Demolition by Neglect: Ernst Schrader Responds to Bill Earngey

Bill Earngey is one of Eureka’s most amusing raconteurs. The Lovely County Citizen for August 23 printed a 2-page sampling of his wonderful jibes and one-liners, some apparently relating to the City’s new “Demolition by Neglect” ordinance.

Bluegrass Boondoggle, Sally Thackeray, and an Aside to Jim Williams

According to the latest report from the CAPC, the Bluegrass Festival was a whopper– of a failure.

Goodbye and Good Luck, David Stoppel

I’ve just had a warm conversation with the now-retired David Stoppel.
I hadn’t known Stoppel before but I knew how devastated many of the firefighters had been at his sudden and required release from his duties by our irresponsible and irascible Mayor.

The Crazies of the Moon– or Is It an Eclipse?

Some people say it was the full moon; others attributed it to the eclipse, but whatever the celestial behind-the-scenes, the Mayor lost it this night, as she set about to set out her fangs, piercing herself in the process.

Down the Primrose Path of Promise: Leatherwood Ball Fields

What is it, this power Parks has over otherwise intelligent members of Council, that they should grant all the Leatherwood field money Parks asked for– even though Parks itself said they didn’t need it all? Has Parks become the third rail of Eureka Springs politics?

Friday Night Massacre

There was another re-alignment at The Lovely County Citizen last Friday night, dubbed by some inside the paper The Friday Night Massacre. The Citizen is owned by Rust Publications.
General Manager and Editor Dale McCurry has been fired according to inside

Brown Snowflakes is Christmas in Eureka

I was in a despair, sitting there listening to the CAPC being totally unable to come to a conclusion about Christmas lights. People told me the new CAPC would be the same as the old one, nothing really improved. I didn’t believe them, argued with them even– vehemently.

Baseball, Softball, All over the Place. Why not at Leatherwood?

Emma Hamilton, head of Parks in Berryville, told our Parks Director Bruce Levine that she “would be more than happy to help” him with setting up baseball and softball games for Eureka Springs. That was last week when Levine had called her about another (baseball) matter.

B. B. King Contract Signed

CAPC Executive Director Jim Williams told us today (8-20-07) that a contract has been signed for B.B. King to come to Eureka Springs. “We have both signatures now,” Williams said, referring to the signature of King’s representative and himself. “All we need is the downpayment.”

CAPC Executive Director Jim Williams: The Man, the Job, the Staff

My wife Joan is planning to come up, we’re going to plan to move, but right now I’m living in an extended-stay. I have two families. My first wife died of cancer. I have a boy and a girl from the first marriage, and a boy and a girl from the second. Joan is in [...]