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10 Arkansas Winter Landscapes in every issue Arkansas wilderness photographer, Tim Ernst, pays homage to this season with some Arkansas winter 4 Editor’s Letter landscapes. 6 Currents 18 Hammerschmidt Receives Sidney S. McMath Public Service 7 Trivia Leadership Award 24 Capitol Buzz 20 Thanks from the Big Apple New Yorker shows 26 Doug Rye Says gratitude to Arkansas linemen 30 Healthy Living 32 Cooking with Joy 36 Reflections 38 Crossword Puzzle on the cover 39 Scenes from the Past Frozen Glory Hole 40 Let’s Eat This formation, built from layer upon layer of ice, took at least a week to develop. It is hollow. When photographer Tim Ernst stood close to 42 Around Arkansas the frozen column, he could hear a tiny waterfall within that was too fast to freeze. He has been visiting this location in the Ozark National Forest for more than 20 years and has only seen it like this once. Another view of the scene is pictured at the top of this page.

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editor’s letter New Year, JANUARY 2013 Volume LXVI, Number 3 (ISSN 0048-878X) (USPS 472960)

New Look Arkansas Living is published monthly. Periodicals postage paid at Little Rock, AR b y S HE I L A y oUN T and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: A new year often magazine has a new look. We have Send address changes to: ushers in change and redesigned it in our continuing effort Arkansas Living, P.O. Box 510, Little Rock, AR 72203 such is the case this year to improve your magazine. We listen Members: Please send name of your with Arkansas Living. to your feedback and we are offering cooperative with mailing label. First of all, I am honored what we believe is a cleaner look that to succeed Ouida Cox will be easier and more enjoyable An Official Publication of as editor of this historic to read. I am especially pleased that publication. Of course, Joy Rice will be providing recipes for I have big shoes to fill the new “Cooking with Joy” section. in the aftermath of her Joy is an avid cook who loves to Duane Highley President and CEO legendary 63-year career. experiment with new dishes. Along Sandy Byrd Vice President, Member & Public Relations But I have had the good fortune with traditional Southern favorites, Sheila Yount Editor to work with her in recent years as she will also add some more healthy Marcia Tabor Advertising Coordinator associate editor, and she has given me offerings, something we all need at the Rob Roedel Contributing Editor strong guidance and many words of start of the new year! Geri Miller Production Manager Dixie Rogers Graphic Designer wisdom. I am also honored to present Her primary message was clear, the work of Tim Ernst, known as Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. however. “Always remember the Arkansas’ wilderness photographer, Board of Directors Officers member out there at the end of the in this inaugural issue of 2013. Along Martha Pennington Chairman, Hamburg line.” I think that is a great message, with some of Tim’s other magnificent Mel Coleman Vice Chairman, Salem not only for the magazine, but for winter scenes, we have included Jery Jacobs Secretary, Dierks Bill Conine Treasurer, Clinton the electric co-ops as a whole. Of some work from his most recent book course we want to do our best to “Arkansas Landscapes II.” In addition Contact Information remember all members, no matter to the magazine’s offerings, we have Arkansas Living where they live. But, by remembering included in this mailing a 2013 “Best 1 Cooperative Way the member at the end of the line, of Rural Arkansas” calendar featuring Little Rock, AR 501.570.2311 we return to our real roots. We were photos taken by “Miss Ouida” during Email: [email protected] formed in the 1930s because the big her career. power companies didn’t want to serve Going forward, we will also do Mailing Address the farmers who lived in the lightly our best to keep you informed about P.O. Box 510 Little Rock, AR 72203 populated rural areas, “way out in the issues of importance to the electric co- country.” ops. In so doing, we hope to fulfill the Advertising Department Our service territory no longer only mission statement recently developed Marcia Tabor comprises rural areas. In fact, we now by electric co-ops across the nation – Email: [email protected] 501.570.2312 serve some of the fastest growing areas to power communities and empower of Arkansas. Our acknowledgement members to improve the quality of Subscription Price: of that fact led to changing the their lives. The words may be new, but $7.00 per year for non-members magazine’s name from Rural Arkansas the mission isn’t. We were working for Member of Arkansas Press Association to Arkansas Living. But, in doing that, these goals before the first issue of the we have not forgotten that we still Arkansas REA News, this magazine’s Acceptance of advertising by Arkansas Living does not imply endorsement of the product or services advertised serve rural Arkansas – the members at predecessor publication, arrived in by the publisher or the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. the end of the line – and we are proud members’ mailboxes in November to do so. 1946. Arkansas Living is proud to Follow us on In this issue, you will see that the continue that tradition.

