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Good day, friends and family of the Mountaineer Echo. I hope this day finds everyone in great spirits and great health. We are all ding good on this end. My son is doing well in Alabama, fixing to make the trip to Tennessee for one more run at a different Nuclear Plant, he is really enjoying it, but ready to be home for a while so come November 9, (my youngest sons birthday), the party will be, all three of my sons at home for a short period of time, I’m sure my daughter and her family will make an appearance as well. I will be one happy momma! Also, one more thing, I want to invite everyone out to Color Rama this weekend and I hope to get to meet so many of you at our booth. Much excitement for this opportunity. As always Remember the Little Things, they are what makes great memories and happiness for all.

My name is Edwin Robert Martin Sr., and I am currently running for Mayor of Bull Shoals. I spent the summers here in the 70’s with my grandparents.

Friday, October 14, Turkey Trot 2022 began with the local bands playing after opening remarks from Representative Jack Fortner of Yellville. The planners were lucky enough to get gorgeous weather with hi temperatures in the low 80’s and low temperatures in the upper 60’s and all the sunlight needed to have a spectacular time.

Lion and Phoenix Productions, the traveling company of the Imperial Dinner Theatre, will be bringing a family friendly dinner show to Bull Shoals for a matinee on Friday, October 21. Hosted at The Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts, the melodrama “Countdown at the Fied Piper Saloon -or- The Legend of Johnny Rash” is a fun-filled musical melodrama full of zany characters.

Conservative Republican Rick White has announced he is running for re-election as Justice of the Peace District-4, (Flippin). Rick has been serving as your JP since 2019.

Loretta Lynn born as Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932 in Butcher Holler Kentucky, Passed away on October 4, 2022, in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. Loretta Lynn was the eldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie and Melvin Theodore Webb. Lynn and her siblings are of Irish descent. She was named after the film star Loretta Young.