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Grocery Stores Everywhere…and Smoking Lessons

In thinking back on the Flippin of my youth, it was certainly much smaller and everyone pretty much knew everyone. This had both pros and cons associated with it but, by and large, the pluses outnumbered the minuses. One of the primary positives of back then, even though it may be hard to believe, was that Flippin had at least five grocery stores inside the city limits, for part of the 1960’s. There was no Wal-Mart Super Center, but we had lots of other options. That’s right, in a town with a population just over 500, according to a special census in the mid 1960’s. And, if you went just a few miles further out toward Cotter, there was Jay King’s grocery and gas station at the intersection of Hwy. 62 and Hwy. 101. The main thing I remember about this one is that they usually stayed open later in the evening than the stores closer in town.
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American Legion Auxiliary Department of Arkansas Announces 2022-23 Officers

“Veterans and our military are my passions.” Denise “Dee” Smith, of Prince-Rhodes Unit 112 in McCrory, AR, was elected as the 2022- 23 Department President during the Annual Convention in June. Smith is eligible for American Legion Auxiliary membership through her father, Daniel P. Marchese, a WWII Army Signal Corps veteran, and her husband, Tony K. Smith, an Army Infantry and Army National Guard, Iraqi Freedom veteran.
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Wycliffe Series

If you enjoy a good British mystery, try the Wycliffe series at Bull Shoals Library. These books by W.J. Burley feature Superintendent Charles Wycliff’s investigative skills to solve unusual murder mysteries that have lots of plot twists. Burley (1914-2002) was a British crime story writer best known for his Wycliffe series. BSL has 15 of these Wycliffe mysteries. The series was also the basis for a popular TV show. The complete list of BSL collections can be found at www.libib.com/u/bullshoalslibrary or stop by the library at 1208 Central next to the Bull Shoals VFW.
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Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas Accepting Applications for Grants up to $150,000

LITTLE ROCK – The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas is currently accepting grant applications from public schools, governmental agencies and nonprofit groups across the Natural State. Grants of up to $150,000 are available to support programs focusing on: behavioral health resources the social determinants of health maternal and pediatric health needs health equity whole person health medical condition innovation
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Senior Events

July 27, at Heinz Willett Center for Wellbeing on Good Samaritan Campus 1-2 p.m. Bloody Brilliant, Speaker Jamie Hunter with American Red Cross.
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