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9 Arkansas Winter Landscapes t’s January in Arkansas – the month when The Natural State usually gets the coldest temperatures, and any snow Ior ice, of the season. Arkansas’ renowned wilderness photographer, Tim Ernst, has captured many stunning images of winter in Arkansas. Here is a look at the season, in all its frozen glory, through his eyes and words.

10 JANUARY 2013 PHOTOS AND TEXT by Tim Ernst

Frost Flower This “frost flower” is a jewel of wintertime. It only happens on the first really cold nights of early winter when sap from frostweed plants combines with water and oozes from within the plant stem. The unique and very delicate ice sculptures that form actually destroy the base of the plant. Once the sun hits the ice, it begins to melt immediately.

Crumbling Barn and Reflection A dusting of snow added to the calm peacefulness of this serene scene in Boxley Valley. This old barn had survived many long winters and no doubt provided shelter for man and beast alike. The barn is gone now, crumbled into the earth, leaving behind its image in the pond.

11 Hemmed-In Hollow The morning after a rare 20-inch snowfall, I put on a pair of cross-country skies and slipped and slid my way down a steep hillside to reach this famous waterfall. The winter sun was low in the sky, and I climbed up behind the falls and used a fisheye lens to get everything in the frame. Hemmed-In Hollow is the tallest waterfall between the Rockies and Appalachians at 209 feet.

Golden Swirls After the sun goes down, I like to wander along creeks and look for reflections. Most folks look up; I look down. The sky was turning from blue to gold, creating magical swirls. I had to get down very low to the ground to see it all in this reflection. This was a spot on the river where a calm pool (on the right) began to run fast and became whitewater (on the left).

12 JANUARY 2013 Winter God Beams Golden “God beams” warmed up this frigid winter day, and I was lucky enough to be standing there at just the right moment when the magic happened. I got three pictures as the beams moved quickly through the landscape, and then it was all over. This scene was taken from the back deck of our log cabin. You would have laughed if you saw me taking this picture. I was in my bathrobe wearing house slippers and standing in the 8 inches of fresh snow. I was also recovering from shoulder surgery, with my “shooting” arm in a sling.

13 John Deere Moon I love the moments just before the full moon sets – it seems that the world is at peace and all is well. You can often find me running around all over the place trying to find a good spot for a photo. I had given up on finding an open view this day and was headed home when I looked up and saw that my neighbor had parked his tractor in the perfect spot!

Frozen Trees Hoar frost happens when trees are engulfed with fog that freezes onto the limbs of the trees. This photo was taken on top of White Rock Mountain in the Ozark National Forest soon after a thick blanket of fog had lifted, leaving behind a forest that was covered with frosty limbs, gleaming bright white against a deep blue clear sky.

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There is just a hint of golden sunshine kissing the Photo by R a far end of this photo, which was taken the morning after 8 inches of fresh snow fell in the Ozarks. Kings River Falls, Kings River Falls Natural Area. y S c ott

Tim Ernst, 57, lives in a log cabin called Cloudland in the middle of the Buffalo River Wilderness in Newton County with his wife, Pam, and daughter, Amber. He has been a professional nature photographer for more than 37 years and has had images published in numerous publications, including National Geographic. A member of Carroll Electric Cooperative, he has written several guidebooks and recently released his Coyote on the Hunt 13th “coffee table” picture This coyote had on his full winter coat while searching book entitled “Arkansas for mice under the fresh snow one cold January day. Landscapes II.” I must have made a noise as he stopped and turned To learn more, visit: around to see who else might be after his mice! Holla www.TimErnst.com. Bend National Wildlife Refuge near Dardanelle.

Snow Barn Heavy, driving snow can turn a colorful landscape into black and white, and shades of gray. You can see how my neighbor neatly lined up his bales of hay and how the roof of the barn disappeared into the snow. The wet snow piled up high on the limbs – and a minute after I took this picture, the wind blew and knocked all that snow on top of my camera!

