ESI Staff
Hickory-Hazel compromise reached
Nicky Boyette - At the April 19 Parks meeting, Parks chair Bill Featherstone again presented Jim Girkin’s request for vacation of Hickory Street, a...
The Pursuit of Happiness
Dan Krotz - The Boss and I were preparing to leave the parking lot of the Evil Retail Giant when I noticed a set...
Holsttoon
Break Glass
Independent Editorial – Taking what’s offered
Years ago, on a cold winter afternoon in the mid-1960s, a young boy was walking home from school in Seligman, Mo., right up the...
Rubbing Elbos
Editor,
I’ve had a secret crush on Max Elbo (please don’t tell his wife, Selena) ever since I saw a pointillism pen and ink he...
Salute to the American Legion
Editor,
The Legion Hut Mr. Tucker wrote about was built by the American Legion Walker-Wilson Post 9, not the VFW. Yes, there is a difference. Post...
Thanks for the memories
Editor,
Regarding Vernon Tucker’s article “The Community Camel,” AMEN!
Dear Mr. Vernon Tucker,
I’m 86 years old born in Eureka Springs, Ark., March 27, 1930 – I’ve...
Planning to work out Code update
Nicky Boyette - Chair Steve Beacham represented a resolution from Planning asking city council to establish a 90-day moratorium “on the issuance of new...
ESFD to get safety equipment
Nicky Boyette -Alderman James DeVito moved to place proposed Ordinance #2240, waiving requirements of competitive bidding for purchasing 10 self-contained breathing apparatuses for ESFD,...
Low Impact resolution going to council
Nicky Boyette - Jim Helwig, geologist and member of the Springs Committee, urged Parks’ commissioners last Tuesday to adopt a resolution endorsing “an initiative...