{\an7}>> A HIKE IS ALWAYS WORTH {\an8}WHILE IF THERE'S A AWARD AT THE {\an7}END SO WE TEAMED UP WITH ERIC {\an7}SCOWDEN TO TAKE US TO HIS AND {\an7}ACCORD HOLLOW FALLS TURN LEFT {\an7}ON {\an7}TO COUNTY ROAD 6200 FOR NINE {\an8}/TELEPHONE A MILE AND THE FIRST {\an7}LEFT OF A MILE -- [INAUDIBLE] {\an7}WHICH IS UNMARKED FOR ANOTHER {\an8}9/10 OF A MILE AND PARK AT THE {\an8}CLEARING.

YOU WILL WALK UP THE {\an7}ROAD AND GET ON THE OZARK {\an7}HIGHLANDS TRAIL TO THE LEFT.

{\an8}ERIC AFTER ABOUT 60 FEET OR SO {\an7}ON THE OZARK HIGHLANDS TRAIL {\an7}THIS IS THE POINT RIGHT HERE {\an7}WHERE YOU GO TO THE RIGHT.

{\an7}>> YEAH GO TO THE RIGHT OFF {\an8}THE TRAIL AND STAY RIGHT OF THE {\an7}DRAINAGE ON THE LEFT GOING IN {\an7}AND GO ALONG THE SIDE OF THE {\an7}MOUNTAIN AND UNTIL YOU HIT A {\an7}FEEDER CREEK AND TAKE A RIGHT {\an8}[INAUDIBLE] UNDER THE BIG FALLS.

{\an7}>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S DO IT.

{\an8}THIS HIKE INTO ACRED HOLLOW IS {\an8}RATED ABOUT A MEDIUM BUSHWHACK {\an8}BUT OUR VIDEO PERSON BILL MIGHT {\an8}TELL YOU OTHERWISE.

NOW WE'RE {\an8}COMING UP TO THE POINT WHERE I {\an7}HEAR RUNNY WATER SO THIS IS I {\an8}GUESS WHERE WE VEER OFF TO THE {\an7}LEFT DOWN THE DRAINAGE.

{\an7}>> YEAH CHUCK WHEN YOU HEAR {\an8}SOME WATER YOU SHOULD SEE A SET {\an8}OF BLUFFS TO THE NORTH HERE AND {\an7}WHEN YOU SEE THEM YOU NEED TO {\an8}HEAD DOWN THE HILL TOWARDS THAT {\an7}AREA.

{\an7}>> HERE AT THE ACTUAL BLUFF {\an7}LINE ITSELF ERIC I SEE THIS {\an8}TRAIL, KIND OF ZIG-ZAGGING DOWN {\an7}TO THE BOTTOM.

{\an7}>> YEAH, IT GETS STEEP HERE {\an7}CHUCK.

YOU HAVE TO KIND OF {\an7}MAKE {\an7}A RIGHT HAND TURN HERE TO GO {\an8}UNDERNEATH THE BLUFF LINE.

YOU {\an8}WILL NOTICE A ROCK ON THE LEFT {\an8}THAT GUIDES YOU DOWN AND FOLLOW {\an7}THE BLUFF LINE DOWN UP TO THE {\an7}SIDE OF THE WATERFALL.

{\an7}>> ALL RIGHT.

{\an7}>> [INAUDIBLE] {\an7}>> [INAUDIBLE] WHEN YOU FIND {\an7}ONE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.

{\an8}>> YEAH.

TELL US ERIC WHAT DO {\an8}YOU ENJOY TAKING PEOPLE TO THE {\an8}WATERFALL LIKE YOU DID WITH US {\an7}TO THIS ONE?

{\an8}>> WELL JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING {\an7}REALLY AND I FIND PEACE, {\an8}SOLITUDE.

THE RAW BEAUTY WHEN {\an8}YOU'RE STANDING HERE LOOKING AT {\an7}VERSUS SEEING SOMETHING IN A {\an7}PHOTOGRAPH OR A VIDEO {\an7}SOMETHING.

