic bluegrass five-piece — with their high-octane shows, tight harmonies and stunning instrumental prowess — have been winning fans and making waves at every festival at which they have been invited to perform since their formation in

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By winning the Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition and the National Single Microphone Championship, the band became favorites on the bluegrass festival scene with their own brand of acoustic fusion. “A lot of people, even at the more tra

ditional festivals, tell us ‘You guys are so fun to listen to!’ And this comes from the die-hard traditionalists,� said Graves. “They are saying that it is really refreshing to see something new. At the same time we’re not afraid to be looked down upon – all of that formality melts away when we just be ourselves.�

The HillBenders recognize their ability to bridge the gap between the common music consumer and the bluegrass genre, selecting material for the album that defies any hillbilly stigmas.

Mandolinist Nolan Lawrence adds: “With our widely varied influences, we’re all trying to bring in songs that unify. We wanted to pair bluegrass with the other American music we grew up with —rock and roll!� Their festival appearances also reflect the crossover; the band last year played the very traditional Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival and the esteemed Philadelphia Folk Festival on back-to-bay days the same weekend.

Still, the heart of the band’s draw is their live performances. “If the music isn’t played with intensity, you can tell,� noted Lawrence. “You

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have to play the music with that passion or it just isn’t going to sound right.”

You can come hear the passion and skill of The Hillbenders this Friday night at Chelsea’s, 10 Mountain St., 479-2536723. Admission is $5 and the show is open to ages 21 and up. For more information on the band or to hear some of their music, visit www.Hillbenders.com or see this Lively Entertainment article at LovelyCitizen.com, where the online version will include MP3 samples as well as video of the group performing.

••• Following is the complete schedule of entertainment scheduled at Eureka Springs venues during the coming week: THURSDAY, AUG. 8 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant, 12 Spring St., 479-253-7837: Maureen Alexander, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Chaser’s, 169 E. Van Buren, 479-2535522: Karaoke with Tiny, 9 p.m.

• Jack’s Place, 37 Spring St., 479-2532219: Karaoke with DJ Goose, 8 p.m. to midnight • Squid & Whale, 37 Spring St., 479253-7147: Stiff Necked Fools FRIDAY, AUG. 9 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: Hogscalders, noon to 3 p.m.; Hogscalders, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

• Berean Coffee House, 4032 E. Van Buren, 479-244-7495: Live music, 7 p.m.

• Blarney Stone, 85 S. Main St., 479363-6633: Stellar Weirdos, 9 p.m.

• Cathouse / Pied Piper, 82 Armstrong St., 479-363-9976: Keith Nicholson, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s: Karaoke with Tiny, 9 p.m.

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

• Eureka Live!, 35 N. Main St., 479253-7020: DJ & Dancing, 9 p.m. to close • Eureka Paradise, 75 S. Main St., 479363-6574: DJ & Dance music, 8 p.m.

• Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Juke Box, 9 p.m.

• Jack’s Place: Karaoke with DJ Goose, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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

• New Delhi Cafe, 2 N. Main St., 479253-2525: Dime Box 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Feo 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

• Rowdy Beaver Den, 45 Spring St.,

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479-363-6444: Dave Stiles Band, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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

• Squid & Whale: Blue Moon, 9 p.m.

• Voulez-Vous Lounge, 63 Spring St., 479-363-6595: The Begonias, 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUG. 10 • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Restaurant: Jeff Lee, noon to 3 p.m.

• Blarney Stone: Sam Clayton, 8:30 p.m.

• Cathouse / Pied Piper: Keith Nicholson, 8 p.m. to midnight • Chaser’s: Ozark Thunder, 9 p.m.

• Chelsea’s: Flip off Pirates, 9 p.m.

• Eureka Live!: DJ & Dancing 9 p.m. to close • Eureka Paradise: DJ & Dance music, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

• Henri’s Just One More, 19 1/2 Spring St., 479-253-5795: Juke Box, 9 p.m.

