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Calling Western Fans

Are you hankering to read some Western novels? Bull Shoals Library (BSL) recently received a donation of about 20 Western novels. These are just some of the new books BSL added to its collection in the last month. Library volunteers process new books as soon as possible so they are added to the new online searchable data base. Check out what is new at https://www.libib.com/u/bullshoalslibrary
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To the Class of 2022

The graduation season is upon us, so today I am congratulating the members of the Class of 2022 who overcame the expected difficulties of high school and college and then surmounted the totally unexpected challenges of a worldwide pandemic.
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Arkansas squirrel season opened May 15

Little Rock — With turkey hunting season wrapped up, many hunters will be putting away their shotguns until fall, but there’s another spring season that gives Arkansas hunters plenty of reasons to keep the scattergun cleaned and ready. Arkansas’s squirrel season opens May 15, and for those who enjoy chasing these treetop targets, it’s a great excuse to be in the woods.
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A Bit About Her Past

“The first white settlers in Marion County were primarily men who came to explore and find new hunting and fishing grounds. They built crude one-room log cabins with little furniture, cleared small patches of land for gardens of corn and tobacco”. (Glen Johnson in History of Marion County, 1976)
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Boozman Urges Biden Administration to Prioritize U.S. Trade and Agriculture Agenda

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; joined Senators John Thune (R-SD), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and Mike Crapo (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, in leading a group of Republican members of the Finance and Agriculture Committees on a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging them to prioritize market access initiatives as part of America’s trade agenda.
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VETERAN’S CALENDAR

Memorial Day Celebration on the Square The North Central Arkansas Veterans Council is again sponsoring the May 30, 2022, Annual Memorial Day Commemoration at Veterans Plaza 2000 in Mountain Home. The host organization is Alley White American Legion Post 52 with Commander Lisa Gunter serving as Master-of-Ceremonies.
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