Restraints: All animals shall be kept under restraints. every female dog or cat in heat shall be confined in a building or secure enclosure in such a manner that such female dog or cat cannot come in contact with another animal except for planned breeding. Every vicious animal, as determined by the licensing authority, shall be securely muzzled or caged whenever it is off the premises of its owner or harborer. Any person owning or harboring animals, shall confine such animal within an adequate fence or enclosure (electronic or structural) or within a house, garage or other building or shall confine such animal by a chain or leash affixed to the animal’s collar and attached to some substantial stationary object, in a humane manner, adequate to prevent said animal from running at large. It shall be unlawful for any owner or harborer to allow his animals to enter any food store or place where food is exhibited for sale except for those animals exempt from licensing fee.
Animal Waste: The owner of every animal shall be responsible for the removal of any excreta deposited by his animals (s) on public walks, recreation areas, or private property. It shall be unlawful for any person keeping or harboring any animal to fail to keep the premises where such animal is kept from offensive odors or become unclean and a threat to the animal or the public.
Next week’s article will cover Excessive Noise and Animal Bites. Call Jimmy Foster, Animal Control Officer at 501-253-4106 or 501-884-6005 for any questions.
Sherry Guess
Staff Writer
Friday, March 25, 2011 marked the eighteenth year that Fairfield Bay’s Xi Gamma Kappa Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi brought together this style show which is held to raise funds to benefit many of Fairfield Bay community organizations.
The sorority sisters invited Pat Cash, the owner of Aunt Minnie’s Unique Boutique in Mountain View, to narrate the style show and six ‘sisters’ became models for the day, showing us the latest fashions and the hot colors for Spring, 2011. Pat Cash is also well known for her Cash’s Hoe Down show which was performed nearby in Clinton earlier this month. Pat introduced each model, described the outfit worn in detail as the model demonstrated all the features on stage, then filtered through the crowd so we could all get a closer look, no doubt imagining whether this would become part of our own wardrobe this spring.
Each time after all six models came through, the raffle tickets which many had purchased and put into the hopper were drawn for all the lovely door prizes donated by area businesses. We all sincerely appreciate the support of our local businesses and hope to reciprocate by shopping in their establishments and referring the many tourists who visit Fairfield Bay each season to patronize them, too. In all, there were five rounds or 30 outfits introduced to us during the two hour event.
Pat Cash not only gave us the low-down on the fashions, but added some hysterically funny commentary in her own unique style. As you can tell from the photos, the style show was well attended and much appreciated.
Look for further announcements about the distribution of the charitable donations to worthy causes made possible by the efforts of Xi Gamma Kappa and all those who made donations of prizes or services and attended the show.
Connie Beaumont, right, of Fairfield Bay attended a promotion ceremony in Virginia for her son Steven. He was promoted on March 4 to Lieutenant Colonel and is currently serving with the Architecture Integration and Managment Division. Steven and his wife Denise, left, have been in the Army now for almost 17 years. Steven is a communications officer and Denise is a Nurse Anesthetist. Steven has deployed to Iraq twice and Denise has deployed both to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Recognizing Work For Cancer Patients
Chesapeake hosted a reception March 16 for Mary Philips. Philips was recently recognized on the floor of the Arkansas House of Representatives for her work with Care Caps Connections. State Rep. Robert Dale and state Sen. Jason Rapert provided Philips with a resolution commending her work.Philips founded the volunteer, nonprofit organization to honor the life of her sister who passed away from cancer. Both the recognition and the reception were a pleasant surprise to Philips.
Care Caps Connections, which Chesapeake supports, began when Philips, an expert seamstress, wanted to provide her sister Linda with comfortable, stylish and affordable head coverings when she lost her hair after chemotherapy.
Linda loved the caps Philips created and began handing them out to others undergoing chemotherapy. The popularity of the caps soared, and soon Philips rallied the help of friends and volunteers to keep up with demand.
Linda passed away in 2007, but Philips continued her labor of love.
In the past four years, Philips and nearly 1,500 volunteers have sewed more than 31,500 Care Caps™ free of charge for the American Cancer Society and cancer clinics nationwide.
For more about Care Cap Connections or to get involved, visit www.ccvols.org.
Time to Take a Stand
Kat Dull,
Outreach Coordinator
The Children’s Advocacy Alliance, a partnership between CASA 20th and the Central Arkansans Children’s Advocacy Center, are calling on all citizens in Van Buren County to join with them in taking a stand to say no to child abuse.