{\an8}IT'S JUST A GOOD EXPERIENCE AND {\an7}IT'S A LOT OF FUN TO BRING {\an7}PEOPLE TO THEM AND GET THE {\an8}REACTION WHEN THEY SEE THEM AND {\an8}THINGS LIKE THAT AND WE LIVE IN {\an7}A GREAT STATE AND THE PERFECT {\an7}PLACE TO DO IT.

{\an7}>> IT AMAZES ME EVERY TIME I {\an7}SEE SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF AND {\an8}THE POWER OF THE WATER AND IT'S {\an8}CARVED OUT THAT ROCK THERE EONS {\an7}-- {\an8}>> OH YEAH, YEAH THE ROCKS AND {\an7}FALLING AROUND THEM AND MAKES {\an7}WE {\an8}WONDER HOW IN THE WORLD SOME OF {\an7}THE BIG PIECES GOT THERE.

{\an7}SOMETIMES IT'S BIG YOU KNOW {\an8}ROCKS IN THE WATER THAT FALLEN {\an7}DOWN FROM ABOVE AND MAKES YOU {\an8}WONDER HOW LONG THEY HAVE BEEN {\an7}THERE AND WHAT CAUSED THEM TO {\an7}FALL.

THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD {\an7}THING {\an7}ABOUT WATERFALLS THEY SEEM TO {\an7}BE {\an7}-- THERE'S ALWAYS A MYSTERY {\an7}BEHIND THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE {\an7}THAT.

{\an7}>> ALONG WITH TAKING FOLKS {\an7}HIKE TO SEE WATERFALLS ERIC {\an8}ENJOYS WATERFALL PHOTOGRAPHY.

{\an7}>> THIS STARTED FOR ME ABOUT {\an8}2012 JUST KIND OF GETTING INTO {\an7}IT AND I WENT TO A SLIDE SHOW {\an7}AND INSPIRED ME WITH THE {\an7}PHOTOGRAPHY SO I PICKED UP A {\an8}CAMERA AND STARTED LEARNING THE {\an7}FUNDAMENTALS AND BEING SELF {\an7}TAUGHT AND GETTING OUT THERE {\an7}AND {\an7}USING THE CAMERA AS MUCH AS I {\an7}CAN LEARNING THINGS AND IT'S {\an7}JUST TURNED INTO SOMETHING I {\an8}FELL IN LOVE WITH AND I PLAN ON {\an8}KEEP GOING AS LONG AS I CAN AND {\an7}WATERFALLS JUST HAPPEN TO BE {\an7}ONE {\an7}OF MY FAVORITE THINGS SO IT'S {\an7}JUST A LOT OF FUN TO DO.

{\an7}>> IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO {\an7}GARVAN WOODLAND GARDENS NEAR {\an7}HOT {\an7}SPRINGS THEN FOLKS YOU'RE {\an7}MISSING OUT.

WE WERE HERE {\an7}BEFORE BUT WE CAME BACK THIS {\an8}TIME FOR THE TULIP EXTRANSVANZA {\an7}AND LET US TIP TOE {\an8}THROUGH THE TULIPS.

MORE THAN {\an7}150,000 {\an7}BULBS PUT ON THE COLORFUL {\an8}DISPLAYSS IN GARDENS FROM MARCH {\an7}TO MID-APRIL DEPENDING ON THE {\an7}WEATHER.

{\an8}>> THIS IS MY FOURTH VISIT TO {\an7}THE GARDEN AND YES, I AM A {\an7}TULIP {\an7}LOVER AND IN FACT THAT'S MY {\an7}SECOND FAVORITE FLOWER AND I {\an8}ENJOY THIS LOOK AND TULIPS ALL {\an7}OVER IN THE GARDEN AND IT'S {\an7}JUST {\an7}AMAZING.

GOD CREATED THE {\an7}FLOWER {\an8}AND TREES AND EVERYTHING ON THE {\an7}SIXTH DAY SO IT'SORNMENTS OF {\an8}BEAUTY SO I AM REALLY LOVE THIS {\an8}LOOK AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COME {\an8}BACK AGAIN.

IN FACT I BRING MY {\an8}FRIENDS AND FAMILY EVERY TIME I {\an7}COME.

{\an7}>> IT IS OUR FIRST TIME HERE {\an7}AND THE TULIPS ARE AMAZING.

