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Do not worry if the rest of your family does not appreciate the spicy heat your favorite hot peppers add to entrees, beverages and desserts. Proper pepper selection, care and preparation can help you turn down the heat as needed.

The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, Twin Lakes Unit 30 will be meeting on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Location will be the Heinz-Willett Wellness Center at Good Samaritan Campus, 300 Good Samaritan Drive, Mountain Home.

The Fleet Reserve Association Branch 251 meeting is set for Saturday May 20, 2023, at American Legion Post 52, 717 Market Street, Mountain Home. Bring your bag/box lunch for Noon Social at the Post Auxiliary Room.

The Law Enforcement Committee of the Marion County Quorum Court met Thursday, April 20, in the Courtroom of the Marion County Annex Building. Committee members in attendance were Justices Joyce McCalla and John Reed, while Justice Marty Nickels was absent.

By Larry Dablemont Rock bass are to Ozark flowing streams what crappie are to reservoirs. Creel census figures show that they make up the largest percentage of fish caught, and fish kept by stream fishermen in the Ozarks. Missouri fisheries people once kept track of the fish coming out of the Big Piney, Current, Niangua, Huzzah, and Courtois, and they figured goggleeye made up 25 to 35 percent of the fish caught and kept. It is likely they overlooked the green sunfish caught when they did that survey.

Healthy soil supports sustainable and productive agriculture. Two key factors that affect soil health are compaction and runoff, which can be caused or exacerbated by certain agricultural practices, such as tillage and overgrazing.