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Friday- Chance of rain with a high near 60 degrees and a low near 35 degrees. Saturday- Showers expected with a high of 52 degrees and a low near 32 degrees. Sunday- Sunny with a high around 58 degrees and a low near 35 degrees. Next week: Expect warmer weather returning and highs to stay in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 40s early in the week with partly cloudy Monday through Wednesday for Marion County and North Central Arkansas.

The first 2024 dinner meeting of the Marion County Cattlemen’s Association will be held Tuesday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m., in the Flippin cafeteria. Powell Feed and Fertilizer will be sponsoring the meeting and program.

Mountain Home Moose Lodge #1953 will again host its annual charity bowl- a-thon to benefit the Peitz Cancer Support House. The fun, family event will be held on Saturday, March 16 at Driftwood Lanes beginning at 12:00 p.m.

The Pine Mountain Volunteer Fire Department is holding a Gumbo Fest Fundraiser on Saturday, March 16 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will be chicken and sausage gumbo, rice, potato salad, and bread pudding for dessert. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for kids.

There will be a meeting of all members of Baxter-Marion Rural Water Association on Wednesday March 27, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. All members are invited we will be discussing future plans to increase our user base.

The Mountain Echo Staff The Bull Shoals Library is selling Solar Eclipse Glasses... each pair is $1.50.

Easter Sunrise Service, March 31 Julia Sharp, First Presbyterian Church Yellville The Yellville Community has enjoyed gathering for Holy Week Worship services for many years. Unfortunately, there are no early records, but the beginnings can be traced back to sometime in the early 1970s.

HOT SPRINGS — The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts is now accepting applications for Summer@ASMSA camps. Summer@ASMSA is free, one-week summer camps for current eighth- and ninth-grade students in all Arkansas schools as well as 7th-graders participating in ASMSA-TIP.