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MC Election Commission to Meet

Alexis Rodman, Marion County and Circuit Clerk’s Office The Marion County Election Commission will be meeting on Friday, January 12 at 5:45 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Election Commission Office located downstairs in the main courthouse, to discuss the Primary Election and do supply inventory.
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If We All Were Rich

Doc Dykes was a frequent visitor to the pool hall in 1963. He was quiet and good humored, plagued with petit-mal seizures on occasion. Doc Dykes was a chiropractor, and likely as educated a man as our pool hall ever seen. Well dressed, he always wore a long grey overcoat, and usually a dress shirt and tie beneath it. Occasionally he played a game of snooker and was fairly good at it.
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Crooked Creek

David Ezell, Crooked Creek Conservation Conventional farming can be hard on land: clearing forest for crops, excessive tilling and continuous cultivation all cause the earth to lose fertility, productivity and the ability to retain water—all of which endangers crops and therefore farmer incomes. Many trees’ species used in agroforestry are nitrogenfixing, replenishing this key nutrient to the soil.
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CCCD DAVE FERGUSON SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

Donald Austin CCCD Board Chairman announces, it is once again time to get geared up for the 2023-2024 Dave Ferguson Scholarship Award Contest...”MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU ALWAYS”. If you, your child or grandchild is a resident of Marion County Arkansas, Sophomore, Junior or Senior, with a grade point average of at least 2.5 and intend to follow a conservation related major at an Arkansas college or university, The Crooked Creek Conservation District and AACD would like to give you a chance to win $500.00 to $2000.00.
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