• Jack’s Place: Blind Driver, 9 p.m. - 1 The Hillbenders blend traditional bluegrass sounds with rock-and-roll styles. a.m.

• Legends Saloon (Lumberyard): Slam Mountain View Friends, and a return of Boxx, 9 p.m.

Bluegrass the Clark Family Trio to wrap up the afContinued from page 8 • New Delhi Cafe: Tommy Nolen 1 p.m ternoon. to 5 p.m.; Feo, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

On Saturday, the free music in Basin These days, Osborne continues an ac• Rowdy Beaver Den: Muddy Rivers, 9 Park kicks off with the Buffalo City Ramtive performance schedule with his band, p.m. to 1 a.m. the Rocky Top X-Press. He now gives blers at noon, followed by Ozark Alli• Rowdy Beaver Tavern: Left of Center, mandolin lessons at the Kentucky School ance, Buddy Griffin & Friends, The Clark 8 p.m.

Of Bluegrass And Traditional Music lo- Family, Pam Setser and Mountain View • Squid & Whale: Guerilla Blues Band, Friends, The Dragon Masters and, finally, cated in his hometown, Hyden, Ky. 9 p.m. the Gravel Yard Bluegrass Band.

OTHER PERFORMERS • Voulez-Vous Lounge: The Begonias, Saturday evening at The Auditorium at The Bluegrass Festival kicks off with a 9 p.m.

36 S. Main St., a whole host of performWatermelon Social in Basin Park presentSUNDAY, AUG. 11 ers will take the stage beginning at 7 p.m. ed by the Eureka Springs City Advertising • Basin Park Hotel Balcony Bar & Acts will include many of the musicians & Promotion Commission. This event is Restaurant: Stephen Emery, noon to 3 who are also appearing in the park — plus an open jam and everyone is invited to p.m.; Chris Diablo, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Tim Crouch, Arkansas Red, Ron Landbring their instruments and join in.

Free • Eureka Paradise: Local night ers, Donny Catron, Retro & Smiling, and watermelon & water will be provided.

• New Delhi Cafe: Effron White 1 p.m.

Spoon Man, all followed by the headThursday through Saturday evenings to 5 p.m. liner, Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top after the music around town, the Guest • Rowdy Beaver Den: Keith Nicholson, House International Swiss Holiday Re- X-Press.

1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Ticket prices for The Auditorium show sort at 2015 E. Van Buren will host jam • Squid & Whale: Local Talent Showsessions for the musicians in town for the are $17.50 balcony or $22.50 orchestra case festival. They will be scattered around the and are now available at www.TheAudiMONDAY, AUG. 12 swimming pool, picnic area and chalet. torium.org or at the door for $22.50 and • Chaser’s: Bike Night with Live Enter$27.50. (The website still reads that Jesse The public is invited to attend. tainment, 9 p.m.

McReynolds is playing; however, all tickFree music starts at noon on Friday • Squid & Whale: Mad Anthony ets purchased regardless of when will be in Basin Park.

Acts will include: The TUESDAY, AUG. 13 honored.)

Clark Family Trio featuring Bill Nesbitt, • Chelsea’s: Open Mic Night, 9 p.m.

For more information, call 479-253The Dragon Masters, Gary Allbritton & WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14 7333.

Friends, Eureka Springs Bluegrass Band, • Squid & Whale: Ladies Night & Pie Social, featuring Sweetwater Gypsies

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ly misleading at worst.

That fact that SWEPCO uses herbicides registered by the Environmental Protection Agency is meaningless. The EPA does not test for safety, merely regulates usage. This is a huge difference. The chemical companies registering the products make the safety claims if any (anyone notice the fox guarding the henhouse here?).

In reality, none of the herbicides — or their inert ingredients or the mixes of herbicides — are guaranteed safe for flora and fauna or for humans. I quote from a letter to Carroll Electric (who also made claims that their herbicide spraying was according to label and therefore just fine) from David McQuiddy, chief of the Pesticides Section/ EPA Region 6 office in Dallas,Texas, dated May 21, 2009: “EPA does not view registration as a guarantee of safety. EPA regulations specifically prohibit manufacturers of pesticides from making claims such as ‘safe’ or ‘harmless’ or ‘non-toxic to humans and pets’ with or without accompanying phrases such as ‘when used as directed.’’’