April is national child abuse prevention month and the Children’s Advocacy Alliance is hosting a flag raising ceremony at 12 p.m. on Thursday, April 7 at the Van Buren County Courthouse to kick off the month. All Van Buren County residents are invited to join with County Judge Roger Hooper and 20th Judicial District Prosecutor Cody Hiland in sending a message of hope to the 52 children who were victims of abuse in Van Buren County in 2010. Executive Director Tess Fletcher explains, “We know that often community members feel powerless to help these children. The flag raising ceremony is an easy way to show support.” The flag raising ceremony will include a vocal performance by Ester Bass and a light lunch will be provided by First Nazarene Church after the ceremony.
Those looking to do something a little bigger to show support are invited to meet with volunteer coordinator Debra Lance to discuss becoming an advocate for those children in the foster care system, due to abuse or neglect.
The Children’s Advocacy Alliance of North Central Arkansas is an independent nonprofit serving Faulkner, Van Buren, Searcy, Pope and Conway counties. Originally founded in 2000 as CASA of the 20th Judicial District, the Children’s Advocacy Alliance oversees both the Central Arkansas Children’s Advocacy Center and the CASA 20th Judicial District program. The two programs work side by side to provide coordinated guidance, treatment and support for child victims of abuse and neglect, from the initial investigation of abuse to their placement in a safe, permanent home. The Children’s Advocacy Alliance is a place for hope and a voice for justice. For more information contact Executive Director Tess Fletcher at 501-328-3347 or visit our website at www.hopeandjustice.org.
KATV Visits Ricochet Laser and Pizza Cafe
Pamela Smith of KATV has a segment called Pam’s Pick’s. Last week her segment was all about fun for the kids and she visited the new business in Fairfield Bay called Ricochet Laser and Pizza Cafe on Beaver Rd. To see the video just put this link into your web browser, http://www.katv.com/Global/category.asp?C=193440
Corps Reminds Lake Residents to Be Cautious When Spring Cleaning
The Army Corps of Engineers reminds all persons residing adjacent to the Greers Ferry Lake shoreline to know where the government property line is and avoid “spring cleaning” on public property.
It is up to adjacent landowners to seek out the boundary line and avoid unauthorized activity, just as they would to avoid encroaching on any neighbor’s land. Officials advise all adjacent landowners to contact the Corps before starting work. Only certain alterations can be authorized, and violators are subject to a range of penalties under the law for unauthorized activities.
Greers Ferry park rangers are assigned areas of the shoreline to patrol for unauthorized activities. Once unauthorized activities are discovered, the adjacent landowners are contacted and advised of how to resolve their violation. In some cases, citations are issued which could require appearance before a federal magistrate.
The government property line is marked around the lake with white, metal fence posts set near round, brass survey markers placed at ground level. It runs straight between consecutive survey markers and its presence is indicated by white lines painted on trees. The trees, not usually on the line, just indicate that the line passes near.
In many instances the boundary line falls in the water at normal lake elevation. This gives the false perception that some adjacent landowners receive preferential treatment. In reality, they own to the water’s edge.
No work can be performed on the government property without prior written approval from the Corps. Anyone having questions about uses of public property around the lake should contact a ranger at the project office.
The Corps would also like to remind adjacent landowners that storing personal property (i.e. boats, trailers, or lawn furniture, etc.) without prior written permission on public property is prohibited. Anyone with any type of personal property on public land or water should take the necessary steps to remove those items from public property.
Persons having questions about use of government property should call the Greers Ferry Project Office at 501-362-2416 or stop by the office located near the dam on Hwy 25, three miles north of Heber Springs.
Free Spanish Classes
The Van Buren County Literacy Council is sponsoring a beginner’s Spanish class starting Tuesday, April 5 at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. It will be held at the Van Buren County Career Center (old hospital), 100 Success Dr. across Shake Rag Road from the Library in Clinton. Students will learn conversational Spanish first and later be taught to read Spanish. The class is fun and interactive and is open to all adults. The class will be ongoing each Tuesday evening and is free, but please call 501-253-1873 to let us know you will be there.
Head Start Enrolling Now
Interested in a Quality Preschool that is FREE?? HEAD START is Enrolling Now for the 2011-12 year. Space is Limited!
