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Within the past two weeks, I have attended the visitation and memorial service for two of my first cousins. While these were sad occasions, they also got me thinking about a special part of my youth.

Have-A-Heart Pet Shelter Another busy week at Have-A-Heart Pet Shelter (HAH)! Be sure to follow us on Facebook to celebrate adoptions, thrift store sales, fundraisers, low cost spay and neuter clinics, and more! Before we get to our Pets of the Week, it seems to be a good time to remind everyone about how important it is to treat animals for fleas and ticks (especially this time of year). This came to the forefront, once again, last week when two tiny kittens were brought into the Shelter.

When I think of all the fascinating things, I have seen in this natural world I have been exploring for well over 40 years, one of the most fascinating is a little snake that my grandmother told me was a puff adder. It is also known as a hog-nosed viper, a spreading adder, and other names.

MOUNTAIN HOME - Baxter Physician Partners was recently recognized as a National Leader in Prevention and Wellness at the 2023 Signify Health Symposium. Baxter Physician Partners (BPP), an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) comprised of 315 physicians and two hospitals (Baxter Health and North Arkansas Regional Medical Center), received this recognition due to over 60% of their Medicare patients completing an annual wellness visit over the last year.