April 2023

Y-S Spelling Bee Champ Metcalf

Carter Metcalf competed in the State Spelling Bee competition sponsored by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas on March 11, representing Yellville-Summit Schools. Metcalf competed against students older while finishing third overall at the highest spelling competition in the state.
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Jr. Goblin Relays 2023

Boys Events BOYS 100 METER DASH FINALS - 11 William Grozis Lead Hill High School 14 Ryland Lunde Flippin High School BOYS 200 METER DASH FINALS – 11 William Grozis Lead Hill High School 12 Kayden Sabo Ozark Mountain BOYS 400 METER DASH FINALS – 8 Canaan Darnell Yellville-Summit High School 9 Travis Rogers Flippin High School 11 Kayden Sabo Ozark Mountain BOYS 800 METER RUN FINALS – 4 Boston Jurosovich Bergman Junior High 5 Hunter Rogers Bergman Junior High 6 Rene Rascon Flippin High School 7 Heath Case Bergman Junior High 10 Broderick Warnock Flippin High School 12 Cody Garay Cotter Junior High 13 Kenny King Cotter Junior High BOYS 1600 METER RUN FINALS - 5 Boston Jurosovich Bergman Junior High 6 Braydon Sumpter Flippin High School 9 Brody Morris Ozark Mountain 11 Tristan Smith Flippin High School 12 Sam Bradley Flippin High School BOYS 110 METER HURDLES (36) FINALS - 15 Travis Cook Lead Hill High School BOYS 300 METER HURDLES (33) FINALS – 10 Kenny King Cotter Junior High 11 Cooper Craighead Yellville-Summit High School 12 Davin Reasons Mountain Home Jr. High 13 Rusty Goodall Yellville-Summit High School 15 Norman Martin Yellville-Summit High School BOYS 4X100 METER RELAY FINALS – 1 Harrison Junior High 48.31 2 Green Forest Jr.
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EXTENSION CORNER

Feeding Livestock for Butcher Shortcourse By Brian See Make plans to attend the Feeding Livestock for Butcher Shortcourse to be held on April 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Summit, AR.
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How to Start and Up-pot Seedlings

Why go out and buy vegetable starts when you could start them yourself for pennies or free? All you need is some good quality potting soil and some kind of container that will hold dirt and let water drain out. You can go all out and buy trays and pots that are specifically for starting seeds, but there is a cheaper way.
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Lightin Ridge

Here is your chance to get a free turkey call and eat a free fish dinner. Last December I started trying to help an old country church to get going again.
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Legislative Update

Little Rock - When the House reconvenes on Monday, members will likely be entering the last week of the 2023 Regular Session. Currently, the General Assembly is expected to adjourn on April 7.
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First District

This week, during a House Agriculture Committee hearing, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack expressed support for my bill, the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act. The bill would address Communist China’s threats to America’s food supply by ensuring USDA is fully involved in reviewing our foreign adversaries’ acquisition of American agricultural land and businesses.
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Yes, It Was The Mountain Echo

YES, it was the Mountain Echo, Solitary, clear, profound, Answering to the shouting Cuckoo, Giving to her sound for sound! Unsolicited reply To a babbling wanderer sent; Like her ordinary cry, Like--but oh, how different! Hears not also mortal Life? Hear not we, unthinking Creatures! Slaves of folly, love, or strife-Voices of two different natures? Have not ‘we’ too? --yes, we have Answers, and we know not whence; Echoes from beyond the grave, Recognized intelligence! Such rebounds our inward ear Catches sometimes from afar-Listen, ponder, hold them dear; For of God, --of God they are. .
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