Stories from Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Parent asks board to review principal's discipline rules
(01/20/09)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- A parent unhappy with the discipline policies at the high school made her views known during the public comment period at the Eureka Springs School Board's Jan. 15 meeting. Marguerite Hepler reported her son had been suspended from school so much that he was in danger of failing his classes...
Call for auditions at Enthios
(01/20/09)
Composer and conductor Christopher Lantz and Enthios Art Venue invite those interested to audition for positions in a previously unperformed avant garde string quartet event to be performed on Sunday, Feb. 1 at Enthios Art Venue on Greenwood Hollow Rd...
Yes, We Must!
(01/20/09)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Freezing temperatures failed to dissuade a large group of planet-conscious citizens as they braved the cold to attend the Community Sustainability Forum Jan. 10 at the Library Annex, where Dr. Robert McAfee delivered his Repower Arkansas presentation to a standing-room-only crowd...
Poet Burns celebrates Semiquincentennial
(01/20/09)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- Dust off your kilts and unpack your bagpipes -- the 11th annual Robert Burns Weekend is set for Jan. 23 to 25 at the 1886 Crescent Hotel. Celebrating the 250th birthday of the renowned Scottish poet, the Semiquincentennial events include a Ceilidh (pronounced Kay-lee) Jan. 23, four seminars, a Scotch whiskey tasting, the traditional Burns supper Jan. 24 and the Burns Sunday brunch Jan. 25...
WCCAD to weigh purchase of defibrillators on a case-by-case basis
(01/20/09)
EUREKA SPRINGS -- At its Jan. 13 meeting, the Western Carroll County Ambulance District (WCCAD) agreed to consider the request of Eureka Springs Fire Chief Eddie Davis to equip paramedics or EMTs who work for the city with emergency equipment, such as automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) for use when they respond during off-duty hours in their home districts as emergency medical responders (EMRs)...
Wisecrack Zodiac
(01/20/09)
Aries: Your hard-headedness has smashed down many doors, and you have the splinters stuck in your scalp to prove it. But a new opportunity won't respond to brute force; you'll have to use your crash-rattled brain this time to figure it out. Taurus: Winter has you craving some quality hibernation time, but hang in there, Yogi: you can't spend days napping, eating and letting your back hair grow when there's stuff to get done. ...
Diary of a Country Bookseller
(01/20/09)
I've been getting calls and e-mails from friends lately that are full of bad news. An old pal who owns a real estate company in Seattle hasn't sold a house in three months, and three houses he bought on spec are a month away from foreclosure. This ordinarily happy man writes that he is at the end of his rope. "Nothing short of a miracle is going to help," he says...
Wolftoon
(01/20/09)
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