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It is said laughter is the best medicine. Need some? Bull Shoals Library has many funny books to lighten your load and brighten your life. The library also has entertaining light reading to take your mind off your worries and the woes of the world.

Hello everyone, I hope this week finds you all in good health and happy spirits. Here on the home front all is going well, or as well as it can be. As I always say why gripe about it, nobody can do anything about it but myself, so I always just put on a smile and go about my business and do the best I can with what I have in me. I enjoy finding old recipes that my mother, grandmother, and aunts have passed on to me. I love to cook and sometimes when I am typing these recipes up, I find myself sad because I just don’t have the time to cook like I used to. I thought as we got older, we were supposed to have more time than when we were younger. But honestly, I had more time when my youngest two children were home and I was a stay at home mom. I fixed a nice breakfast, lunch and a very nice dinner every night.

Accomplishment during first 3 years as Judge: ROAD DEPARTMENT: Built equity by allowing leases to expire and negotiating purchases of heavy equipment. Lifted rock quarry into compliance by securing all required state permits.

Fayetteville — Three physicians in Washington Regional’s hospital medicine group were recently appointed to new roles within the medical center. Anthony Williams, MD, assumed the role of vice president and chief quality officer at Washington Regional Medical Center.

At the age of 58, country music star Jeff Carson died of a heart attack at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee. Jeff Carson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma as Jeffrey Lee Herndon; December 16, 1963 and passed on March 26, 2022 Jeff was raised by his mother Virginia Norton in Gravette, Arkansas.

Fayetteville, Ark. — Malachi McCurdy, M.D., recently joined the Washington Regional General Surgery Clinic where he provides laparoscopic, robotic and open general surgical services alongside Jeffrey Bell, M.D., Jon Berry, M.D., Gareth Eck, M.D., Brian Pottorf, M.D., Stephen Wood, M.D., Brittany Huls, APRN and Kaylie Slaughter, APRN.

Lisa is a native of Melbourne, Arkansas and is a 1990, graduate of Melbourne High School. Before attending UAMS College of Pharmacy, she completed pre-pharmacy courses at Williams Baptist College, ASU, and UCA. Following graduation from UAMS in 1996, Lisa worked in a variety of pharmacy practice settings.