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Community Needs Assessment Arkansas

by Rebecca Hanlin, Community Services Manager YELLVILLE - As part of our Community Needs Assessment, the State of Arkansas’ Department of Human Services and your local Community Action Agency are holding community forums to gather feedback from those we serve. To protect the health and well-being of community members, the community forums will be held virtually.
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Adventures on a Tankful

The Museum of Native American History was established downtown in 2006 as the Museum of Native American Artifacts. The collection quickly outgrew the space, and MONAH opened its current doors in June 2008.
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MOOSE LODGE GERMANFEST RETURNS!!

After a two-year hiatus due to COVID, the Mountain Home Moose Lodge #1953 has scheduled its popular 14th annual German-Fest for Saturday, October 22. The menu will once again include sauerbraten, bratwurst, hot German potato salad, red cabbage, sauerkraut, hot pretzel with apple strudel for dessert.
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“Shoeing Horses Not A Lost Art!” Wallie Says

courtesy of the Mountain Echo Archives A sharp, melodious clang of hammer on anvil and Yellville’s only Blacksmith is “back in business!” Actually, Wallie Burleson, 65-year-old Marion County citizen, hasn’t been in any other “business” since he first learned the work under the late “Uncle John” Covington but, like all other professional men Wallie is happiest right at the time when he is pursuing his own trade. With a pair of tongs that’s seen many, many fires in his forge, Wallie grasps a plow and sticks it in the bellow-fire forge.
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