Van Buren Head Start Locations: Clinton (501)745-6905, Shirley (501)723-4301
Head Start children receive “School Readiness” skills, plus get to enjoy a variety of experiences that help them develop intellectually, physically, socially and emotionally. After hours registration available by appointment. Questions? Call your local center listed above, or Central Office @ (870)741-9406, ext. 228.
Walkers “Join The Movement®”
The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, Arkansas Office will hold Walk MS: Little Rock on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at the River Market Riverfest Amphiteatre.
More than 750 walkers are expected to come out and help raise the goal of $80,000. Funds raised will support direct services for the more than 3000 people living with MS in Arkansas and help fund research to find a cure for this chronic disease of the central nervous system.
People can participate in Walk MS individually or as a team. Volunteers are also needed!
WHAT: Walk MS Little Rock to benefit National MS Society, Arkansas
WHEN: Saturday, April 9, 2011 (10 a.m. registration, 11 a.m. Walk MS begins)
WHERE: River Market Riverfest Amphitheatre in downtown Little Rock. It is located at 400 President Clinton Ave.
PARTICIPATION/ VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION:
Visit walkmsarkansas.org, call 501-663-8104 or email lisa.brown@nmss.org
WHY:
Walk MS is the rallying point of the MS movement, a community coming together to raise funds and celebrate hope for the future.
About walk MS: Hot Springs
Walk MS Little Rock has been an annual event for Little Rock for the past several years. Walk MS Little Rock has been a success in the past due to all the amazing walkers, team captains, volunteers and advocates that participate. The 2010 Walk MS Little Rock had 600 participants and raised $80,000. We look forward to raising those numbers in 2011.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is diagnosed with MS — an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to an MS-free world. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men affected by the disease. More than 400,000 people in the United States and 2.5 million worldwide live with MS.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. The Society addresses the challenges of each person affected by MS by funding cutting-edge research, driving change through advocacy, facilitating professional education, collaborating with MS organizations around the world, and providing programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward. In 2009, through its national office and 50-state network of chapters, the Society devoted more than $132 million to programs that enhanced more than one million lives. To move us closer to a world free of MS, the National MS Society also invested nearly $36 million to support 375 research projects around the world. We are people who want to do something about MS now. Join the Movement® at nationalMSsociety.org.
“Sometimes donations come without benefit of events or fundraisers. James Miller of Miller Sanitation recently gave to the Ozark Health Foundation just out of the goodness of his heart.”
Ozark Health Bass Tournament Produces Some Monsters
Overcast skies and a chilly breeze didn’t stop 79 boats from terrorizing the bass population of Greers Ferry Lake on March 19. Some boats put in the lake as early as 5 a.m. to take their shot at the $1,500 first place prize. Bragging rights, not to mention the first place purse, went to Chris Ward and Brent Williams who hauled in 16.02 pounds of fish. Blake Bradford also had a right to be proud as he brought in the days biggest bass, weighing in at 6.74 pounds. Although not every bass-master was able to take a check home with them, everyone appeared to be having a good time just getting their fill of hot dogs after a long day of fishing. Ozark Health is already looking forward to another fun and exciting Bass Tournament in 2012.
2011 Ozark Health Foundation Bass Tournament Winners & Payouts:
1st Chris Ward/Brent Williams 16.02 $1500 
2nd Larry Lewis 15.81 $750
3rd Lance Brown 14.26 $600
4th Blake Bradford 13.71 $500
5th Flannagan Fife 13.62 $400
6th Royce Davis 13.06 $300
7th Carl Jowers 12.89 $250
8th Darryl Birdsong 12.52 $200
Big Bass Winner 
Blake Bradford 6.74 $300
Seana Garrow
Birthplace: San Diego, CA
Current Hometown: Fairfield Bay
Employment: Volunteer (Depends on the day)
Q: What is your favorite thing about where you live now?
A: The People
Q: What is your least favorite thing about where you live now?
A: Spiders or ticks…Yikes!
Q: Where is the farthest you have traveled?
A: Japan
Q: Who is the person you admire most and why?
A: My father…with his “Keep on Keeping on” Approach to Life.
Q: What is the best advice you have received?
A: “Live each day like it’s your last.”
Q: What would be or has been your dream job?
A: I’m living it now, working with and for wonderful people.
Q: Where would you go on a dream vacation?
A: Some small town in France.
Q: What’s your biggest pet peeve?
A: Pets that “peeve” on a public walkway or being mugged at knife point on a dark and scary night.
Q: What would you do if you won the lottery?
