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The Bull Shoals Library book and yard sale September 9 and 10 during Miles and Miles of Yard Sales was a great success. The library again thanks all those who donated books and other things, came to the sale, and American Safeguard Insurance for sponsoring the event.

On Thursday, September 22, four Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) from the Harrison Colony Chapter, NSDAR, dressed in costumes and presented a program for the fifth and sixth graders at Bruno-Pyatt Elementary School to wrap up Constitution Week (Sept. 17-23). The students and DAR presenters enjoyed ringing their bells of freedom!

Bull Shoals City Council held its monthly workshop on September 20. With only Councilman Dino Giannini absent, Mayor David Nixon declared a quorum was present for conducting business.

Hello friends and readers of the Mountaineer Echo, I hope this week finds everyone in good health and happy spirits. Here on the home front things are going well.

My name is Mike Savu I am announcing my Candidacy for Mayor of Bull Shoals. I have lived here for more than 4 years, after retiring from a Thirty-year career building and operating a Tool and Manufacturing Company west of St. Louis, Missouri. I was fortunate to have worked with a great group of folks that enable me to grow my business to the point where I was able to sell it and retire early. This allowed me to move to the City of Bull Shoals and make this community my home.

Through LRAFB, the Department of Defense has approved funding for Forge Institute to open STARBASE Arkansas, a STEM-focused training program geared towards 5th graders Key Facts ● Forge Institute and the 19th Airlift Wing (through the Oice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs) are partnering to provide Arkansas’ STARBASE program.