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Hammerschmidt Receives Sidney S. McMath Public Service Leadership Award

The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas recently presented the third Sidney S. McMath Public Service Leadership Award to former U.S. Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt, R. Ark., who served 13 terms in Congress. “We are privileged to name Congressman Hammerschmidt as the third recipient of the Sidney S. McMath Public Service Leadership Award,” said Carmie Henry, vice president of governmental affairs for the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas. “His vision and leadership served the public interest in the same manner that Gov. McMath’s did in the early 1950s.” The Sidney S. McMath Public Service Leadership Award was created by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas to recognize outstanding leadership by a public official that results in improvements to the quality of life of rural Arkansans. McMath’s unwavering support of the electric cooperative movement in Arkansas, along with his other accomplishments on behalf of Arkansans, set the standard for public service in Arkansas, Henry said. “Because of my longtime relationship with and support of the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, it is my truly great honor to receive the prestigious Sidney S. McMath award for public service,” said Hammerschmidt, who retired from Congress in 1993. “I accept it with deep appreciation for my longtime cooperative friends. But what makes it doubly rewarding is that it bears the name of one the most progressive and finest governors to serve our great state.” According to Henry, Hammerschmidt’s support of America’s electric cooperatives was demonstrated many times with his votes on such legislative issues as funding of the Power Marketing Administrations and the Rural Utilities Service loan programs. “On behalf of the Arkansas electric cooperatives, he led the charge as the ranking member of the House Committee of Public Works and Transportation to gain the approval of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the licensing necessary to construct the three hydropower plants AECC has since constructed on the navigation locks and dams on the Arkansas River,” he Former U.S. Rep. John Paul said. “These run-of-the-river plants continue to serve Hammerschmidt accepts the Sidney cooperative members.” S. McMath award. Honorees are presented a statue of McMath that depicts his dedication to the electric cooperative movement. Former U.S. Rep. Marion Berry and U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, both D. Ark., are the two previous award recipients.

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19 Thanks from the Big Apple New Yorker shows gratitude to Arkansas linemen Last fall, in the aftermath of the devastating Hurricane/ Superstorm Sandy, Arkansas co-op linemen traveled to the East Coast to help restore power. They received many emails and notes thanking them for their hard work. But one in particular, from Richard Frisenda of Nassau County, N.Y., to Steven Hall, human resources manager at North Arkansas Electric Cooperative (NAEC), stood out. We are pleased to share excerpts of that email here. Dear Mr. Steven Hall: On the day the nor’easter arrived, a crew of linemen Rich Frisenda, center, serves as a tour guide for Arkansas linemen from North Arkansas Electric Cooperative also arrived on who helped restore power after Hurricane Sandy. Pictured with him our street, and in absolutely horrendous and dangerous at the Freedom Tower are: L to R, Gary Ferguson, Ben Leslie, Chris conditions, spent the entire day and evening working to Tomlinson and Randy Smith of North Arkansas Electric. Employees replace a pole and transformer that had come down in from Clay County, First and Mississippi County electric cooperatives front of our home. In spite of the wind and driving snow, and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc., joined them on the tour. they remained out there working until it simply became too unsafe for them to continue. nights, and it was one of the best experiences we ever They returned the next morning and told me that had. These men were incredibly respectful to my wife, they were going to do everything they could to get our daughter and me, and we enjoyed getting to know them. power restored by the end of the day. In the course of They shared stories and photos of their families and my conversation with the crew later that evening, after children, and, by the end of their stay, we had become they had restored power, I learned that for the past four friends. My son and I have every intention of accepting nights they had been sleeping on the floor of the old their invitation to visit them this summer in Arkansas. … Jericho Fire Department – no cots, no blankets and no I eventually had the opportunity to meet all 25 men who showers. The new firehouse across the street already had came here from Arkansas, and I will never forget each of 70 utility workers camping out on the floor – where all these men. those men shared only two showers. This particular crew One night one of the men from NAEC that had been had just been told that they should drive to Brookhaven staying at my home said they would love to see New that evening where they could sleep at a National Guard York City before they returned to Arkansas. All the men facility, and they asked me how far that was. … were hoping they would be able to find the time prior I was appalled. These men were working outside on to going home, and I told them I would love to be their electrical lines for 16 hours a day, dangerous work in the personal tour guide if they were able to have a day to do best of circumstances, and at they end of the day they did so. On Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 9 a.m., I received a phone not even have the comfort of a hot shower and a decent call that they were being released (from duty) and were night’s rest. I felt ashamed that they had driven 1,300 able to go to the city. … They all said they wanted to see miles to help Long Islanders and this was how they were and pay their respects to the World Trade Center victims, being treated. Told to now drive an additional hour after and they wanted to see the Statue of Liberty. They prayed their 16-hour workday, to sleep on yet another hard floor. and cried at St. Paul’s Church in lower Manhattan where I told these four men that they were welcome to there is a memorial located directly across from the World spend the night at my house. My wife and I opened up Trade Center. They wanted to see the reflecting pools at our home to them because we felt it was the right and the Freedom Tower, which normally requires passes that decent thing to do. It is because of the work they did are issued before you arrive. After speaking to a policeman restoring our power that we were able to offer them a on duty at the site, and explaining the situation, I was place to enjoy a hot shower and a warm, comfortable able to get them into the memorial where they viewed place to sleep. They ended up staying with us for three the waterfalls where each of the victim’s names is etched

