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Flippin /State Fish Art Contest

Photo submitted by Flippin Art Department 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.

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Sheriff’s Report

Gregg Alexander, Marion County Sheriff For the week, Marion County Deputies responded to one hundred seven (107) calls for service and took sixteen (16) incident reports. Officers responded to six (6) domestic calls, took eight (8) theft reports and provided ten (10) wellbeing checks. Deputies made one (1) felony and four (4) misdemeanor arrests. A deputy graduated from basic training at the Law Enforcement Training Academy in Pocahontas. Investigators opened four (4) felony case investigations, completed affidavits and applied for arrest warrants for two (2) suspects charged with one (1) felony each. Investigators conducted six (6) interviews related to ongoing investigations and assisted in the search for a local runaway.

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No Board Meeting

The Marion County Airport Board, MCAB, currently has no plans to hold a board meeting during the month of April. The MCAB plans to keep the public aware of future meetings as the meetings are announced.

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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.

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Update from the MC Sheriff

It has been three months since we hit the ground running here at the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. As is usually the case when stepping into a new position there is much to be learned and as we discover the “ins and outs” here, there is much more we find we WANT to accomplish. As I promised you transparency during my campaign, I wanted to take a moment to give you an update on what we have been up to in our first three months here: At the County level, there are some things not yet established for us. One being our 2023 budget. Even without an approved budget, you can be assured that we are going through ALL current spending from top to bottom and looking for cost-lowering options in every area of what we do here.

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Rosson Goblin Jr. High Relays

Girls Results: Girls 100 Meter Dash Finals: 14 Blair Castle Yellville-Summit High School 20 MaHaley Gilmore Ozark Mountain Girls 200 Meter Dash Finals: 12 Blair Castle Yellville-Summit High School 15 MaHaley Gilmore Ozark Mountain Girls 400 Meter Dash Finals: 2 Riley Hopson Yellville-Summit High School 11 Izzy Wilhite Cotter Junior High Girls 800 Meter Run Finals: 1 Riley Hopson Yellville-Summit High School 10 Jenna Bradley Flippin High School Girls 1600 Meter Run Finals: 1 Riley Hopson Yellville-Summit High School 11 Emily Shelton Flippin High School Girls 100 Meter Hurdles (30) Finals: 8 Blair Castle Yellville-Summit High School 17 Miah Klump Yellville-Summit High School Girls 300 Meter Hurdles (30) Finals: 5 Sophia Rasico Flippin High School 8 Miah Klump Yellville-Summit High School Girls 4x100 Meter Relay Finals: 6 Yellville-Summit High School 9 Ozark Mountain Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Finals: 7 Cotter Junior High 9 Flippin High School Girls 4x400 Meter Relay Finals: 6 Yellville-Summit High School 7 Flippin High School Girls 4x800 Meter Relay Finals: 6 Flippin High School 8 Ozark Mountain Girls High Jump Finals: 12 Myah McNutt Cotter Junior High 13 Jasmine Fletcher Ozark Mountain Girls Long Jump Finals: 8 Blair Castle Yellville-Summit High School Girls Triple Jump Finals: 5 Izzy Wilhite Cotter Junior High 7 Sophia Rasico Flippin High School Girls Pole Vault Finals: 6 Jasmine Fletcher Ozark Mountain 8 Kennedi Coleman Yellville-Summit High School Girls Discus (1kg) Finals: 6 Miah Klump Yellville-Summit High School 9 Hannah Wheeler Ozark Mountain Girls Shot Put (2.72kg/6#) Finals: 7 Miah Klump Yellville-Summit High School 13 Maci Brumley Ozark Mountain Boys Results: Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals: 18 Ryland Lunde Flippin High School 19 Clayton Grifin Flippin High School Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals: 22 Shawn Qualls Yellville-Summit High School 24 Clayton Grifin Flippin High School Boys 400 Meter Dash Finals: 11 Canaan Darnell Yellville-Summit High School 17 Travis Rogers Flippin High School Boys 800 Meter Run Finals: 3 Rene Rascon Flippin High School 8 Canaan Darnell Yellville-Summit High School Boys 1600 Meter Run Finals: 8 Braydon Sumpter Flippin High School 9 Dominic Davis Huntsville High School 10 Gray Daniels Mountain Home Jr. High 11 Brody Morris Ozark Mountain 12 Eden Hardy Yellville-Summit High School Boys 110 Meter Hurdles (36) Finals: 18 Cooper Craighead Yellville-Summit High School 21 Isai Matias Yellville-Summit High School 25 Rusty Goodall Yellville-Summit High School Boys 300 Meter Hurdles (33) Finals: 8 Drew Vigna Yellville-Summit High School 14 Cooper Craighead Yellville-Summit High School Boys 4x100 Meter Relay Finals: 8 Flippin High School 9 Yellville-Summit High School Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Finals: 9 Yellville-Summit High School 10 Cotter Junior High BOYS 4X400 METER RELAY Finals: 6 Flippin High School 7 Yellville-Summit High School Boys 4x800 Meter Relay Finals: 5 Flippin High School 10 Yellville-Summit High School Boys Long Jump Finals: 15 Norman Martin Yellville-Summit High School Boys Triple Jump Finals: 14 Braydon Sumpter Flippin High School 16 Norman Martin Yellville-Summit High School Boys Pole Vault Finals: 4 Cooper Craighead Yellville-Summit High School 10 Eden Hardy Yellville-Summit High School 11 Zen Novak Yellville-Summit High School Boys Discus (1kg) Finals: 11 Ethan McCalla Yellville-Summit High School 14 Jacob Murphy Yellville-Summit High School 15 Grant Eddings Ozark Mountain Boys Shot Put (4kg/8.8#) Finals: 5 Ethan McCalla Yellville-Summit High School 10 Grant Eddings Ozark Mountain 13 Ryland Lunde Flippin High School .

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