SitNews - "Real Bearded" Santas Hold Summer Convention

SitNews - "Real Bearded" Santas Hold Summer Convention: "'Real Bearded' Santas Hold Summer Convention



July 19, 2006
Wednesday


Ketchikan, Alaska - Ketchikan's Father & Mother Christmas, best known to locals as Jim and Connie Wingren, recently returned home after attending the first ever 'Real Bearded Santa's Convention'.

Connie Wingren said, 'More than 500 Santas, Mrs. Clauses and Elfs were in attendance at the convention.' She said many great workshops were presented enabling Santas to 'hone' their skills. 'It was a very uplifting experience and it was great to see so many men and their wives who truly believe in Santa and the Sprit of a Christ filled Christmas,' said Wingren."

CYBERGRASS The Internet Bluegrass Music News Magazine - Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival

CYBERGRASS The Internet Bluegrass Music News Magazine - Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival: " Announcement: Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival

Event Newssally1 wrote: on Jul. 09, 2006:
Doc Watson & Marty Stuart in Eureka Springs, AR. The 4th Annual Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival is honored to present the legendary Doc Watson for two performances on Saturday, August 26, 2006. Now 83, Watson's performances are rare, and Eureka Springs is proud to be one of his scheduled dates. Old School is the opening act. 'I would pay to go hear Doc Watson read names out of the phone book!' shouts one fan. "

KUAR: Eureka Springs named Top Gay Getaway (2006-07-17)

KUAR: Eureka Springs named Top Gay Getaway (2006-07-17): "Eureka Springs named Top Gay Getaway
Karen Tricot

The Veranda Inn in Eureka Springs, Ark.
(2006-07-17) The owner of The Veranda Inn in Eureka Springs says people from all over the country have been calling him since the city was named one of the nation's Top Gay Getaways in an article in the New York Times.

Owner Mark Jipp's bed-and-breakfast was featured in the story. Jipp says word-of-mouth used to lead gay people to vacation spots in Southern Florida or Northern California. But he says small, gay-friendly towns like Eureka Springs are now being discovered online. "

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source: "Northern exposure

BY DREW TERRY Northwest Arkansas Times

Posted on Sunday, June 18, 2006

Dickson Street and the Downtown Square capture many of the headlines about Fayetteville, but the city’s economic scale tips more to the north each year as developments set forth a decade ago continue taking shape.

The Northwest Arkansas Mall became a commercial anchor 30 years ago, followed in the 1990s by the creation of the still evolving Spring Creek Centre."

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source: "Children’s museum planned for area

By Rachel Lianna Davis Staff Writer // racheld@nwanews.com

Posted on Sunday, June 18, 2006

BENTONVILLE — With the world-class Crystal Bridges Museum in town, some residents want another museum for children.

So they’re making it happen.

Thirty local volunteers have taken the first steps in creating the Children’s Museum of Northwest Arkansas, now an incorporated, nonprofit organization."

Remembering Mr. G

GuardOnline.com :. Batesville Daily Guard: "By Nick Nesler, Guard Staff Writer
Published Monday June 19, 2006
Photo Submitted
GARY GARDNER and wife Joyce pose for a picture recently. The couple met at a family dance in Mountain Home. Gardner passed away recently after battling heart disease and polio.

POCAHONTAS — For those who contracted it, polio was a devestating disease, but Gary Gardner never let its effects stop him.



“I called him a little bee, because a bee’s not supposed to fly, its anatomy isn’t right and neither was his, but it didn’t stop him,” said his wife, Joyce Gardner."

Times Record - Van Buren To Discuss Street Rights Of Way

Times Record: "Monday, June 19, 2006 8:28 AM CDT

Van Buren To Discuss Street Rights Of Way

By Betsy Turner

Times Record • bturner@swtimes.com

Resolutions that would set public hearings on abandoning street rights of way in two areas, the annual levying of taxes for the city and the acceptance of a property insurance bid are some of the routine business on the agenda for today’s regular Van Buren city council meeting.

Alderman will vote on setting public hearings July 17 for the purpose of considering the abandonment of rights of way on Mary Allen Street between South 11th and 13th streets and also in an area off Old Alma Road. A resolution accepting a $9,392 bid for property insurance also will be considered. According to the resolution, the Arkansas Municipal League submitted the only bid to cover the lights and poles at the Field of Dreams."

Carroll County News Online - Ed Pharis is hanging up his scissors

Carroll County News Online: "After a 57-year career, Ed Pharis is hanging up his scissors
By E. Alan Long, Carroll County News

BERRYVILLE - For most of the last 57 years, Ed Pharis has viewed the world from the windows of his barber shop on the east side of the Berryville Square.

The passing of that era, however, will be observed when his family hosts a retirement reception for him from 2 to 5 p.m. at the barber shop on Sunday, June 25.
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Northwest Arkansas' News Source

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source: "Arkansans will have a chance to grab at a Hollywood dream through an open casting call June 17 for one of several speaking roles in a movie planned to be filmed in Northwest Arkansas.

Auditions for the movie War Eagle, from a story by North Little Rock’s Vincent Insalaco, will be from 10 a. m.-4 p. m. Saturday, June 17, at the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, 100 Main St., North Little Rock, near the Main Street Bridge, Insalaco said.

An open casting call gives anyone a chance to show their acting talent and, perhaps, even a shot at future fame. Aspiring actor"

Carroll County News Online

Carroll County News Online: "Berryville native unveils his plan to develop 180-acre Arthur Carter estate
By Anna Mathews, Carroll County News

BERRYVILLE - The potential for hundreds of new homes is on the horizon in Berryville, with Pesca Construction poised to purchase 180 acres.

The acreage includes 100 acres in city limits and another 80 outside. It is the late Judge Arthur Carter's estate, held in trust with all proceeds going to the care of his surviving wife Marie, who now resides in Pea Ridge.

Closing on the property is expected to take place any day."