June 2022

Project in Yellville City Park

This is the second article in a series highlighting local horticulture projects maintained by Marion County Master Gardeners. The Yellville City Sports Park, located directly off Highway 14, features a beautiful garden filled with a variety of annuals and perennials. Whether you are picnicking under the pavilion, cooling off at the Splash Pad, or walking along the paved perimeter trail, it’s hard to miss the horseshoe shaped garden that contains Butterfly Bushes, Lantana, Cala Lilies, Hostas, Clematis, Milkweed Roses and many other varieties of pollinator friendly plants.
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Cryptocurrency?

If you take financial advice from this column, in the future, you may not be able to afford to read this column. That said… let’s talk digital currencies. There are more than 18,000 cryptocurrencies on the market but what is it? Most agree it’s a digital currency that operates outside the traditional government/banking control, instead using public ledgers known as blockchains. But did you know that anyone can make a digital currency with a little coding? Yes, you and I can make our own digital currency. Late Show host Stephen Colbert’s crypto is called Ijustmadethatupeum. But is it a currency?
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BC Tops West Plains

The Big Creek Golf & Country Club Cup team defeated the West Plains Country Club this weekend by a score of 16 1/2 to 15 1/2 to successfully win the MoArk Cup for the third straight year. The Saturday Better-Ball and Alternate-Shot matches were played at West Plains with the home team winning the morning matches 5 1/2 to 2 1/2. The afternoon matches were tied at 4-4. The score after day one was West Plains 9 1/2 to Big Creek’s 6 1/2
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DAV Monthly Meeting

The June Meeting of the Twin Lakes Disabled American Veterans Chapter 30, Mountain Home will be held on Monday, June 20, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. Location of the meeting is the Meeting Room of the Mountain Home Police Department at 424 W.
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Rutledge Continues to Combat Robocalls with FCC and 40 States

Little Rock – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joins 40 other attorneys general acknowledging the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing work to combat robocalls. In the letter attorneys general sent to the Commission, they recognized the FCC’s work encouraging states to join information-sharing agreements and collaboratively address complex robocalls issues.
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Arkansas Boys and Girls State

Hundreds of high school students explored the halls of the Arkansas Capitol last week during the annual exercise in government known as Girls State and Boys State. The week-long programs, which are sponsored by the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary, offer rising seniors the chance to form a government, run for office, and write and vote on legislation.
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Childcare and Covid19

LITTLE ROCK – The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was especially hard for childcare centers, so the Arkansas Department of Human Services is administering about $286 million to help them cover expenses and remain in business.
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