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Peggy Mason contributing Columnist Crappie are the most distinctive and largest members of the Centrarchidae family of sunfish. There are two species, black crappie and white crappie.

Bull Shoals City Council met in regular session Thursday, August 25, at 6:30 p.m. All council members were present, as well as Mayor David Nixon, Recorder Tina Bailey, Police Chief John Ainsworth, Fire Chief Brent Mitchell, and Planning and Zoning Chairman Bonnie Sumner. There was standing room only as the Council moved through the agenda.

Mountain Home – The Kerr Scholarship, an annual scholarship named in honor of former long-time Mountain Home resident and physician Dr. Robert L. Kerr, has been awarded to seventeen medical and dental students in the Baxter Health service area.

Jaren Beavers, VP, Marketing Manager Fayetteville – University of Arkansas senior tight end Trey Knox is a two-time Southeastern Conference academic honor roll selection. Arvest Bank is pleased to announce it has reached an agreement with Knox to promote a different kind of education.

Washington – U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioners Christy Goldsmith Romero and Summer Mersinger got a firsthand look at the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the University of Arkansas today while discussing a path forward to bring more consumer protection to the crypto industry.