Good Shepherd Humane Society's Gala-Paw-Loosa fundraiser will take place this Friday, Aug. 15 at The Space, corner of Spring and Pine Sts. Beginning at 6 p.m.. Opal Fly and Friends will provide the music; and your $50 donation buys food and two drinks. A Big Dawg patron cocktail hour kicks off the evening beginning at 5 p.m. The $200 patron tickets includes free drinks all evening. A live auction will be held between music sets. For tickets call (479) 253-9115 Or stop by the Doggie Thrift Store. Due to limited parking, limo service will be provided from and to Harts parking lot.

Those unable to attend may still participate in the auction by viewing items and leaving bids at the Community First Bank boardroom through Thursday. Auction items include the original Zeek Taylor watercolor used for the poster, a Kinetico clock, a framed artist's proof giclee of Denise Ryan's latest painting, a week's accommodations in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, a guided fishing trip, riverside accommodations with canoe float; a Diane Harvey print; and more. Leave your maximum bid in the box at the bank and a proxy bidder will bid for you.

Dances of Universal Peace to be held

The Dances of Universal Peace will be held on Friday, August 15 at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 17 Elk Street. The Dances involve the singing of sacred phrases with accompanying simple and joyful movements from the world's many spiritual traditions. Participation is free of charge. For more information, contact Rebecca Babbs at 253-8303 or rebbabbs@arkansas.net.

VFW Post 7815 to hold bake sale

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Thomas Lee Hoover VFW Post 7815 will have a bake sale located on the west side of the Berryville Public Square beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 16. For more information, call (870) 423-6436.

EUU to hold annual fellowship meeting and potluck picnic

On Sunday, August 17, the Eureka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hold its annual fellowship meeting and potluck picnic at Pond Mountain Lodge from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Grills will be provided, BYO grill items and/or side dish to share. Those wanting to swim or fish can come early. Call Judy Jones for directions or information, 253-3238.

HI Presbyterian Church to host ice cream social

On Sunday, August 17, the Holiday Island Presbyterian Church will host a free ice cream social on the church grounds at Stateline and Walnut in Holiday Island from 3 to 5 p.m. Meals On Wheels will do a brief presentation. The public is invited to come.

CC Republicans to meet

Carroll County Republicans will hold their regular monthly meeting on Monday, August 18, at the Forest Hill Restaurant in Eureka Springs. The CCRWomen will meet at 6:15 p.m. and after a short business meeting, President, Marilee Brodbeck will introduce Mr. Matt Mendenhall, Third District Chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party, who will be addressing state politics in this district.

The CCRCommittee meeting will commence at 7 p.m. and Mr. Mendenhall will deliver his remarks, after which the regular business meeting will begin. All members are urged to attend what will be an important meeting with the County Fair and Parade coming up the first week in September, as well as details on the election headquarters location and volunteers assigned. For further information, please call (479) 253-7056 or (479) 253-0341.

Metafizzies to host Synar

Monday, August 18, The Arkansas Metaphysical Society will host Sandra Synar in a presentation on the astrological chart of the City of Eureka Springs. Join them at 68 Mountain Street, downstairs in the Christian Science edifice, at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Beekeepers to meet

The Carroll County Beekeepers will meet on Tuesday, August 19 at 7 p.m. at the Carroll County Fairgrounds in Berryville. The Beekeepers meet on the third Tuesday of each month. Participation is free of charge. For more information, contact John Babbs at (479) 253-6664.

HI Assoc. of the Arts to meet

The Holiday Island Association of the Arts will hold its quarterly meeting Thursday, Aug. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Clubhouse. The Readers-Writers Guild will do the entertainment portion of the meeting, with original poems read by members of the Writers Support Group. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend.

August Poetluck to feature Maha Hussain

August Poetluck will be Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 6:30 pm at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, 515 Spring Street. This month Poetluck will feature Maha Hussain of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Maha is a BCL/LLB candidate at McGill University's Faculty of Law. She holds an AB in Anthropology from Princeton University and prior to law school was an aid worker in Tanzania and Pakistan where she assisted refugees and local communities affected by conflict and natural disaster. She has provided legal aid to refugees in Cairo, working with families and individuals from Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and other African countries. Maha has also worked for corporate law firms in Toronto and New York. While a resident at the Writers' Colony, she is working on a historical novel about the 19th century East African slave trade.

Other writers in residence include: Debra Kirschner-Brooklyn, NY; Rosemary Daniell-Savannah, GA; Connie Baechler-Smyrna, GA; Anne Webster-Atlanta, GA; and Diane Welland-Springfield, VA.

Poetluck is a potluck dinner and literary salon held the third Thursday of every month, January-November at The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs. The public is invited and writers in all genres (fiction and non-fiction, songwriting), readers and listeners are encouraged to attend. Share dinner, hear our featured resident writers for 20 minutes, and then read up to four minutes of your own original work. Bring a potluck dish to share.

For more information on this event or any of the other outreach programs offered by the Institute and WCDH, call 479-253-7444 or visit www.writerscolony.org.

HI Quilters to meet

Holiday Island Quilters Guild will be meeting Thursday, August 21 at 12:30 p.m. at The Island Room of the Recreation Center. New officers are: President, Carol Ann Schneider, Vice President, Claudette Da Cosse, Secretary, Annette Christian, Treasurer, Beverly Lough, Membership, Carol Bates and Newsletter, Judy Wellinghoff.