Note also that there is plenty of scientific evidence that these herbicides and the inert ingredients can have harmful effects, even when used according the label. No one has studied the consequences of mixing herbicides, a common practice. Who will monitor the long-term effect of SWEPCO’s herbicides? Another fox?

And since when does Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality have enough staff to monitor such widespread clearing and spraying? I would like ADEQ to send us the names of all the staff and their proposed

schedule for overseeing SWEPCO’s work over the next few years. And please note that Best Management Practices are voluntary (and even if required, who will enforce?). I wonder if and how SWEPCO will supervise their subcontractors.

It’s all about money — big money on a federal level for power companies. We have one wealthy fox promising us poor chickens that all will be well. As for me, I fear, dear Chicken Little, that the sky really IS falling.

Woe to our beloved Ozarks.

—Nan Johnson Eureka Springs

Why our leaders deserve coal lumps If politicians and leaders like Gov. Mike Beebe and Attorney General Dustin McDaniel can’t see how ecotourism and utility companies’ 345 and 500kV transmission lines planned to rip across the fragile Ozarks ecoterritory and ecotourism for Northwest Arkansas can’t coexist, they should get coal in their stockings this Christmas!!!

In order to offer ecotourism in your area, you must have unique flora and fauna that is undisturbed (like the land that time forgot called Devil’s Eyebrow) and a community that uses sustainable practices like organic food production, recycling and energy conservation practices that cut out waste.

The utilities — with the help of the state’s central planners — are knocking the wind out of our sails. We will become like Detroit. Concrete, asphalt and power lines are the symbols of a bygone area in the rust belt that certain companies and politicians think are progress but in fact are symbols of waste and decline. I lived in Detroit for the first half of my life. It used to be nice and there was

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nature.

The World Wildlife Federation in a 2013 report on the Ozarks notes that our forests and habitats are already critical/endangered because of clear-cutting for pastures, housing and logging — and the forests bordering rivers, lakes and streams have been severely degraded.

These plans by our leaders and utilities will put the final nail in the coffin for Ozark hellbenders and the multitudes of other near-extinct animals that live in this ecosystem that can’t afford another strike against it.

Northwest Arkansas has to choose whether to use its competitive advantages — mountains, fresh water and clean air — to join the ranks of the few places on earth that have unique flora and fauna left, and to join the fastest-growing segment of travel dollars that is piling into the ecotourism industry.

Fresh water is the most valuable resource on earth.

I hope our leaders don’t want lumps of coal to look at this year because we don’t either!

— Susan Pang Garfield

Utilities’ leaders sadly are out only for profit Dear Editor, I’d rather be a lineman working in the middle of a storm than have the Public Relations spokesperson job with Carroll Electric.

In a recentnews article Nancy Plagge really had to spin the facts to make her employer seem like a true co-operative that welcomes members’ input!

The facts, I believe, show the opposite is true. Only the annual member meeting is “open” to members; board meetings the rest of the year are closed and board minutes are not available. And “open” with regards to the annual meeting is a joke!

We members have had to pass through a checkpoint with security guards, as you might expect at a border crossing into a nottoo-friendly country! Our belongings were examined and we have had to sign an agreement stating we WILL NOT SPEAK (at our own meeting) and are prohibited from recording the meeting (no press either). Then we sit passively while the highly paid CEO gives a brief spiel on what a great job they’re doing. So much for member input.

Theoretically, members have input through board members from their district, elected by the members. In reality, board members just keep re-electing each other for these lucrative part-time positions. This is possible due to increasingly restrictive bylaws (done by the board without member input!) that have it made it nearly impossible for a member to get on the ballot.

