ESI Staff
After school program kick-starts in two weeks
Middle school – the 4th, 5th and 6th grades – can be a challenging time.
“It is a real transitional age for kids,” Candice Drechsler...
Big town art with small town courtesy
Eureka Springs downtown merchants come and go. But a particularly unique and popular store, Zarks Gallery, 67 Spring St., has been in business now...
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the first time around
Memorial Weekend 1973, near Hwy. 23 and State Line Drive at the Oak Hill Ecopark, the Ozark Mountain Folk Fair happened. Its concept was...
Constables on Patrol
August 26
1:10 p.m. – A complaint of loud music and a belligerent attitude when asked to turn it down qualified for a visit from...
Labor unions are gone, is Labor Day extinct?
Before I retired from teaching, I always told my students that Labor Day was a holiday to honor working people. “If you have been...
Peace, the natural state
We live in a small world, interconnected and interdependent, bombarded by news of violence and suffering. Peace is the answer.
Conflicts, distress, disagreements, and fear...
It’s a dog’s world
Editor,
There are so many things we appreciate about Eureka Springs (don’t even get us started on how much we love the Independent each week!) ...
Little Rock Saturday night
Editor,
Gov. Hutchinson has declared Saturday, Sept. 7 Cheryl Maples Memorial Day. People will gather at 8 p.m. at the State Capitol in Little Rock...
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“If you see anybody likes me tell them hi.” Larry Brockman
‘Ol Blue was his propane fueled Ford F-250 that hauled what he and Rebbecca...
Larry J Brockman July 27, 1943 – Aug. 30, 2019
Larry J. Brockman of Beaver, Ark., was born July 27, 1943 in Craig, Colorado, the son of Jack E. and Mary Catherine (Tate) Brockman....