{\an7}SPRING IS EARLIER THAN {\an7}INDIANAPOLIS SO THESE ARE THE {\an7}FIRST FLOWERS OF THE SEASON.

{\an8}>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE {\an7}DRCHTD COLORS AND VARIETIES?

{\an7}>> I DIFFERENT SEEN SUCH A {\an7}VARIETY OF TULIPS, IT IS BIG {\an7}AND {\an7}SMALL ONES.

IT IS AMAZING.

{\an8}THEY'RE MY FAVORITE FLOWER AND {\an7}I {\an8}AM EXCITED TO BE HERE.

I DIDN'T {\an7}KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE {\an7}HERE.

{\an7}>> YEAH, I WOULD SAY IT {\an8}SURPASS D MY EXPECTATIONS AND {\an7}DIDN'T EXPECT ALL OF THIS OUT {\an7}HERE.

{\an8}>> IT'S QUITE THE SIGHT, ISN'T {\an7}IT.

{\an8}>> IT'S IMPRESSIVE AND LIKE I {\an7}SAID WE'RE FROM INDIANA AND {\an8}SPRING HASN'T COME YET AND THE {\an7}FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH FLOWERS {\an8}AND HAPPY TO BE OUTSIDE WITHOUT {\an7}A WINTER COAT BASICALLY.

{\an7}>> THE WORK ON THIS TUPIP {\an8}EXTRANSVANZA STARTS ONE YEAR IN {\an7}ADVANCE AT GARVAN WOODLAND {\an7}GARDENS.

{\an7}>> SOALT DESIGN PROCESS {\an8}ACTUALLY STARTS IN ABOUT APRIL.

{\an7}I GO AHEAD AND CONTACT MY {\an7}WHOLESALERS AND FIND OUT WHAT {\an7}IS {\an7}AVAILABLE AND MAKE THE COLOR, {\an7}SIZE SELECTION AND VARIETY {\an8}SELECTION.

I GOT THOSE ORDERED {\an7}AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR {\an7}SHIPMENT {\an7}IN OCTOBER.

ONCE I KNOW THE {\an8}AVAILABILITY OF THE COLORS AND {\an7}HEIGHTS I START PLANNING THE {\an7}ACTUAL DESIGN OUT.

THIS YEAR {\an7}WE {\an7}WENT WITH A WILD INSPIRED {\an7}DESIGN {\an7}WHERE I USED VERY BOLD LINES {\an7}AND {\an7}CONTRASTING COLORS TO CREATE {\an8}ALMOST A POP ART OR TATTOO ART {\an7}EFFECT AND HAD NEW MIXES SO {\an7}IT'S {\an7}A LITTLE DIFFERENT APPROACH {\an7}THAN {\an7}WE USED IN THE PAST AFTER THE {\an7}DESIGN PROCESS IS THROUGH WE {\an7}PLANT IN NOVEMBER TYPICALLY {\an7}THANKSGIVING.

BEFORE THAT WE {\an8}GET THE BULBS IN MID-OCTOBER.

{\an8}WE SHUL THOSE IN THE ZONE TO BE {\an8}PRECHILLED AND CHILL THOSE FOR {\an7}EIGHT WEEKS UNTIL THEY'RE {\an7}PLANTED AND THROUGHOUT THE {\an7}PROCESS OF PLANTING WE KEEP {\an7}THOSE IN THE CHILLER SO THEY {\an7}GET {\an8}THE MAXIMUM COLD TREATMENT FOR {\an7}THE AREA.

WE HAVE A CREW OF {\an8}EIGHT PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH AND {\an7}PLANT THE BULBS.

IT'S A LONG {\an8}PROCESS.

WE START IN NOVEMBER.

{\an8}THIS YEAR WE BRAPPED UP TOWARDS {\an8}THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY WITH {\an7}THE FINAL PLANTING.

{\an8}>> DO YOU USE ANYTHING TO GROW {\an7}OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

{\an8}>> NO.

WHEN WE GET THEM THEY {\an7}HAVE ALL THE NUTRIENTS THEY {\an7}NEED {\an7}STORED UP SO IF WE USE {\an8}FERTILIZER AT THIS POINT IT'S A {\an7}WASTE.