20 JANUARY 2013 into the granite. This was the first time I personally had been in that area since Sept. 15, 2001, and I had no intention of ever going back there. As a police lieutenant, I had been assigned to the trade center disaster for several days. Having these men with me helped me overcome some images I have had locked up in the back of my head. To watch these men tour New York City was something that will stay with me forever. Most amazing was the way every single New Yorker we encountered was so gracious and generous to these men – from the conductor on the LIRR who let them ride for free, the subway booth attendant who also let them ride for free, and the Staten Island Ferry employees who held the ferry for them so they wouldn’t miss it, etc. … They made me laugh all day long, and they made me realize that by extending my welcome to them I had made some friends for life. On the evening of the day they left to return home, I received a call from one of them just to thank me again. I told him I couldn’t talk to him at the moment because I was at the emergency room with my daughter, who was having a medical problem. He told me that if my family needed them, they would turn right around and return if they could help us in any way. They were 12 hours away at that point, but they absolutely meant it. Since then, I have received too many phone calls and text messages to count from all these men, as well as their family members, thanking me and my family for bringing them into our home. What they don’t realize is that I had the greatest time in my life. Sincerely, Rich Frisenda

21 capitol buzz Fuel Mix is Important … and Other Musings for 2013 b y C A R M I E HENRY As I watch more greatly, thereby solving the pricing hour. Your cooperatives are the and more television problem for gas exploration companies. first utilities in Arkansas to provide commercials and We at the electric cooperatives wind power to Arkansas homes and now hear some radio have always believed that all forms businesses. Coupled with the 167.4 ads, too, sponsored of energy in abundant quantity are megawatts of hydropower that they by America’s Natural needed to help America become own on the Arkansas River and other Gas Alliance (ANGA), energy independent, and, more hydropower purchased from the it is becoming more important, answer the one question Southwest Power Administration, you apparent that the we ask ourselves every time we make can be proud of the contributions Arkansas General a decision on behalf of our members: to renewable energy that your Assembly, when it Is it affordable? Just as we would not cooperatives have undertaken over convenes on Jan. 14, will get a chance put all of our eggs into one basket the years as they continue to diversify to consider legislation aimed at with our retirement accounts in this their fuel mix portfolio. This is also one improving the price of natural gas for world of volatile stock markets, we do way the cooperatives have supported the exploration companies that are not believe in betting our future on jobs in Arkansas via the wind energy currently fracking and exploring for one fuel. We need natural gas, wind, companies that provide the turbine additional supplies of natural gas in the hydropower, solar, biofuels, and, yes, blades that you sometimes see being Fayetteville Shale Play in north central coal. Coal is the cheapest fuel and it is transported down our interstate Arkansas. Understandable. The price what keeps your electric bills as low as highways to the wind projects in of natural gas has been uncommonly possible. western Oklahoma, Kansas and the low for more than a year now, and the If you’ve signed up with your local Texas panhandle. exploration companies cannot make cooperative with your email address, Farewell to Mike Ross a go of it if the price stays depressed we are going to keep you informed It was 12 years ago in December for long. But they need not worry. The during this legislative session. We when Mike Ross, newly elected to history of the pricing of natural gas are also going to ask for your active Congress, but not yet sworn-in, first demonstrates that it is a very volatile participation in keeping your lights addressed a group of elected electric commodity in the open marketplace. burning and your electric bills low. cooperative directors at a winter What would that potential There is no better tonic for elected directors conference in Little Rock. legislation likely do? More officials with grandiose ideas they think The speech marked the beginning consumption solves a lot of problems. will solve the world’s problems than of a good relationship. For the next Some of the largest consumers of an informed grassroots network willing 12 years, Ross represented electric natural gas use it to produce electricity, and ready to step up and educate them. cooperative interests in the Congress including your electric cooperatives. Electric cooperative members can be to the best of his abilities. He became In fact, Arkansas Electric Cooperative a mighty force for rural Arkansas and a friend, so much so that he was Corporation (AECC) owns six they should be. awarded the Sidney S. McMath Public natural gas-based generation stations Wind power comes to Arkansas Service Leadership Award, only the representing 1,167 megawatts of Effective last month, AECC has second recipient of the only award capacity. It is an unspoken alliance, but placed into service 51 megawatts of the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas there are forces within the gas industry wind power from the Flat Ridge II present to elected officials. Ross became and the environmental communities project in Kansas to serve Arkansas a true friend of electric cooperatives. that would like to see the end of coal electric cooperative members. Choosing not to seek re-election, the as a fuel for power generation. Forcing This follows the signing of a 20- Southwest Power Pool will now have utilities to either shut down or convert year purchased power agreement the benefit of his many talents. Best of coal-based generation to natural gas with a fixed cost (no escalators) of luck, Mike. would increase gas consumption approximately 3 cents per kilowatt- 24 JANUARY 2013 Rogers, AR 866-900-8736 www.wheelermetals.com

