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Extension Corner

There are very few shopping days left until Christmas. If you have not finished your shopping or planning for family celebrations, then you are getting ready for the Holiday Sprint! This can cause a big strain on your budget and emotions.
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VFW Student Writing Awards

Hoevel-Barnett VFW Post 1341 in Bull Shoals awarded 1st place post prizes for VFW Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen contests. This year’s Voice of Democracy theme was “Why is the Veteran Important” and Patriot’s Pen theme was “My Pledge to Our Veterans.”
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Crooked Creek New Year

How many of us are planners and how many of us are procrastinators? Or are we both? I can fall into both categories. While we are at the time of year where New Year’s Resolutions are being thought about a lot, how many of those plans go longer into the year than a few weeks or so? Here are some things to think about for the coming year and it’s never too early to start planning.
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Doing good work . . .

Martin Luther King, Jr. has been attributed to saying, “Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.” I can honestly say that I have tried to do that in bringing the community news each week in the Clay County Courier.
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Gas Prices Drop to Lowest Level in 18 Months for Christmas Travelers, $2.99 Likely

by Patrick De Haan BOSTON - Those heading out on the road for the holidays will receive the gift they’ve been waiting for all year: lower gas prices. Holiday prices this year will be $1.83 per gallon lower than they were just six months ago, according to GasBuddy, the leading fuel savings platform saving North American drivers the most money on fuel. The national average price of gas is forecast to be $2.98 on Christmas Day, likely to drop below the critical $3 per gallon mark on or before Christmas Eve for the first time in nearly 600 days.
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Boozman Supports Bill Strengthening National Defense

WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator John Boozman (RAR) voted to approve the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), critical legislation that provides for national security priorities, protects and bolsters defense missions in Arkansas as well as ensures America’s servicemembers are supplied the tools, resources and training necessary to defend our homeland and interests.
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