IF YOU KEEP THEM AS {\an8}PERENNIALS THAT'S WHEN YOU USE {\an7}A {\an7}FERTILIZER AND DO THAT AS THE {\an7}LEAVES START TO EMERGE IN THE {\an8}SPRING AND A BLY IT THROUGHOUT {\an7}THE GROWING SEASON.

MOST OF {\an7}THE {\an8}ENERGY THROUGH THE BULB IF THEY {\an7}HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE CORRECT {\an7}COLD TREATMENT GO INTO THE {\an8}FLOWER AND NOT THE LEAVES.

IF {\an7}THEY HAVEN'T DONE THROUGH THE {\an7}PROPER TREATMENT YOU SEE LUSH {\an7}AND BEAUTIFUL LEAVES AND A {\an7}SMALLER LESS SUBSTANTIAL {\an7}FLOWER, {\an8}BUT YEAH THAT'S STORED UP FROM {\an8}THE YEAR BEFORE SO NO NEED FOR {\an7}FERTILIZER ON OURS.

{\an8}>> YOU MUST REALLY ENJOY DOING {\an7}THIS?

{\an7}>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS THE {\an7}DREAM JOB AND I LOVE IT, LOVE {\an7}IT.

{\an7}>> AND SO WILL YOU AS YOU {\an7}ENJOY THESE AND ALL THE OTHER {\an7}FLOWERS THAT BLOOM THROUGHOUT {\an8}THE YEAR AT THIS ONE OF THE TOP {\an7}FIVE WOODLAND GARDENS IN THE {\an7}NATION.

{\an7}>> WHILE DRIVING ALONG {\an8}BUSINESS HIGHWAY 62 IN PRAIRIE {\an8}GROVE AND JUST ACROSS FROM THE {\an8}PRAIRIE GROVE BATTLEFIELD STATE {\an7}PARK YOU MAY DO A DOUBLE TAKE {\an7}JUST LIKE WE DID.

A PHONE {\an7}BOOTH {\an8}OF ALL THINGS AND IT'S KNOW NOT {\an8}THE REMNANTS OR SHELL OF ONE.

{\an8}THERE'S A PHONE IN HERE AND IT {\an8}WORKS.

I CAN HEAR A DIAL TONE, {\an8}LOCAL CALLS I GUESS ARE STILL A {\an8}QUARTER IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT {\an7}AND I GUESS DON'T TRY CALLING {\an7}LONG DISTANCE BECAUSE IT'S {\an7}GOING {\an8}TO COST YOU.

THE PRAIRIE GROVE {\an8}WORKING PHONE BOOTH IS THE ONLY {\an7}STRUCTURE BY THE WAY THAT IS {\an8}ACTUALLY LISTED ON THE NATIONAL {\an7}REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

{\an7}>> WELL IT'S THE LAST ONE IN {\an8}OUR AREA AND MAYBE THE LAST ONE {\an7}-- {\an7}>> IN THE COUNTRY.

{\an7}>> IN THE COUNTRY POSSIBLY.

{\an8}THAT'S RIGHT.

WE THINK IT WAS {\an8}PUT IN 1958 OR 1959.

OUR PHONE {\an8}COMPANY HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY {\an8}SINCE 1906 AND MY DAD AND UNCLE {\an8}OF COURSE WERE WORKING THEN.

I {\an7}WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY.

BUT {\an7}PHONE BOOTH AT THAT TIME WERE {\an8}BEGINNING TO PUT ALONG HIGHWAYS {\an7}SO PEOPLE COULD PULLOVER AND {\an7}USE {\an8}THE PHONE SO ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS.

{\an7}WE HAD ONE IN FARMINGTON, ONE {\an7}HERE IN PRAIRIE GROVE AND TWO {\an7}IN {\an8}LINCOLN ALONG THE HIGHWAY THAT {\an8}WERE PHONE BOOTHS.