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25 Doug Rye says cut your energy bills The More Things Change, the… b y D OU G RYE Yes, you know the more energy-efficient house including on that list and to teach you how to rest, the more they this column, seminars and www. make improvements so that you can remain the same. It is smartenergytips.org. start reducing the number of items on unbelievable, isn’t it? As I thought about the ways that the list. We encourage you to not only Another year has passed. things have changed through the read the columns, but to save them for Well HAPPY NEW YEAR years, it occurred to me that energy further references. So, since it is already again. As I was thinking efficiency, as relating to houses, has 2013, let’s get started. about this column and remained the same. I believe that if we Without a doubt, the best way the ways that we could made a list of every item that affected to know about the energy efficiency best help you in 2013, the energy efficiency of both a 30-year- of any house is to obtain a detailed I also reflected on the old house and a brand new house, the energy audit. I often tell folks that you past. I thought about many of the ways that the world has changed What we teach is good for the consumer, good for the since I wrote my first column for this magazine. I also thought about how environment and good for our nation. much faster and busier life seems to be with the technology revolution. Then two lists would be essentially the same. will learn more about your house in I thought about the great opportunity Of course, we would expect the new a couple of hours with a good energy that we have had to help so many house to be the most energy efficient audit than you will learn in years people have more energy efficient and of the two, and, in most cases, it would without one. If your house has comfort affordable houses. Just last evening be. But not always. If the owner of an problems or high utility bills and you a man said to me, “Y’all have done a older home has corrected the house’s are a member of an Arkansas electric good job teaching folks about energy energy inefficiency issues, it could co-op, I suggest that you call your construction. I walked through several easily be more energy efficient than a electric co-op and request an energy houses under construction recently newer house. I often get a call at the audit. And the sooner you call, the and all of them were using Marathon office where the caller starts by saying, better because the audit will almost water heaters and cellulose insulation. “I live in a 50-year-old house and ...” always reveal air infiltration problems. I believe that they learned to do that I can tell by the sound of the caller’s And that is what we will cover in the from y’all.” voice that he/she has doubts as to column next month. Trust me, you will With further discussion, I learned what can be done or if there is even be glad that you called your co-op. And that “y’all” was referring to me and the anything feasible to do that will make as always, you can call me at 501-653- Arkansas electric co-ops. Well, I love the older house more energy efficient. 7931 for other energy efficiency help. to hear comments like that. What we Well, the answer is nearly always, yes. P.S. I have started scheduling energy teach is good for the consumer, good It should be obvious by now that seminars for 2013. I will list them at for the environment and good for a list is important. And what is on the end of each column. our nation. I have never had a single that list? Well, it needs to identify Craighead Electric Co-op, Jonesboro, person say to me that teaching energy the energy efficiency needs of your on Feb. 4-5, 2013. efficiency is a bad thing. So we will house only. That list should be based continue to teach in 2013, and we will on facts and not guesses. In the 2013 try to do our best ever. We will use columns, we are going to do our best several methods to help you have a to help you know what needs to be

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by JoI am pleased y to Rijoin the Arkansas c e Living staff this month as we start a new recipes column called “Cooking with Joy.” It is my plan to share with you some of my favorite recipes, as well as new ones that I will discover as I do research for this monthly column. Now, for those New Year’s resolutions. I’ve made the same ones for so many years I don’t even need to write them down. But when my family made the decision to adopt a healthier lifestyle, we started with making small changes in what we ate and how we prepared our meals. We began eating more poultry, fish and vegetables, brown rice and whole grain pasta, and fewer pre-made and packaged meals. It took some planning, but it’s definitely been worth the effort. Here are some of my favorite healthy recipes to get you started.

