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OPINION | REX NELSON: Destination, Lake Ouachita
Tourists from Arkansas as well as surrounding states are driving in droves to vacation at the hospitable Hot Springs getaway.
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Rex Nelson
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Today at 1:57 a.m.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette illustration by John Deering.
Bill Barnes is sitting in his office on a cloudy Monday, accompanied by dogs who go by the names of Port and Starboard. On the walls of the office at Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa on Lake Ouachita are reminders of the legendary status Barnes has achieved in the state s tourism industry: induction into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame, induction into the Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame, and photos of him with a who s who of the state s business and civic leaders.