This was illustrated a few years ago when a Carroll County member had over 1,000 signatures (from all nine districts), well over the requirement. However, she purportedly fell short by a few signatures in one district that were thrown out for some reason, and she was not allowed to review the board’s determination till AFTER ballots were sent out. Thus thte long-standing board member for that district was “re-elected” by the board.

Seems to me that electric companies, including SWEPCO, talk a good game about public service but they are just big corporations bent on maximum profit.

How did they end up with so much power? We need to keep speaking out for our rights, even though it may seem futile at times.

I should note that I think the electric company employees in the office and on the ground do a great job – I wouldn’t want to be a line-person even in the best weather! It’s just upper management that is out of touch.

— Dave Spencer Eureka Springs

Reader hails season at Opera in Ozarks Dear Opera Supporters, We just returned home inspired by a phenomenal season of Opera in the Ozarks. The voices, orchestra, costumes, sets, etc. for all four productions were superb. Thank you for supporting OiO, not only with stories and pictures, but with your ad in the program book. You obviously understand the importance of local media support for a program like OiO. We were able to see some of your coverage while we were there. We appreciate your inclusion of our program in your newspaper. Attendance is up, and awareness of the program is high. We look forward to future collaborations. Again, many thanks!

— Jean Moffatt

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The Natural Way

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he headline read “7 diseases cost state billions, study says.”

That is billions with a “B.” Arkansas has the third-highest numbers of diseases per capita, beaten only

by West Virginia and Tennessee. Missouri did better than Arkansas, but the Jim Fain closer you get to state borders, likely more similarities occur.

The seven diseases include heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, lung conditions, mental disorders and stroke. The actual dollar amount was reported to be $13.9 billion. The report said medical treatment would cost $2.6 billion, and lost productivity (including missed workdays by employees and family and friends who are caregivers) as well as lower work output, would reach $11.3 billion. Plus, the price of pain and suffering – that wasn’t mentioned.

Western medicine, as it is, doesn’t do a particularly good job with these chronic ailments. Our medical industry does pretty well, often stellar, when the chronic ailment causes an acute problem, like heart disease producing a heart attack – that is if you can get quick treatment and not have it bankrupt you in the process.

But other than emphasizing a good diet, certain prescribed drugs and appropriate exercise, there isn’t a lot of preventive choice. This is where dietary supplements can be of benefit in a complementary way.

Looking at each of the seven ailments in a holistic way, we see that each of the above (with maybe the exception of mental illness) has in common chronic and internal inflammation/oxidation. Just a few dietary supplements taken daily could make a lot of difference for each ailment including mental illness.

The short list would include multivitamins, omega 3s, probiotics and a wide range of natural Cox2 inhibitors (snuff out the inflammation) along with antioxidants. Depending upon the ailment and symptoms, specific supplements could then be added to this base. Folks under 40 and above 18 (legalities!) benefit from the multivitamin and omega 3s, while anyone over 40 years old would benefit from all three. Sometimes there are medical reasons for not supplementing.

For instance, I wouldn’t add a supplement that does the same thing as a prescribed drug – at least not without close follow-up at a minimum. Anyone who uses a blood thinner like Coumadin or Warfarin would have to be very careful across the board. Even omega 3s might be too much, though these problems can often be overcome with simple lab testing and adjusting of the drug.

The four dietary products, when used daily, would improve overall nutrition, reduce disease-causing inflammation, provide antioxidant protection and nourish the brain and heart especially. When this is all done in supplement form, life should get better.

Wisecrack Zodiac ARIES: You have the opportunity to do something magnificent on Thursday. If you think you might screw it up, bring someone along to slap you in the head periodically until you get it right.

TAURUS: Your temper may be slow to catch, but once it does, you have all the subtlety of a tire fire by a propane plant. Dampen those sparks and avoid the burn.

GEMINI: Good news! You’re a sugar-toothed toddler and the universe just unlocked the candy store.

Emotional highs this staggering aren’t meant to last, so enjoy it until the sugar coma hits.

