Lifestyle

The Pine Mountain Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual Members Meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at the Pine Mountain VFD Training and Events Center, 10 MC 8004, Yellville.

Ol’ Bill and Ol’ Jim, both said it was the best outdoor story they had ever read. I was proud of it, the account of a young English Setter that had run off with a red wolf and had a litter of half-wolf puppies. I had written it right there at the pool hall one evening after school, in between racking balls and collecting money for my dad at the age of twelveand- a-half. Mrs. Murrell, one of my 8th grade teachers, who actually disliked me less than most of ‘em had given her English class the assignment of writing a story. She was going to read the best one out loud, and I was hoping it would be mine.

Hovell-Barnett Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1341 is sponsoring a “Meet the Candidates” forum on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. in the Post Hall, 1201 Central Blvd. (Hwy 178) in Bull Shoals for contested positions in this local Municipality race. Each candidate will take center stage to explain their qualifications.

RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI – Two non-profits in New Orleans and Little Rock, Arkansas, soon will receive support for their community efforts thanks to HORNE and the HORNE Community Foundation. HORNE team members voted for the Youth Empowerment Project in New Orleans as the winner of $50,000, with Immerse Arkansas coming in second with an award of $10,000.