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Please attend the Open Public Informational Meeting Monday, February . Dr. Tom Kimbrell  15, 2010 at 6pm at the Williford Campus Cafeteria and senior staff from the Arkansas Department of Education will meet with Twin

River School District Patrons at 6pm Monday Feb 15 in the Williford campus Cafeteria. We would like everyone to attend and express their concern for the outcome of our school’s current situation

Spread the word, United we Stand, Panther Proud!

Being a recovering frisbee addict, I’d love to be able to indulge my passion once again. I have been pondering the idea of a sanctioned disc golf course in Loberg Park. There is a group that is focused on the promotion and creation of disc golf courses in the US and around the globe. With over 2700 sanctioned disc golf courses around the globe, this is no fad and could provide opportunities of increased family values and interaction and community growth through fun filled recreation, as well as visitor recreation while vacationing and visiting Hardy and our area.

Here is the website for the disc golf group www.pdga.com. I’d be interested to hear from anyone who might like to help manifest this vision into reality. 

Please feel free to contact me directly at my store.

Marc Herring

Ozark Classic Crafts Mall

870-856-2892

There are so many wonderful eateries in the Spring River area. Here is my list of Hardy resturants… and please remember, that the sequence is strickly by location and not ranked as best or least favorite…I don’t want anyone to feel that I’m playing favorites…and I’m not getting paid for this…the owners of these resturants are my friends and I’m proud that we have so many fine places to eat.

The Garlic Rose-Main St Hardy…awsome northern Italian food. Great atmosphere and great service. This is our one and only taste of Italy in our area.

Afterwords Cafe-Spring St Hardy…Cool and eclectic. AC makes some of the best coffe around. Great sandwiches, pastas fine dinners and cool beverages (hot and cold). Music, music music…There is ALWAYS something going on at Afterwords Cafe www.wordsafterwords.com

Corner Booth-Main St Hardy…A legendary place for Breakfast and Lunch…closes at 2pm. It’s the former Greyhound terminal and is now a magical look at the past through the wonderful collection of memorabilia and keepsakes. The Belgian Waffles are TO DIE FOR!!!

Creekside Loft-Main St Hardy (across from City Hall)…Debbie and Mike Gray have created an outstanding dinner and music experience that is held on each Third Friday of the month. Come eat and jam to some of the best blues you’ve ever heard…anywhere!

Main St Pizza-Main St Hardy…Great hand made pizza that is made in a REAL pizza oven…and they DELIVER!

The Hardy Candy Shoppe…candy, candy candy…and more candy including THE BEST FUDGE ANYWHERE!!! I fell in love with Hardy because of the fudge 9 years ago. Icecream and other etables are available.

The Downhome Country Kitchen…Main St Hardy (west of town). If you’re Hungry…DCK is the place to go! You’ll feel like your in your grandmothers country kitchen. Great food, friendly servers and outrageous deserts in quantites that will leave you full and smiling.

Sandy’s Beach Club BBQ-63/412 (above rebel station)-outstanding BBQ that is smoked right on sight by none other than Bobby Guilland. IMHO, They make THE best coleslaw that I’ve ever had and now they have the coolest deck to hang out on and enjoy the fine Hardy evenings.

Biggers Bluff Resturant-62N of Hardy right on the Bluff. This is the place to take in the view of the Spring River. Its a million dollar view and the food is outstanding. Steaks, chicken, chops and adult beverages too. Biggers is Hardy’s one and only private club where you can have a fabulous dinner and a glass of wine while you are watching the sun set over the Spring River Valley.

Jenny B’s Hwy 63/412 Hardy-WOW! our newest resturant and one of our secret jems, but not a secret anymore. Wonderful charm, sincere service and excellent food. Jenny B’s serves delicious food created in an artful manner. The decore is tastefully designed and adds to the dining experience.

The Kopper Kettle Hwy 63/412 Hardy…As if it wasn’t great enough…the Kopper Kettle rasies the bar on our resturant scene with a Saturday Seafood Buffet that is beyond expections for an inland location…Crab legs, Scallops, oysters, shrimp and MORE!!! If you can’t get to the ocean…the ocean is available in Hardy…and they have a fabulous Sunday brunch.

Cozemel Intersection of 63/412/62N and Main St Hardy-authentic Mexican food that will please everyone who likes Mexican cuisine…and its Hardy water, so, its drinkable.

AND>>> at the East end of town, we have Subway and at the West end of town, there is McDonalds.

Folks…we are truely resturant rich in Hardy, plus there are many other fine eating establishments in Cherokee Village,Highland, and Ash Flat, Mammoth Springs and Horshoe Bend. So, please check them all out and enjoy your dining experiences.