CANCER: True, there’s no “I” in team, but there’s no “O” either, as in OMG, did you just see what the new guy did at the copier? Take a picture, it’ll last longer and it’s easier to email to your friends.

LEO: Ahead of you is nothing but blue sky, but you can’t have smooth sailing without a little wind. Good thing you ate that pickled cabbage for lunch. Sometimes the breezes you create are better at getting you to where you want to go.

VIRGO: Sometimes magic isn’t in the air, it’s hidden behind a spring and some cards in an old dude’s pocket. Good times are still within your reach, but don’t expect the earth to shake, just be glad it’s steady under your feet.

LIBRA: Why do you walk around like a constipated chicken when you could soar with the eagles? Tap into your creativity and push out that egg.

It could be golden.

SCORPIO: Become the beauty you seek. If you’re ever alone, at least you can look at yourself in the mirror. Please, no duckface shots for the Internet; no one wants to marvel at your mystique as you lean against the bathroom sink.

SAGITTARIUS: Yes, the idiot hurt you, but you must move on. Let go of your pain, let go of the past, let go of the sharpened screwdriver

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

you’re pressing against their tires.

There’s someone better up ahead, and they offer a sweet ride. Their car isn’t bad, either.

CAPRICORN: If the pieces won’t come together, get some scissors and duct tape. You may not solve the puzzle, but you’ll create an abstract artwork that will leave critics panting.

AQUARIUS: You’re heading in the right direction, whether the GPS knows it or not. Shut that chick up

Beth Bartlett

and put on some Aerosmith because you’re driving on the edge.

PISCES: When you feel that the normal world is a club and you don’t know the secret handshake, remember this: even if you knew the handshake, they wouldn’t let you in. Just be your wonderful, weird self, and others will come to you.

Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Youngsters 8. Musical instruments plucked by angels 13. A stout satin-striped silk used for furniture 14. Antonym of clandestine 15. End of the Chisholm Trail in Kansas 16. Not even once 17. Pot top 18. Kind of Scotch 20. Chelsea’s rocks 21. Forever and ever 24. Date socially 25. Electric fish 26. Past participle of clepe 28. You suck through this to get a sip 31. Drying ovens for hops, malt or tobacco 32. Buddhist doctrine of refraining from harming any living thing 34. Ostrich-like bird 35. Ford’s Model T “___ Lizzie” 36. How to descend from a treehouse, (2 wds.)

41. “___ and outs” 42. ____ vera 43. Eureka Springs resident Albert Harp’s wife’s first name

44. Nails out of order?

46. Earthquakes 49. Belief held to be true 50. Not for 51. Borders 52. Parlor seats with a back and arms DOWN 1. Like old toast 2. A nun wears it; an addict has one 3. Wait one’s time; endure 4. Actor ___ Kilmer 5. “Able was I, ___ I saw Elba.”

6. What a U-Haul is

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7. Pilfer 8. Apian architectural form 9. “Hail, ___ Maria” 10. Rewrites 11. A general rule of action 12. Long sts.

19. Use; practice 22. Widen a hole 23. What anchor people oversee 27. Praise; exalt 28. Satisfy fully 29. Took out every other tree, e.g.

30. Step after shampooing 33. “One for ___; ___ for one!”

34. Appear; come out 37. Tiny little specks 38. Earth’s blue gas layer 39. Bad and then some 40. Homes designed by birdbrains 45. Side away from the wind on a Beaver Lake sailboat 47. What one does at Myrtie Mae’s 48. Alma mater of Click and Clack on KUAF

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Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas

In-Home Personal Care Assistants Lost

The Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas is currently accepting applications for Personal Care Assistants to work with our In-Home clients of Carroll County. We are looking for outstanding individuals with good work ethics that truly cares about our senior citizens. The right candidates would enjoy the flexibility of a work schedule up to 28 hours per week, paid holidays, incentive bonuses, participation in the agency’s retirement plan and the satisfaction of helping senior citizens maintain their independence. Previous training and experience preferred for immediate placement with a starting wage of $9.10 per hour. We will provide training for untrained applicants otherwise eligible for employment.