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A T E O N O N E B POLE BARNS

R A T S S T I D E R E D O 30’ x 50’ x 10’ Enclosed . . . $7000 .00

A R O N R O P A V E V A C 30’ x 50’ x 10’ w/15’ Shed . . $8800 .00

E N I L A S R E N I O J 36’ x 50’ x 10’ Horse Barn . . $9000 .00

K A O M O N E V 30’ x 40’ x 10’ Enclosed . . . $6200 .00 E Y T S N A D L E E R

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Photographs from the Archives January 1988 “Winter weather creates a wonderland down this country road in rural Van Buren County. This area is served by Petit Jean Electric.”

39 let’s eat dining in arkansas It’s a Family Thing at The Green Store b y R o b R o edel The Green Store in Johnsville started The burger was cooked perfectly and as a Bradley County tomato shed, but loaded with fresh toppings, including today it is the place to get a fabulous zesty pepper jack cheese. unique meal. The Philly cheesesteak sandwich The store, located just west of the featured rich, smoky layers of thinly Ashley County line, is operated by sliced smoked prime rib and Swiss Justin and Haley Calhoun, along with cheese with sautéed onions and Haley’s mom and dad, David and Kendy mushrooms served on a fresh hoagie Temple, and sister, Torie Maxwell. The roll. It was accompanied by the “Heart The “Heart Attack Platter.” family’s children also help at the store. Attack Platter.” This plate of fried, “We’ve made friends one bite at a hand-breaded mushrooms, dill pickles breakfast is also offered and is a favorite time,” Justin said. “Our business has and jalapeños were cooked with tasty during deer season. Many of the local grown by word of mouth. Our food breading that had just enough spice. No hunters’ trophy mounts adorn the walls speaks for itself.” heart attack, but taste-bud happiness. of the establishment. Here are a few It didn’t take long for me to join the The boudin appetizer was rich, other offerings: store’s list of friends. I began my visit warm and flavored with a hint of spice • “The Mighty Hog Attack” – A with a “Get Greazzzzzy!!!” cheeseburger that reminded me that Bradley County 24-ounce hamburger topped with six that was prepared by Heidi, the is pretty close to Louisiana. pieces of bacon, four pieces of cheese daughter of Justin and Haley. Mom The Green Store likes to create menu and topped with veggies. and dad said that she is a champion offerings using simple items, Justin said. • “The Baconator” – Combines a hamburger-maker. After taking a bit “People like simple food that tastes pound of bacon, succulent slices of of her creation, great,” he said. fresh Bradley County tomatoes (when I agreed. With that philosophy in mind, in season) and mayonnaise between he created “The Roxanne.” It consists two toasted slices of Texas toast. of fried mozzarella sticks, bacon and • “Haley’s Chicken Sandwich” – sautéed onions served on toasted Texas Chicken, caramelized onions, grilled toast. The ingredients blend perfectly to mushrooms, bacon and Swiss cheese on create a taste for the record books. Texas toast. The 16-ounce rib-eye steak was • The hamburger steak, which is a presented next. It was topped with weekday and evening favorite of the three jumbo shrimp and served locals. with a choice of potato, bread and • The “One-Hit Wonders” board that a salad. Haley said that the rib- features a new offering each week. eyes are crowd favorites on Friday Many return customers request previous the eating essentials and Saturday evenings, which are specials, which are prepared just for usually very busy. them. The Green Store Shrimp is another favorite • Freshly prepared homemade pies and cakes cooked by the family. 3527 Arkansas 160 East item and The Green Store Because it is a full-fledged country Johnsville will serve them boiled, fried and grilled. In addition to the store, a line of retail groceries, hunting 870.463.8664 menu items, Monday through supplies, gasoline and other dry goods Hours of Operation Friday plate lunches are offered. are also offered. Monday – Saturday: 5 a.m. – 9 p.m. They include a meat and three Dining recommendations? Contact Rob vegetables. A “grab and go” Roedel at [email protected]

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