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Community Events

The North Central Arkansas Military Service Sisters will be holding its April luncheon on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 12 Noon. The location will be Fujiama at 1001 Highway 62, Mountain Home.
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Fleet Meeting scheduled

The Fleet Reserve Association Branch 251 meeting is set for Saturday, April 15, 2023, at American Legion Post 52, 717 Market Street, Mountain Home. Bring your bag/box lunch for Noon Social at the Post Auxiliary Room.
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Growing Up Flippin

Whippoorwills, Cookies, and Other Memories In this space I’ve written a couple of times about my Great Uncle Burton and Great Aunt Willa (Wood) McCracken. To me, they were Aunt Willie and Uncle Burt.
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Crooked Creek

What is a watershed and why should you care? Because of the health of watersheds and flooding, water quality is inseparable. A watershed has been likened to a giant bathtub, a bowl, a funnel, and a network of veins running through the human body.
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Y-S Spelling Bee Champ Metcalf

Carter Metcalf competed in the State Spelling Bee competition sponsored by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas on March 11, representing Yellville-Summit Schools. Metcalf competed against students older while finishing third overall at the highest spelling competition in the state.
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First District

This week, during a House Agriculture Committee hearing, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack expressed support for my bill, the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security (PASS) Act. The bill would address Communist China’s threats to America’s food supply by ensuring USDA is fully involved in reviewing our foreign adversaries’ acquisition of American agricultural land and businesses.
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