Oscar Pryor Weiner Given Keys to the City

Oscar Pryor Weiner, having just returned from a grueling race among winners– er, make that wieners– was awarded the keys to the City by Mayor Dani Wilson. Oscar was honored with his very own Oscar to celebrate the occasion.
Parade Coordinator Jacquie Wolven and Co-Promoter Steve Schell hawked the event from here to everywhere, including a [...]

It Makes You Wonder and Worry, This Black Bass Lake

Important: Read the last comment below for an update on Parks Director Bruce Levine’s lack of truthfulness. Thank you.
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Black Bass Lake is a small lake, down Oil Springs Road, off 62W. From a distance, it is a lovely little lake, long and narrow, lined with the trees of our Ozarks.
The dam is an amazing construct [...]

Hells Angels Update

There has been a violent incident involving the Hells Angels. It occurred just outside of Eureka Springs, on the way to Berryville.
It is not known if other parties were involved, or who was at fault.
The ESPD will not release any information at this time because the incident is still under investigation. They will issue [...]

Hells Angels

The muscle of the bikes was in the bones of their riders. That’s what you saw when you saw the Hells Angels.

North Main Sidewalk Plan

Some time ago J.D. Harris of the Art Colony on North Main asked the Mayor about making a sidewalk on North Main out of the road that was already there. It would be safe, sound, and easily affordable, he said. Click on the map, left, to enlarge.
It wasn’t until the Council meeting of July 23, [...]

Council Passes CAPC Legislation

Following the wiser course, Council passed CAPC legislation like that everyone else in Arkansas uses. Taking advantage of a state-permitted option, they set the tax rate at 3% for both lodging and restaurants. Relying on state law, the legislation clarified the reference to “hotels and motels” to include B&Bs and all other forms of [...]

On Being Human by Jim Fain, PhD

Being Human: Most people know me for the natural health store I have here in Eureka Springs. Though I was in medical care and research medicine for twenty years and taught on the university level, many don’t know that I practiced Gestalt psychotherapy for about fifteen years. I know enough to know that I don’t [...]

Ordinance 2060 & the Future of the CAPC

Go for it! Ordinance 2060, the advertising and promotion legislation that applies to all the other cities in Arkansas, and is now being considered by Council. It passed its first reading by a vote of 5 for, 1 against, Ald. Brammer being the only nay-sayer, at the last Council meeting of July 9, 2007.

WANTED
Red-Inker
Must be capable of satisfying the irascible Dale McCurry of the Lovely County Citizen by striking out whatever doesn’t make him or the paper look absolutely swell.
Ad canceled due to impossibility of carrying out job to satisfy the inimitable McC.
Humor columnist.
Must be able to catch up with Mike Ellis of the Lovely County [...]

Presiding

When I was in school in Madison, WI, I used to live near Williamson Street (Willy Street to its habitués).
Willy Street could be rough, but it could be kind, too.
The Hell’s Angels had a place on Willy. My friends and I knew nothing about them except to believe they were awful, brutal, violent, beat their [...]