June 2022

Washington, DC - Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), Chairman of the West Point Board of Visitors (BOV), today joined Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville, and other Army leaders at the U.S. Military Academy’s (USMA) graduation ceremony. The event honored the more than a thousand young men and women, including four cadets from the Third District, who were recently commissioned into the United States Army as second lieutenants.

A proposed high water launching ramp and the sidewalk project brought a good citizen turnout to the Bull Shoals Council meeting May 26. Previously Council asked Nixon to continue looking into a high-water launching ramp at an undetermined location near Bull Shoals and how it might be funded. Frequent high lake levels over the past few years have made accessing the lake difficult when launching ramps and parking lots are flooded.

On Tuesday, May 24, voters went to the polls to let their voices be heard about how they feel. The polls were open from 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. at locations throughout Marion County with 33 percent of the 10,810 registered voter in the county voting in the midterm election for party candidates.

Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church and cemetery will have the annual homecoming and decoration Sunday, June 5, 2022. Rev.