A: Build things like: a wheelchair accessible indoor pool at IRV, community room at the library, a small theater in the mall, and fill all the empty spots in the Mall.
Q: Who is the one celebrity you would like to have lunch with?
A: Depends on who’s buying the lunch..ar! ar!
Q: What is your favorite book or movie?
A: There are too many favorites out there!
Q: What is the one thing about you that would surprise people?
A: I was practically raised on the back of a horse.
Q: What is the one thing you would change about yourself?
A: I thought you wanted to keep our answers short???
Q: What is your favorite memory from childhood or school?
A: The smell of hay and dirt after it rains.
With baseball season upon us, I have brought back for this week only a very popular 2004 column. Here goes:
In high school, I pitched a baseball using my right hand and caught with my left. But pitching legend Jim Abbott not only threw and caught using only his left hand, he also was an 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist, a pitcher for the Yankees, Angels, White Sox, and Brewers, and the author of a 1993 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians.
In a telephone interview, Abbott said, “Usually only children ask (about my missing right hand). I tell them I was born this way and try to explain how everybody is born differently. It’s something that has been part of my life as long as I can remember. So I take it as being normal now. There are times when it would be nice not to feel different.”
Early in life, Abbott received an incredible amount of support, he said, such as having many opportunities to pitch little league baseball. While maturing as an All-American pitcher at the University of Michigan and later the Olympic Games, he used people’s doubts about his abilities as a personal incentive to reach the major leagues.
Until having arm trouble, he perhaps was on track to being inducted into the Hall of Fame. With the Angels in 1991, Abbott finished 18-11 with a 2.89 earned run average and placed third in Cy Young Award voting. He chalked up 87 victories in a shortened career. Of all his accomplishments, his two hits and three runs batted in with the 1999 Brewers while swinging one-handed have to rank high on any list.
Does he prefer being remembered as a great one-handed pitcher or as a great pitcher? He said, “I guess being called ‘great’ at anything is a good thing. My goal as a baseball player was to be the best I could be and that is how I’d like to be remembered. Being constantly put into a certain category can be frustrating. However I am very proud to serve as a [role model] to others that they can rise above people’s categorizations and expectations.”
Today in 2011, Jim Abbott still travels the nation as a motivational speaker. In doing it, he said (in 2004) that he enjoyed meeting people and sharing that “no matter our goals, we all face many of the same challenges and obstacles.”
Contact danieljvance.com (Blue Valley Sod and Palmer Bus Service made this column possible.)
Dear Editor,
Words are not enough to thank the police, EMS, tireless workers at Ozark Health and Indian Rock Village, and the kindness of our neighbors during my mother’s recent illness and passing.
Iris Lowe would have wanted any memorials to be made to the Fairfield Bay Animal Protection League, P.O. Box 1460, Fairfield Bay, AR 72088
Cheryl Lowe
Dear Editor,
According to the internet, there are 859,000,000 ways “to thank” or “give thanks”…Sometimes these words are not enough…Coming from a very large city, I often forget what “community” really means. This is, until I look around and remember that I’m living here, in Fairfield Bay. The way this town and it’s people “rally” for a cause is truly amazing! Thank you! Thank you to the cast and crew of Stas production of “Proof,” this community and a huge “thank you” to the audience for supporting the theater and our 2nd annual Story Fest! We couldn’t have done it without you! And Stas…thanks for letting me live a dream!
Seana Garrow
Fairfield Bay
As an investor, you need to look back no farther than last year to understand why it’s not a good idea to own only stocks. In fact, many people buy bonds to lessen the impact of volatility on their investment portfolios. Yet, just as stock prices move up and down, bond prices also fluctuate, primarily in response to rising and falling interest rates. These interest-rate movements can wreak havoc on your bond portfolio unless you can help yourself climb over them with a “bond ladder.”
Before we examine what goes into a bond ladder, let’s review some bond basics relating to price and interest rates. Suppose, for example, that you a buy a $1,000 bond that pays five percent interest and is scheduled to mature in five years. Each year that you hold your bond, you will receive $50 in interest; at the end of five years, you’ll get your $1,000 back, provided the issuer doesn’t default. However, if you decide to sell your bond before the five-year period is up, you could get more or less than $1,000 for it. If market interest rates — the rates paid on newly issued bonds — were to drop to four percent, then your higher-paying bond is considered more valuable to investors, so you might be able to sell it for, say, $1,050. Conversely, should market interest rates rise to six percent, nobody will pay you full value for your lower-paying bond, so you would have to sell it at a discount, perhaps for $950.