For more information and to apply on-line go to www.aaanwar.org and click on the Employment tab.

Position will remain open until filled.

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House for Lease 2 BR / 2 BA house for lease in Holiday Island available Sept. 1 for $700/mo. Central heat & air, wood stove, large back deck, and all appliances except washer/dryer. Deposit and first month’s rent prior to move-in. Call Michael at 870-480-6425.

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Nina is a beautiful, small, 1-year-old gold/gray tabby who has been at the shelter since last September. She is a sweet-natured lap cat who loves attention and gets along well with other cats. Nina is spayed, has had all her shots and is ready for a real loving home. She can be adopted for half the usual fee. For more information, call the Good Shepherd Humane Society Animal Shelter at 479-253-9188 or stop by the shelter on Highway 62 East in Eureka Springs. Shelter hours are noon to 5 p.m. daily except Wednesdays.

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assumes this is another passing whim.

Perhaps you’ve never expressed to them your lifelong dream of being a writer. I find that many people cherish this dream but never have the courage to admit it.

Make your partner realize that this is something you really want to do, that it fulfills a creative need like nothing else, and that you ARE going to pursue it now, at last. It’s important to show your partner the benefits that your writing will bring to your relationship: you’ll be a happier and more fulfilled person. My own husband of 29 years is not so interested in my writing itself, but he is supportive because he says I’m much easier to live with when I’m writing.

Help your partner see the difference between the writing and writing support activities. But also, help him or her see that these support activities make you a better writer and that makes you happy.

You don’t go to workshops and writing circles because you love those people more than your partner. You go to learn to be a better writer.

Involve your partner at the social lev-

el. Maybe you can host your writers’ circle in your home and your partner can attend or just hover around, listening in.

Once he/she sees what a writers’ circle is—hard work—they’ll stop imagining it as a big party.

On the other hand, Dear Alison’s advice is: do not involve your partner in the writing itself. Don’t have them read your work. They can not be an impartial judge. But if they want you to stop, they can subtly discourage you.

If they are interested, share what you’re working on by talking about it.

Let your partner be the wall against which you bounce your ideas. Sharing your passion for your story involves your partner in this important part of your life. Then, sit down at your keyboard and do what you want.

If, as in one friend’s case, the partner issues an ultimatum or won’t stop the pouting and shouting, Dear Alison says maybe your problems are bigger than writing. But if your partner loves you, and you reward his support by being a more fulfilled and joyous person, everyone wins. As my husband says, “When she’s happier, I’m happier.”

Next Time: How to Love a Writer

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AL HOOKS – SELLS EUREKA ...

FOR INFORMATION ON ANY HOME IN EUREKA, CALL 877.279.0001 HOOKED ON EUREKA – Al, Cheryl and Paul The perfect marriage of home & lake. This geo Dome Home & fab guest house are nestled on pristinely landscaped grounds & gardens with million dollar views.

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Here’s an opportunity to own your own office space that is light & bright with a nice floor plan. A great location for your business venture that has plenty of parking for the public.

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Nestled on Hwy 62 with great white river valley views from rear decks and high traffic visibility. Two individual homes offer multiple use possibilities or that quiet get away family compound. 1457 sq ft house and 910 sq ft cottage each hosting 2 bedrooms and 1 bath in each dwelling. Check it out at roadsidehaven.com. $179,900.

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Single family 2,250 sq ft home with finished downstairs boasts 4 Bedroom , 2 & 1/2 baths, 2 kitchens, 2 covered decks, 2 living areas - one with gas log fireplace.and Jacuzzi tub. Addtl room off of kitchen that would be great for added living space or workshop. Off street parking. Small fenced area in part of the yard. $139,900.

One of Eureka’s best business locations, offering a rare opportunity of living quarters and business. The building offers all the charm of Eureka.

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1800’s shotgun-style farmhouse nestled on private wooded acreage offers end of road privacy and endless possibilities. Double parlor, front and back covered porches, upper balcony, garden space and old barn.

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