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MC Cattlemen’s Association to meet
The last spring dinner meeting of the Marion County Cattlemen’s Association will be held Tuesday, May 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Flippin cafeteria.
MCLB Meetings Schedule
Marion County Library Board meets at 5 p.m. during the calendar year 2023.
WEEKLY PRAYER
My Heavnly Father, Bless the cities in Marion County, Marion County, Our Residents and the State of Arkansas. We ask for you guidance in our daily tasks. We ask you walk with the children and keep them safe, while helping our leaders make good decisions. We ask all in Jesus name, Amen.
Flippin -Fish Art
Pictured here are Flippin Middle and High School students who currently have artwork competing in the Wildlife Forever State Fish Art Contest in Bear Lake, Minnesota. From left to right, Back row, Emma Cook, grade 8; Jayden Smith, grade7; Dylan Merrill grade 7; Kallie Darrigan, grade 7; Cameron Thomas, grade 9; Front row, left to right, Lily Brown, grade 7; Abi Washburn, grade 7; and Grace Johnston, grade 8.
Grow Easy-Care Mandevillas for Season-Long Color
by Melinda Myers Bold color, tropical beauty, and easy-care mandevillas make excellent additions to patios, decks, and gardens. Train them onto a trellis, allow them to cascade from a hanging basket, or combine them with other plants. Enjoy summer-long blossoms and the butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators that stop by for a visit.
Crooked Creek
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.
Rock Bass
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.
Action in Bull Shoals
Bull Shoals City Council met in regular session Thursday, April 27, with all council members in attendance, as well as Mayor Mike Savu and Recorder Tina Bailey. The mayor called the meeting to order and cautioned all in attendance to refrain from speaking over each other during the meeting. After the body recited the Pledge of Allegiance and the roll call was conducted, the Council quickly moved through approval of the March meeting minutes.
The flocks are out! May is Foster Care Awareness Month and The Call in Marion County needs your help
The flocks are out! May is Foster Care Awareness Month and The Call in Marion County needs your help. Flocking to Foster Care is a fundraiser to help support local foster and adoptive families.