Following the 12:30 business meeting there will be a workshop to begin the making of "deployment quilts" to be sent to service personnel going overseas. These will be simple lap quilts to be completed at the September meeting. Other charities supported by the guild include The Cradle in Berryville and Grandma's House in Green Forest.

The mission of Holiday Island Quilters Guild is to promote fellowship, to share quilting skills, appreciate the art of quilting, and to raise funds through quilting activities, to provide quilting education and charitable giving to the community. Quilters of all skill levels, including beginner, are encouraged to join us. For more information call Carol Ann Schneider at 253-8592 or Carol Bates at 363- 9320.

Beaver Park cleanup

The Town of Beaver will hold an RV Park cleanup Saturday, Aug. 23, at 10 a.m. at the Park. Volunteers are asked to bring rakes, shovels and chainsaws and potluck food. The town will provide hotdogs, beverages and chips. Rain date Sept. 6. The campground will not reopen this year but boaters and picknickers can use the park free of charge.

Writers Colony to host Zona Rosa Writing Workshop

The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow will host Rosemary Daniell's 3rd Annual "Secrets of the Zona Rosa" writing workshop on Saturday, August 23, Noon to 5 p.m. at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, 515 Spring St. in Eureka Springs.

  Rosemary Daniell, Southern Belle, successful writer, and tireless champion of female empowerment, has led Zona Rosa, a writing workshop for women that is founded on the premise that writing can be not only a creative challenge but a tool for healing. Ranging in age from sixteen to ninety and from all walks of life, members of Zona Rosa discover through a supportive sisterhood, constructive advice, and wacky fun, the healing, powerful, and prophetic nature that writing holds.

Rosemary promises to present new and exciting information and says, "I have lots of new stories of how women have overcome the obstacles in their lives in order to free themselves and achieve their goals. I will speak in detail on concrete means for making achieving our goals as effortless as (to quote Marianne Williamson) "walking through clouds." I will also describe how I've learned to do this in my own life during the past year, as well at other times." Rosemary explains that the workshops that she is doing now -- "while usually made up of women (and sometimes men) who are writers or aspiring writers -- are directed even a bit more towards the whole person, as I believe even more firmly than ever that's the underpinning of it all!" Rosemary's primary theme for this workshop is "Change and How to Make it -- as effortlessly as possible" and she will be speaking at the "Writing for Change" conference in San Francisco just prior to her arrive in Eureka Springs.

Rosemary founded ZONA ROSAź over twenty-six years ago when she invited four women to meet once a month to talk about writing and life at her little apartment in Savannah, Georgia. Today, thousands of women, and some men, have participated in Zona Rosa workshops; Rosemary leads Zona Rosa workshops and retreats all over the country, as well as in Europe, where they are dubbed "Pajama Parties for Grown-Up Girls with Smarts"© (though the occasional man been known to crash these, too!). To date, over 50 Zona Rosans and counting have become published and/or award-winning authors, and others have achieved their potential in other fields. Among the authors are Cassandra King, author of Those Same Sweet Girls, and other popular mainstream novels; John Berendt, who was part of the Savannah Zona Rosa group while writing his multi-best-seller, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; Best-selling New York Times author Bruce Feiler, who consulted with Rosemary before publishing his first book, Learning to Bow; and Eric Haney, who took part in the Atlanta Zona Rosa group while writing Inside Delta Force, which became the basis for the television series, "The Unit." We've also been honored by visits from many outstanding authors, including Pat Conroy, acclaimed Hollywood actress and poet Grace Zabriskie, Oprah book author Bret Lott and many, many others. In addition, SUB ROSA, or Secret of the Rose, peer groups are forming all over the States, and in locales as far away as Australia. Zona Rosa the Musical, written by Zona Rosans Pamella Smith and Kathleen McGuire, is now looking for a theatrical home, and Rosemary's treatment for Zona Rosa the Dramedy is in the works, as well as myriad other activities designed to bring a sense of literary community--and fun --to women (and men) everywhere. www.zonarosa.com

Cost of the workshop is $75 and includes lunch. Bring paper and pencil! Call (479) 253-7444 to register. Ask about the discount for 2007 attendees.

HI Hikers to plan season

The Holiday Island Hikers will hold a planning meeting for the upcoming fall/winter season of hikes on Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 2 p.m. in the Island Room near the Recreation Center in Holiday Island.

Anyone interested in suggesting hikes for the season is welcome to attend. Attendees are invited to bring goodies to share. For more information, call Roy Albeck at (479) 253-8695.

Doggie Picnic rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 14

Rain may have poured down on the original August 10 date for the Good Shepherd Paw-Pourri Picnic, but it didn't dampen their spirits. Having dried off, the Humane Society has rescheduled the picnic for Sunday, September 14.

The picnic will be at Van Pelt Stadium from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. It's a furry family fun-day full of pets and their people...crazy contests, doggie Olympics, special presentations, activities and - best of all - a chance to show off your doggie Eureka Style. Food, fun & fur. Admission is free. Donations for food and some events. For more information, call the Doggie Thrift Shop, 253-9115.

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