Lifestyle

Hey, folks! At Have-a-Heart (HAH) it is a cat/ kitten-palooza! And, as part of that, we are having a kitty adoption special where adoption fees are reduced to half for all feline adoptions through the end of August.

Fill your gardens with color from spring through summer and even into fall with a variety of pollinator-friendly phlox. The beauty, diversity, and usefulness in the garden of this group of plants had the National Garden Bureau declare 2022 Year of the Phlox.

Hello readers and friends of the Mountaineer Echo, I hope this week finds everyone in good health and happy spirits. I want to give you all a little secret about me, I have been very busy getting back into my crafting projects. It is a peaceful place to be when I craft.

Bass Pro shop in Springfield has been a favorite to many for many years. There are so many things to look at and enjoy as well as shop if you have a need for what they have, which is a lot of things. Seems you always find something you can not live without. Here are some of the things to do there, some information about them, and some things that are neat to have from there.

Buffalo National River Partners is pleased to be partnering with The Ozark Society in showing the Ozark Society film, First River: How Arkansas Saved a National Treasure. As part of the educational programming of the Buffalo National River Partners, the movie will be shown on Tuesday evening, July 26, 2022 at the South Campus of North Arkansas College in Room M143. The movie will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the location is 1515 Pioneer Drive, Harrison, Arkansas.

Luckily, there are ONLY four types of poisonous spiders in Arkansas! And fortunately, they only bite when disturbed or provoked. It’s important to remember that spiders would rather run away from you than bite. If you come across one of the spiders listed below, please DO NOT

We would like to introduce you to this handsome gentleman. Gunner is a two-year-old Lab mix and he currently is a svelte 74-pounds. Sadly, he and his brother were found as strays a few weeks ago by Yellville Animal Control. We thought for sure someone would come looking for them, but our hopes went unfulfilled and now Gunner is ready to check out of this “hotel” and move on with his furever family. And those humans will be so lucky.