South Shore Web Site is  Online Tourism Hub for North Central Arkansas
December 1998

FLIPPIN - A new Web site, recently uploaded for South Shore, Bull Shoals Lake, can be expected to draw interest from visitors and vacationers looking toward the Arkansas Ozarks. The site, www.southshore.com, has up to date weather reports, scenic photos, mapped-out driving tours, maps and souvenirs to order online. The South Shore site also has community information, including addresses and phone numbers for schools and colleges in the area, health care facilities, government offices, airports, and an area calendar of events.

The beauty of the area is shown in color photographs, opening on the home page with a breathtaking view of Bull Shoals Lake and Dam and surrounding wooded countryside. Lakeside photos, summer water sports, spring scenery, and attractions like Top O' The Ozarks Tower and Bull Shoals Caverns are also featured.

The latest press releases from the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism about travel are featured on the site. A unique feature is a local map of the area ranging from western Baxter County through western Boone County, reproduced to match the popular South Shore Driving Tour brochure.

"So many people have wanted to obtain copies of this brochure that we put it on the Web site to assist future visitors in planning their trips to the area," said Steven Sanders Jr., external relations manager of the parent company, Northern Arkansas Telephone Company.

Local Web surfers may use the NATCO Online Yellow Pages which link local businesses with Web pages to the South Shore site. Personal Web pages may also be linked to the South Shore site. The links are free, but must be requested by using the online Link Request Form.

The Web site is a project of the South Shore Foundation, the charitable foundation of Northern Arkansas Telephone Company at Flippin, known as NATCO. Anyone seeking information about South Shore Foundation may find it on the Web site including an application for grants. South Shore Foundation funds projects of nonprofit organizations and government agencies to promote telecommunications technology to further educational advancement, environmental preservation, community betterment and economic development.

The Web site at www.southshore.com offers extensive area information for both residents and tourists to the Arkansas Ozarks. Included online are: mapped-out driving tours through the area; local, regional, national and international weather forecasts; scenic photos; souvenirs to order online; community information; area calendar of events; area yellow pages with links to businesses which also have Web pages; and many other features such as a listing of area codes for all states.

The Web site was designed and produced by Brooks-Jeffrey Marketing Inc. of Mountain Home, a full-service marketing agency since 1984.

The marketing company has also redesigned the Web site of NATCO. The www.natconet.com Web site now features the company's quarterly newsletter, the Natco News, telephone service rates and customer service information, and the same local yellow pages and links to personal Web pages as the South Shore site has. "Our goal is to provide a central online directory for all active Web sites in the region," said Sanders

Northern Arkansas Telephone Company is an independent, family-owned company providing telephone service to a 658 square-mile area in portions of Marion, Boone and Carroll counties. Its NATCO Technologies Division provides Internet services to residents throughout the Twin Lakes area, including Mountain Home.