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The Big Piney Pool Hall Rules…

I hope to have my Big Piney Museum and Ozark Interpretive Center finished and open by this fall. One of the contents is a pool table that was made in the early 1920s, dubbed an A.E. Schmidt Victory Table. It was sent to the main street pool hall in Houston, Missouri, about 1922. My dad and grandfather bought the pool hall in 1957 when I was 10. From then until 1964, I worked there after school and at various times during the summer.
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Fulbright Honors

FAYETTEVILLE - Local students were named to the Spring 2024 Dean›s List in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. To qualify for the Dean’s List, the following local students achieved at least a 3.75 grade-point average for the semester while completing at least 12 credit hours.
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An Amazing Find

I am sure you all have heard of finding a sealed bottle on the shoreline with a message in it. Well, this is a new memory that has just happened to me. It was feeding time for my dog, and I opened a can of dog food and to my surprise; I dug out a toy bird calling whistle.
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