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Bull Shoals City Council Workshop

Mayor David Nixon began the May 17 Bull Shoals Council workshop with two announcements. He said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduling a full road closure for Highway 178 across Bull Shoals Dam to deploy and remove equipment used to perform maintenance on the dam’s sluice gates. The road will be closed from 7 AM June 1 until 5 p.m. June 2, including overnight. Travelers will need to use alternate routes.
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Spring Cleaning

In the Hundred Acre Wood, during the season of spring, you will find Piglet spring cleaning, beating his rugs outside his tree house. Some say spring cleaning comes from Persian New Year (first day of Spring) or the Jewish anticipation of Passover. Others say it’s just the first time you can leave the windows open. Either way, it’s the time to streamline. But how?
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Information to Turn to if you are ever in Need of Help

Here is some information that might come in handy if you are ever in need and don’t know where to turn. Marion County Senior Activity & Wellness Center Address: 5966 Highway 202 East City: Flippin, Arkansas 72634 Marion County Phone:(870) 453-8488 Fax:(870) 453-8481 Email: marionsc@aaanwar.org The Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas (AAAN-WA) Senior Activity Centers receive partial funding through the U.S.
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Rising from the ashes . . .

Sometimes it takes a major event to spur people into action. And there are times when something occurs that we may feel are catastrophic that in essence become the best thing to happen to us. I often tell people that have lost a job, didn’t get hired, or have had a relationship end that it’s at these times when we are devastated or disappointed that there could very well be something better to come along. I’ve had that happen in my life a few times. Now when things I view as negatives occur, I don’t become distraught as I know life has a way of evening out or becoming even better.
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Alicia Van Der Veer, Soapmaker

Step into the building behind her home and one will discover how and where Alicia Van Der Veer makes soap. Not just any plain soap by the kind that makes one want to use it to smell good and get clean. Each soap is made to look unique and have a name like none other.
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Voting Location Correction

The location reported as Eros was erroneously reported. The correct location for voters is Bruno-Pyatt School. If you live in this area or are planning to vote at this location, you should got to Bruno-Pyatt School located at 4754 AR HWY-125.
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