The Weekly Vista

News

Anderson receives unexpected blessings Things happen for a reason, Donna Anderson believes, but sometimes it takes a long while to understand that reason. by Lynn Atkins

Kovach continues teaching after retirement It's ironic, Bella Vistan Chuck Kovach said, that he can share many things with his students but he can't share the reason he chose to teach them. As a volunteer with the Benton County Literacy Council, Kovach signed a contract promising he wouldn't talk to his adult literacy students about religion, so he can't tell them that his religious upbringing taught him to give back. He can still give back though. by Lynn Atkins

Craig presents photography at museum Well before sunrise, John Craig is out on a dam looking for starscapes, nighttime landscapes or animals to catch in his camera lens. by Keith Bryant

Mercy Way discussed with public Bella Vistans got a better look at a proposed expansion of Mercy Way during a meeting Monday, Aug. 12. by Keith Bryant

POA board hears proposal to raise assessment The POA Board of Directors heard the details of a proposal to raise the monthly assessment this past Thursday. Assessments must be approved by the membership. If the board agrees to move forward, the election is scheduled to begin Oct. 9 when ballots go to members in good standing. On Nov. 19, the results will be announced at an open meeting at Riordan Hall. by Lynn Atkins

Assessment increase proposed by POA board When the POA board postponed an assessment election last year, General Manager Tom Judson told a very vocal group at the Metfield Clubhouse that the POA management had misread the membership. The leadership was surprised by the amount of opposition to its plan. This time will be a little different. by Lynn Atkins

City council discusses bond issue, water purchase The Bella Vista City Council discussed a resolution to support the construction of upcoming capital improvement projects with bonds secured by an additional 1% sales and use tax in the city, subject to voter approval in 2020, during its Aug. 19 regular meeting. by Keith Bryant

Committee learns of bridge replacement options on Berksdale When the Joint Advisory Committee on Golf met last week, about 40 members attended, along with one engineer from Crafton Tull. The committee was considering the fate of the Berksdale Golf Course. by Lynn Atkins

Community

Cards and Games Monday St. Bernard's Double Deck Pinochle -- Second by Staff Report

Mark Your Calendar Aug. 24 by Staff Report

Historical Museum News Bella Vista Civil War Roundtable by Xyta Lucas, president BV Historical Society

Library News Expand the Library by Bella Vista Library Staff

Club News Nebraska Club by Staff Report

BVPD Citizens Police Academy starting in September The fall 2019 session of the Bella Vista Police Department Citizens Police Academy starts Tuesday, Sept. 10, and applications are now being accepted. by Cassi Lapp

Morris chosen as August featured artist The Bella Vista Arts Council is pleased to honor Glenda Sue Morris as the August 2019 Artist of the Month. by Cassi Lapp

Club News BV Fly Tyers by Staff Report

Opinion

Successful Conclusion for the Stump Dump Fire To: Tom Judson by Marge Macedo Bella Vista

Bella Vista number three in the state There are so many reasons why I love living in Bella Vista, such as the weather, the amenities, the people and more. And now, part of the "more" is our police department. by Doug Grant Bella Vista

OPINION: Arkansas' new school laws kick in as classes start back this fall In case you haven't seen all the hullaballoo over area public schools starting back up, there are some new state laws to be aware of these days. by Maylon T. Rice Columnist

Vacation time! It was still dark when my father woke us. A moment's worth of grogginess was followed by a rush of unbridled joy: Vacation to Missouri! Grandparents! Trees! Water! Fishing! by Devin Houston Write On

Two trees ... two lives As we walked through the Redwood Forest in Northern California, we were awed by the beauty, the grandeur of these magnificent trees that average 240 feet in height. I grew up in Southern California but rarely did my parents have opportunity to go that far north. Eight hundred miles was a long way in the 1950s, and I saw the Redwoods only one time in my childhood. by Gene Linzey

OPINION: The killer inside I've been around people who were robbers and liars, folks who nearly became killers. Fortunately, I met them after they had encountered the Lord Jesus and were transformed. One such man had robbed a convenience store in the town where I pastored. He met the Lord and was saved. Two Christian college girls talked to him about Jesus at a coffee house. He turned himself in to police. In jail, as he read the Bible and prayed, the hate was stripped out of his heart. At one point he was in a cell next to Charles Manson. He told me, "That dude was crazy!" by Ron Wood

OPINION: One Centennial Arkansans wish had never happened A century ago next month, on Sept. 30, 1919, one of the darkest, most secretive mass murders of African Americans in Arkansas, began, as armed men as strikebreakers, sought to break up a meeting of farm laborers at the Hoop Spur Church three miles north of the tiny hamlet of Elaine in rural Phillips County. by Maylon T. Rice Columnist

OPINION: Risk is part of life I've always wanted a motorcycle. When I was 10, I told my parents I wanted a mini-bike. I would get a job, clean the house, sell a kidney, ANYTHING to be able to have that wild, monstrous, 5-horse riding machine! I presented all sorts of good reasons why I should have one: Mom wouldn't have to drive which would save the family gas money. I could bike into town to get that loaf of bread. Besides, all my friends had mini-bikes. Well, not all, but Dana Follis had one. Why couldn't I have a mini-bike? by Devin Houston Write On

Religion

RELIGION: 'Create in me a clean heart, O God....' "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Thy presence; and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and uphold me with Thy free Spirit." Psalm 51:10-12 by Randy Moll

RELIGION: Times and seasons Solomon, a real man in human history and one cited in the Old and New Testament scriptures, observed that "For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven." (Ecclesiastes 3:1) Then he poetically references some of life's times and seasons. by Mark Voll Columnist

Church News Unitarian Universalists by Staff Report

RELIGION: Meditations in Psalm 32 1 BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. by Randy Moll

Church News Highlands Church (United Methodist) by Staff Report