June 2023

Friday- Partly cloudy with a high near 88 degrees and a low of 66 decrees with a slight chance of rain. Saturday- Scattered storms with a high of 92 degrees and a low near 70 degrees.

LITTLE ROCK - Shana Peek, of Pyatt, has been named to the Spring 2023 Chancellor’s List at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. UA Little Rock recognizes superior academic performance at the end of each semester.

by Robert Lyons Tuesday, June 13, the Marion County Quorum Court, MCQC, met to discuss ordinances for pay raises for county offices in the courthouse, appropriate money and hear reports from committees and other county officials. The justices present were Mrs. Claudia Brigham, Mr. Mike Scrima, Mr. John Reed, Mr.

- The University of Central Arkansas Honors College has selected 75 incoming first-year students as its newest class of Norbert O. Schedler Honors College Scholars and 39 incoming first-year students for its University Scholars Program.

6, 13, 20, 27 June: Crafting @ The Post every Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

We need to consider the most beneficial way to control weeds and brush on our properties. This may be more of a concern this year than others because of all the rising costs of everything associated with farming.

I said in last week’s column that I would write about the fourth venomous snake in the Ozarks, and I will. That snake is the hognosed snake, or spreading adder, as it is also known. Yes, it has fangs and venom, but cannot bite humans. Read about it next week!