March 2022

MOUNTAIN HOME – Arvest Bank will host a free Shred-a-Thon for the Mountain Home community on Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Arvest Bank branch located at 2619 Hwy 62 East next to Walmart.

Frazzled, ROB rushes into the coffee shop, immediately recognizes FATHER TIME on the opposite side of the café, sitting in a booth. Rob crosses to him quickly and sits.

I watch the financial channel and read the business section of the paper even though it’s bad for my mental health. Why does earning an MBA diminish the ability to speak in plain English? Why am I asking a fool question? Look, pal, you’re not “making a market.” You’re selling something.

Think a moment about the last time you were kind to someone. Not nice, but kind. There’s a difference. We often say to children, “Be nice” in their interactions with others. Kindness requires more from us than just being nice. Some people use the word, “nice” and “kind” interchangeably, but they are not the same. Kindness is a behavior and demands a greater level of compassion than being nice. It requires empathy paired with intention. Being nice is a demeanor and doesn’t require much effort. One of the basic and much needed behaviors that we need to impart on our youth is how to be kind. We all need kindness. The thing is, to show benevolence to others takes time out of our schedules. The hard part about choosing to be kind is that it requires effort. It can be inconvenient. We each possess many gifts that make us unique, however; kindness is a choice. It’s not demonstrating kindness to simply avoid being mean in spirit. Kindness is intentional. We all have a choice to be kind, and we are presented with that choice many times a day. It seems ridiculous in this day and time to be discussing kindness, but in this world, it can be hard to come by.

On Wednesday, March 23, at age 84 Madeleine Albright died and she was born May 15, 1937. Albright was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State for the United States.

Bull Shoals City Council met March 22, for the monthly workshop. Mayor, David Nixon announced there is a court date May 10 for the Village Mart Shopping Center at 928 Central Blvd (the old Harp’s), so the long-standing issue of the status of the building will be in the Court process. The City has petitioned for a Court order to have the building’s condition inspected. Nixon also said the city received a judgment against a mobile home at 903 Bull Shoals Dam Blvd (Hwy 178). The City now has the legal right to mitigate the condemned mobile home and will follow the correct process to do that.