Because market interest rates constantly rise and fall, the value of your bonds will do likewise. This could be a big problem if you wish to sell bonds before they mature and use the money to buy new bonds. Keep in mind that if bonds are sold prior to maturity, you can lose principal value.
To help reduce the impact of rate swings, you might want to build a bond ladder. To do so, you buy several bonds, with varying maturities — short-term, intermediate-term and long-term. Once you’ve constructed your ladder, you’ll have some advantage in all interest-rate environments. When market rates are low, you’ll still have your longer-term bonds earning higher interest rates. (Typically, longer-term bonds pay the highest rates.) Plus, only a small portion of your bond portfolio (the maturing short-term bonds) will need to be reinvested at the low rate. And when market interest rates are high, you can reinvest the maturing short-term bonds at the higher rates.
You can further diversify your ladder by choosing different types of bonds or even certificates of deposit (CDs), for the different “rungs.” This diversification can’t guarantee a profit or protect against a loss, but it may help you reduce the negative effects of a downturn that primarily hits one type of bond.
Here’s one more point to keep in mind: Try to avoid building your ladder with bonds that provide little or no call protection. When market interest rates fall, bond issuers will often “call” bonds — that is, they will redeem the bonds before they mature — so they can issue new ones at the lower rates. You can help reduce the call risk in your bond ladder by purchasing bonds with call protection, which cannot be called before a certain date.
Ladders, by definition, can help you surmount obstacles. And the same is true with bond ladders. If you want to invest in bonds, and help reduce the impact of interest-rate movements, consider building your ladder soon.
Lions Clubs International was founded in Chicago in 1917, by a businessman named Melvin Jones, it has become the world’s largest service club association. Lions are best known for their sight-related programs, including SightFirst, the world’s largest blindness prevention program. Since its inception in 1917, Lions Clubs International has been dedicated to helping those less fortunate in their communities and around the world. Then came our biggest task. At the 1927 international convention, Helen Keller challenged the Lions of the world to become “knights of the blind”. In that one stirring moment, the Lions accepted the challenge. Since then, cutting across all national, racial and cultural boundaries, our activities have included:
•Sight conservation and work with the visually impaired.
•Hearing conservation and work with the hearing impaired.
•Citizenship, educational, health and social services.
•Youth programs including drug education and prevention, community outreach and volunteer programs.
•Diabetes detection and research.
•Work for international cooperation and understanding, including international youth camps, youth exchange programs and Lions International Peace Poster contest.
WE INVITE YOU TO CONSIDER MEMBERSHIP. For more information regarding membership with the Fairfield Bay Lions contact our membership chairperson Lion Mary Meadows @ 884-6388. Our next meeting will be Thursday April 18 with dinner being served at 5:30 pm and the meeting at 6 p.m. BINGO is held each Monday evening with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and the first game beginning at 7 p.m. The Lions Club will host an All-U-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast for Dove House on Saturday April 9 from 7:30 – 10 a.m.
Dorothy Mae Kowalski nee Barnhart passed away on February 26, 2011 in Clinton Arkansas. Dorothy was born in Hammond Indiana in 1923 to Earl and Mabel Barnhart and was a graduate of Crown Point High School in Crown Point, Indiana. She was married to John Kowalski who preceded her in death.
She is survived by her nephews Joseph Skip Shea (Mary Jo) and Leonard Kowalski and grand niece Jen Shea and godson Nick Shea. She is also survived by her cousins Nancy Lee Garrison (Howard Garrison) and Ed Cassiday (Margaret).
Dorothy was an active member of the Fairfield Bay United Methodist Church and before that of the East Chicago Indiana First United Methodist Church. She worked at Northern Indiana Public Service and later retired from Youngstown Sheet and Tube co. in East Chicago, IN. She had been an active member of Psi Iota XI national philanthropic sorority.
Dorothy loved to watch birds and animals in her back yard. She read constantly and enjoyed traveling, especially to Branson, MO. to see the shows. When they lived in Indiana she and her husband loved to fish at their cottage. When they moved to Arkansas, she became an enthusiastic golfer, and she made many wonderful friends in Fairfield Bay.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on April 9, 2011 at the Fairfield Bay United Methodist Church. A luncheon will follow immediately. There will be a burial of the ashes at Woodland Memorial Park at 1:15 p.m.
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