Marc Herring M.M.B., M.W.T.
Ozark Classic Crafts Mall
116 East Main St
Hardy, Ar 72542
www.ozarkclassiccraftsmall.com
marc@ozarkclassiccraftsmall.com

As we all take our turns eating out at our neighborhood resturants…if you’ve had a good experience, then, please share it with the rest of us. On the other hand, if your experience was less than you’d desire it to be, then tell the resturant. There is NO one in business who wouldn’t appreciate being told how you really feel. What is done afterwards is totally up to them.

Here’s my review of my first 8:30pm visit to Fredericks Family Resturant. Upon arrival, I couldn’t believe that I could still have breakfast! Astounded, I ordered a western omlet, crispy hash browns and hot FRESH coffee (even this late in the day). The omlet was heaven, filled with all the western fixins, and the taters were just as I liked them…crispy on the top, and delicious throughout. My mother showed at 8:45 and ordered the sugar FREE blueberry pie (home made by Sharon) with whipped cream topping. She ate it all up and did everything but lick the plate clean.

That was last week, tonight 11-24, I again went to Fredericks and had a delightful Grilled Cheese sandwich and home made tomato soup…the soup was amazing. Thick and rich. Sharon makes the soup too.

It is such a blessing to have a place like Fredericks that is open late (till 9pm everyday, 3 on Sundays) and be able to have breakfast ANYTIME!!!

Thanks Bill, Sharon and team for bringing great home styled fresh food to our area. May we all be hungry and find you open when we get there.

Marc Herring

Ozark Classic Crafts Mall

Below is a reprint of a story written back on  September 17, 2004 – What can we do to improve more -  Your comments are appreciated !!

By Craig Ogilvie, travel writer
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism

HARDY — For over a century, this foothills town has welcomed visitors who enjoy the cool waters of Spring River, the beauty of the surrounding Ozarks and shopping in the unique little stores along Main Street.

Very little has changed, except travelers no longer arrive by train…and most prefer a modern motel, riverside resort, RV campsite or a cozy bed and breakfast. With a National Historic District that stretches three blocks along a Main Street filled with interesting shops and museums, Old Hardy Town is among the travel treasures of Arkansas.

Hardy joined the Main Street program in 1994, with Johnny Gray serving as the first local director. A good mix of business leaders, historians, crafters and educators joined the effort to secure the program for Hardy. Dr. Aubrey Thompson and Dale Maddox were among the prime movers ten years ago and remain active in the town’s direction today. Read the rest of this entry »

Main Street Hardy Online is here to help the local businesses in the Hardy community. If you have a business or provide a service within the Hardy area, please use our FREE Business Directory to list yourself. We also have a Billboard feature that is available for a nominal fee, so that you can advertise your business. Main Street Hardy-Online is ready, willing and able to assist in helping you to grow your business. Thanks to all who are seeing the value. We plan to offer free seminars to the local area business to work together to help promote our town and business.

In today’s tough economy, making sure we take advantage of every opportunity to promote the area is more important than ever. This could very well be the turning point for many of the local merchants in the area. W e are here to ensure that turning point is a GOOD one not a bad one. Together we can make it happen.

Great news for the local business owners in the Hardy Area, we will be offering a FREE seminar  to not only introduce to the new Main Street Hardy Online website and how to take advantage of it.

Mark your calendar for NOV. 17 , 2009 (Tuesday) 5:15 pm

Location: Words Afterwords

Additionally  if you are interested in your own website or would like to learn more about what a website could do for your business please attend.

Just let us know if you are planning on attending this Free seminar by Clicking Here   to reserve a seat. Hope to see you there !

When our new site Main Street Hardy Online went live we hit the streets ready to show the town we mean business. And by that we mean helping to do everything possible to promote and inform the local folks as well and most importantly tourist around the country about our town.

With that said, we are excited to add to our site a new FREE  newsletter subscription service option. This will allow you to get included in our new newsletter that will be emailed out with events and news that is happening in our wonderful town of Hardy Arkansas.

Please join our list, don’t worry we keep the list private and only for the purpose of information about Hardy. Plus if you ever get tired of the newsletter you can always OPT OUT !!

So Join the list, get informed and lets have some fun !!!

It was a fun time for all in Hardy during the annual Hardy Fall Arts & Crafts Show, The festival took take place along Main Street Hardy which has been restored to the quaint beauty of a past century, and in the Historic Hardy Gym. There was plenty of free parking one block off Main Street and within comfortable walking distance of the Festival. The festival and the approximately 35 specialty shops that comprise the National Register Historic District in Historic Hardy are all located within the five block downtown area made for a exciting time for all who attended.

Some of the entertainment that was going on during the event was the live music of the band Bona Fide

Additionally we had some great line dancing  being performed by a local group too!