THIS IS THE {\an7}ONLY ONE REMAINING OF THOSE, {\an7}BUT {\an7}A FEW YEARS AGO WE THOUGHT WE {\an7}MIGHT TAKE IT OUT BUT THEN WE {\an7}DECIDED FOR THE NOVELTY OF IT {\an7}KEEP IT AND THEN ABOUT A YEAR {\an8}AND A HALF AGO A CAR HIT IT AND {\an7}AT FIRST WE THOUGHT WE WOULD {\an7}JUST DO AWAY WITH IT, BUT {\an7}FACEBOOK EXPLODED WITH "SAVE {\an7}THE {\an7}PHONE BOOTH" MESSAGES AND NO {\an7}WE {\an7}NEED TO KEEP IT.

{\an7}>> WE READ ON FACEBOOK THAT {\an7}THE PHONE BOOTH HAD BEEN {\an7}DEMOLISHED AND THOUGHT IT WAS {\an7}IN {\an7}PIECES AND WE RAN TO SEE WHAT {\an8}HAPPENED AND TURNED OUT IT WAS {\an8}BENT UP AND BEHIND THE COLONIAL {\an7}COURTS HERE IN A HEAP AND OUR {\an7}FRIENDS CHERYL AND WIFE SUSAN {\an7}AND SON WILL TOOK IT DOWN TO {\an7}THE {\an7}OFFICE FOR SAFE KEEPING.

{\an7}>> AND YOU BASICALLY HAD TO {\an7}BEND {\an7}IT HERE AND THERE AND NEW {\an7}GLASS.

{\an7}>> WELL PATRICK DID THE AT {\an8}OFFICE DID A GREAT JOB AND IT'S {\an7}IN BETTER SHAPE NOW AND HAD {\an8}MISSING GLASS BUT PATRICK BENT {\an7}THE METAL BACK INTO SHAPE AND {\an8}REPLACE THE GLASS AND NOW IT'S {\an7}IN GREAT SHAPE.

{\an8}>> LOOKS LIKE IT WAS INSTALLED {\an7}IN THE 50'S.

{\an7}>> YEAH, BEFORE IT WAS HIT {\an7}WHEN YOU SHUT THE DOWN YOU {\an8}DIDN'T GET MUCH PRIVACY BECAUSE {\an7}SOME OF THE GLASS WAS MISSING {\an8}AND STILL LIKE BEING OUTSIDE SO {\an8}NOW YOU KNOW IT'S ALL POLISHED {\an7}UP AND BUFFED UP AND WHEN YOU {\an7}SHUT THE DOWN YOU CAN FEEL A {\an8}LITTLE MORE PRIVATE HERE BY THE {\an7}HIGHWAY.

{\an8}>> THERE'S EVEN THE PHONE BOOK {\an7}IN HERE, PRAIRIE GROVE PHONE {\an7}BOOK SO I GUESS I CAN CALL A {\an8}RESTAURANT HERE AND GRAB LUNCH {\an7}LATER.

TANG AND EDS -- THAT {\an7}SOUNDS GOOD.

LET'S TRY THIS {\an7}OUT {\an8}FOR REAL.

521-3663.

LET'S SEE {\an7}HOW LATE THEY'RE OPEN HERE.

{\an7}YEAH HELLO.

YEAH UNTIL WHAT {\an8}TIME ARE YOU OPEN TODAY OKAY.

{\an8}YEAH, WE WERE GOING TO STOP IN {\an7}THERE AND HAVE SOME LUNCH.

{\an7}JUST {\an7}WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE OPEN.

{\an7}>> AS YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS {\an7}THIS ROADSIDE PHONE BOOTH {\an8}DOESN'T GET MUCH USE.

IN FACT {\an7}ONLY ABOUT $2 WORTH OF CHANGE {\an7}IS {\an7}COLLECTED USUALLY EVERY SIX {\an7}MONTHS SO PAY A VISIT TO THIS {\an7}THE LONELY PHONE BOOTH IN {\an7}PRAIRIE GROVE AND GIVE IT A {\an7}LITTLE COMPANY AND EXPERIENCE {\an7}WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO MAKE A {\an7}PHONE {\an7}CALL FROM THE ROAD.

YOU WITH {\an8}YOUR 6G CELL OR 7G OR WHATEVER.

