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Extension Corner

Shade trees foster cooler temperatures underneath their leafy boughs, and that can translate to lower utility bills for homeowners, said Jim Robbins, extension horticulture specialist-ornamentals with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. “Shade trees that are properly located on your property can cut summer utility bills by 20 percent or more,” he said.
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Bit by a Copperhead

I said in last week’s column that I would write about the fourth venomous snake in the Ozarks, and I will. That snake is the hognosed snake, or spreading adder, as it is also known. Yes, it has fangs and venom, but cannot bite humans. Read about it next week!
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FLIPPIN ART ON DISPLAY-MS

Pictured here are young artist place winners at the 38th Annual Flippin School FIne Arts Extravaganza. Middle school place winners are from left to right, First and Second place-Shayla Stowe, grade 8 and Third Place- Kamryn Phillips, grade 8.
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People’s Choice Award

Pictured to the above are young artist winners at the 38th Annual Flippin School Fine Arts Extravaganza. High school honorable mention winners are from left to right, back row, Skylar Thornton, Vaughn Stone, Taylor Henley, Kelsey Hickey, Kaylee Cheek, Adrianne Benedicttwo honorable mentions; front row, left to right- Stephanie Lowry, Lluvia Flores, Iris Franco, and Sadie Akers- three honorable mentions.
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