Cooking with Mumzy!
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.
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Savu for Mayor of BS
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.
Read MoreSavu for Mayor of BSBull Shoals Food Pantry Fundraisers
Bull Shoals Food Pantry helps feed the hungry – free to their many clients but sometimes they ask you to pay for a great meal to help raise the funds needed to help others in the community who do not have enough food.
Read MoreBull Shoals Food Pantry FundraisersMike Matherly Named Director of Nutrition Services
Fayetteville — Washington Regional has named Mike Matherly as director of nutrition services. In his new role, Matherly will be responsible for overseeing operational needs of the nutrition department including food service programs to provide dietary services for patients, staff and visitors.
Read MoreMike Matherly Named Director of Nutrition ServicesFlippin Annual 2022 Community School Update Notice
The Flippin School District will hold its Annual 2022 Community School Update on Sunday, September 25, at 1:00 p.m. in the HS Library. The public is encouraged to attend. This informational meeting will cover the goal of Title I, Part A of the ESEA Act, parent rights, parent engagement, curriculum and assessment, and the district’s annual academic performance report.
Read MoreFlippin Annual 2022 Community School Update NoticeBrodsky appointed to AR Boys State leadership
LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Boys State has named Andrew Brodsky as Director of Staff for the program, which has transformed the lives of young men throughout the state and beyond since 1940. Brodsky has been part of Arkansas Boys State since his delegate year in 2013, in which he represented Lakeside High School and was elected as Arkansas Boys State Speaker of the House.
Read MoreBrodsky appointed to AR Boys State leadershipJen Hoss named VP and general counsel for AECC/AECI
LITTLE ROCK - Jen Hoss has been named as the vice president and general counsel for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC)/Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI). She joined the cooperatives as assistant general counsel in 2020.
Read MoreJen Hoss named VP and general counsel for AECC/AECIBackyard Conservation 2
As we continue to discuss conservation practices in our backyard that will add beauty and diversity, we continue from last week with more about wildlife habitat in our yards. We mentioned trees and shrubs that produce nuts and berries, which, we as humans might also get some benefit from, but how about the butterflies, hummingbirds and bees.
Read MoreBackyard Conservation 2Ouachita’s enrollment growth
ARKADELPHIA – Enrollment continues to grow at Ouachita Baptist University, where a Fall 2022 headcount of 1,784 is the university’s highest in 56 years. Total enrollment, up 17.6 percent since 2016, includes a cohort of 445 first-time freshmen that has distinguished itself academically.
Read MoreOuachita’s enrollment growthLRAFB partners with Forge Institute to implement STARBASE ARKANSAS
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.
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