{\an8}>> ALONG SCENIC HIGHWAY 7 IN {\an7}THE OUACHITA {\an7}NATIONAL FOREST IN HOLLIS IS {\an7}THE {\an8}HOLLIS COUNTRY STORE AND WORTH {\an7}A {\an8}STORY AND FROZEN IN TIME SINCE {\an8}THE 1930'S BUT THE OTHER STORY {\an7}IS THE OWNER CONNIE HAWKS.

{\an8}>> TWO BALONGA SANDWICHES WITH {\an7}EVERYTHING ON IT.

{\an7}>> MAYO OR MUSTARD.

{\an8}>> I WILL TAKE MAYONNAISE FOR {\an7}MINE.

{\an8}>> SHE'S A FRIEND TO EVERYONE.

{\an8}I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE ALL MY {\an8}LIFE.

I WAS BORN HERE, RAISED {\an7}HERE, LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE {\an7}AND {\an8}EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY COMES {\an7}TO CONNIE'S STORE AND FIX {\an7}SANDWICHES OR WHATEVER THEY {\an8}WANT.

IT'S A COMMUNITY MEETING {\an7}PLACE.

{\an7}>> WELL BACK IN 2000 WHEN WE {\an8}MOVED HERE ORIGINALLY YOU HAD A {\an7}BIG ICE STORM IN DECEMBER AND {\an7}WE {\an8}CAME DOWN AFTER MOVING INTO THE {\an7}HOUSE AND WE SAW THIS COUNTRY {\an7}STORE HERE AND ALL THE TRUCKS {\an7}WERE AROUND AND INSIDE WE {\an7}WALKED {\an8}IN YOU COULD SMOKE AT THAT TIME {\an7}AND THERE WERE PEOPLE SITTING {\an7}HERE DRINKING COFFEE.

IT WAS {\an7}JUST LIKE THE BEVERLY HILLS {\an7}BILLERS ON TELL.

IT WAS A {\an7}BUNCH {\an7}OF GOOD COUNTRY FOLK IN HERE {\an7}AND {\an8}CONNIE WAS IN THERE AND A RADIO {\an7}GOING AND EVERYBODY WAS JUST {\an7}GOOD PEOPLE SITTING AROUND {\an7}TALKING AND TALKING ABOUT {\an7}FISHING AND HUNTING AND THE {\an7}WHOLE WORKS.

IT WAS QUITE {\an7}INTERESTING.

{\an7}>> WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT A {\an7}PLACE LIKE THIS AND A PERSON {\an7}LIKE CONNIE?

{\an7}>> WELL, THE DOWN TO EARTH {\an7}GOODNESS OF THE PEOPLE OF {\an7}COURSE {\an7}AND YOU GET SOMEBODY LIKE {\an8}CONNIE.

SHE'S THE BACKBONE OF {\an7}THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY HERE AT {\an7}HOLLIS.

IF THERE'S A FIRE {\an7}GOING {\an7}ON SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE FIRE {\an7}DEPARTMENT.

AND HAVING THE {\an8}RADIO IF THERE ARE ACCIDENT AND {\an8}THEY'RE ALWAYS HAVING ACCIDENTS {\an7}WITH THE MOTORCYCLES IN THE {\an8}SUMMER ON THE HILL WITH THE TWO {\an7}CURVES AND HAS THE EMERGENCY {\an7}RESPONDER RADIO AND THE FIRE {\an7}AND {\an7}POLICE DEPARTMENT ON CALL AND {\an7}GREAT TO HAVE HER IN THE {\an8}COMMUNITY AND SUPPLIES THE GOOD {\an8}AND GAS AND EVERYTHING FOR THE {\an8}COMMUNITY.

SHE'S THE BACKBONE.

{\an7}IT'S GREAT HAVING HER HERE.

{\an8}>> I HAVE GOT IN THE STORE IN {\an7}1977 AND HAD IT FOR THREE {\an7}YEARS, {\an7}ME AND MY HUSBAND HAD IT AT {\an7}THAT {\an7}TIME, AND IT WAS -- WE DIDN'T {\an8}OWN THE BUILDING THEN.

WE JUST {\an8}HAD THE MERCHANDISE AND THEN IN {\an8}1989 WE BOUGHT THE STORE AND I {\an8}HAVE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE THEN {\an8}SO IT'S AN EXPERIENCE.

