Lifestyle

Does your Twitter knowledge need tweaking? Birds twittering in springtime means the return of many birds but if you have trouble telling which bird is which, Bull Shoals Library can help. Beginner’s Guide to Birds by Donald and Lillian Stokes is a great beginner’s guide to bird identification.

Mountain Home, AR - Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas, today announced it has been recognized as a 2022 Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital. Compiled by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, this annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX™.

Rabbits cute, fuzzy, fluffy and hopping mad, who doesn’t love these adorable creatures, also known as bunnies. A baby rabbit is called a kit, a female is called a doe and a male is called a buck.

Have-A-Heart On January 24, the Shelter posted a Facebook post about two dogs found out on Hwy 125, south of Hwy 412. One was a female, red and white pit bull dead in the ditch with what looked like bite marks from an animal.

It’s an exciting time at the library…our drive up drop box is OPEN! Now you can drop off your media and books from the luxury of your vehicle. The first drop is for media such as DVDs, CDs, and Games while the second drop is for Books.

Many, many years ago I bought a 12-year collection of old Forest & Stream outdoor magazines, from 1910 through 1922. Occasionally I read through some of them, always finding something new. In the June 27 issue of 1914 I came across a fishing article written by an Edward Cochran about southern Missouri’s best trout stream, the Little Niagara River. The following is part of that article, there’s not room for all of it. Where do you suppose the Little Niagara is? Is it buried beneath an Ozark reservoir? Regardless, you may enjoy reading this account of a fishing trip to the Ozarks that took place over 107 years ago…

Yellville– Walk Across Arkansas is back for its spring event March 14– May 15. The eight-week exercise program is organized each spring and fall by the Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, with the goal of helping Arkansans improve their health.

Boost this year’s harvest and reduce pest problems with less effort, while being kind to the environment. Employ row covers, chicken wire cloches and crop cages to prevent damage without the aid of chemicals.