Lifestyle

The first spring dinner meeting of the Marion County Cattlemen’s Association will be held Thursday, April 20, at 6:30 in the Flippin cafeteria. Powell Feed will be sponsoring the meeting and the program will include Aaron Box of Elanco (cydectin wormer). All members and potential members are encouraged to attend.

2022 Tax statements will be mailed out this week. We have converted to a new software program TaxPro, which is more secure.

The Marion County Airport Board, MCAB, currently has no plans to hold a board meeting during the month of April. The MCAB plans to keep the public aware of future meetings as the meetings are announced.

Lakeway Fellowship Church will be hosting a Revival Monday, April 24 through Thursday, April 27, at 7 p.m. The church is located on Hwy 14 (12 miles North of Yellville toward Lead Hill, Arkansas).

Bridget White, ASP Safety Office Marijuana laws are changing constantly across the country. One thing that has not changed is the legalities behind impaired driving. Thursday, April 20, 2023, marks the unofficial marijuana “holiday,” and there will likely be an increase in marijuana use. To help keep drug-impaired drivers off the roads, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is teaming up with Arkansas law enforcement to spread the message that drug-impaired driving is dangerous and illegal. NHTSA wants to remind all drivers: Drive High, Get a DWI.

The North Central Arkansas Military Service Sisters will be holding its April luncheon on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 12 Noon. The location will be Fujiama at 1001 Highway 62, Mountain Home.

The Baxter County Veterans Benefits Fair will be held Saturday, April 29, From 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The volunteers of Have-A-Heart Pet Shelter (HAH) continue to be very busy. Sometimes it seems it is a never-ending cycle of abandoned furbabies...we care for them, find them wonderful homes, and get calls of more abandoned furbabies.