YEAH, I {\an7}HAVE ENJOYED IT.

IT'S BEEN {\an8}REALLY GOOD FOR ME.

IT'S JUST {\an8}YOU KNOW IT'S FAMILY.

A LOT IS {\an7}FAMILY BUT I HAVE A LOT OF {\an7}TRAVELERS THROUGH HERE AND {\an7}HUNTERS AND DEER HUNTERS, {\an7}TURKEY {\an8}HUNTERS, FISHERMEN, THERE'S ALL {\an8}KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT COME HERE.

{\an7}>> NOW, ABOUT YOUR BALONGA {\an7}SANDWICHES AND ALMOST WORLD {\an7}FAMOUS.

{\an7}>> OH YEAH.

EVERYBODY LIKES {\an7}SANDWICHS.

{\an8}>> SO I KNOW YOU PUT LUT US AND {\an7}TOMATOES AND THE CHEESE AND {\an7}TELL {\an7}US HOW IT STARTED WITH THOSE {\an7}SANDWICHS.

{\an8}>> I ALWAYS MADE SANDWICHES BUT {\an7}BALONEY AND IT'S PRETTY MEEP {\an7}MEAT AND EVERYBODY LIKES THAT {\an7}BUT I MAKE LOTS OF SANDWICHS.

{\an7}>> I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF {\an7}PEOPLE THAT JUST COME FOR THE {\an7}SANDWICHS.

{\an7}>> THEY DO.

YEAH I THEY DO.

{\an8}THIS GUY GOT OUT OF THE NURSING {\an8}HOME THE OTHER DAY AND IT'S THE {\an8}FIRST PLACE WE WANTED TO GO TO {\an7}THE HOLLIS STORE TO GET A {\an7}SANDWICH SO I MADE HIM A {\an7}SANDWICH AND OF COURSE HE'S A {\an7}DIABETIC AND CAN'T HAVE {\an7}EVERYTHING BUT HE LOVES THEM.

{\an7}>> AND YOU ALSO SELL MINNOWS {\an7}OUT THERE.

{\an8}>> YEAH AND MINNOWS AND WORMS {\an7}AND FISHING GEAR, A LOT OF {\an8}FISHING IN THIS AREA.

WE HAVE {\an7}THE RIVER HERE {\an8}AND FOUR LAKES AND ANYMORE ROD {\an7}IS 9-MILES AND A LOT FISHING {\an7}HERE.

{\an7}>> SO I GUESS EVERYDAY IS AN {\an8}ADVENTURE AT THE HOLLIS COUNTRY {\an7}STORE.

{\an7}>> EVERYDAY IS DIFFERENT AND {\an7}PEOPLE DRINK AND TALK AND {\an7}COFFEE {\an7}AND GET GOSSIP, JUST A LOT OF {\an7}PEOPLE IN AND OUT.

YOU HAVE {\an7}EATEN THIS BEFORE?

{\an8}>> I THINK THE LAST TIME I HAD {\an8}A BALONEY SANDWICH WAS IN GRADE {\an7}SCHOOL.

{\an7}>> REALLY?

I CAN'T BELIEVE {\an7}THAT.

{\an8}>> SO MY MOUTH IS WATERING FOR {\an7}THIS RIGHT NOW.

{\an7}>> WELL I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.

{\an8}>> OH YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY {\an7}ABOUT THAT NOW MS. HAWKS, NO {\an7}MA'AM.

{\an7}>> SO AFTER YOU GET YOUR {\an7}SANDWICH AND MINNOWS AT THE {\an7}STORE COME DOWN HERE TO THE {\an8}SOUTH FOURCHE LAFAVE RIVER AND {\an7}TRY YOUR LUCK.

TO VIEW THIS {\an7}EPISODE AGAIN OR ONE OF THE {\an7}OTHERS VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT {\an8}AETN.ORG/EXPLORINGARKANSAS AND {\an8}DON'T FORGET TO LIKE US ON THE {\an7}FACEBOOK FAN PAGE AND SEE YOU {\an8}NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EXCITING {\an7}ADVENTURE ON "EXPLORING {\an7}ARKANSAS".