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Mitford, North Carolina in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains might be near Mayberry, North Carolina, although both are fictional places. Both are places where every day people prevail over everyday problems and situations. Author Jan Karon creates the town of Mitford as a character of its own that readers enjoy returning to with each book in the Father Timothy Kavanagh series.

On Tuesday, July 12 the Marion County Quorum Court (MCQC) met to discuss ordinances concerning purchasing equipment, establishing a fund and communications for MC. Justices Brady Madden, James Underwood, Claudia Brigham, Joyce McCalla, Rick White, Talon Vancuren, Marty Nickels and Mike Scrima were in attendance for the meeting along with John Massey, MC Judge, and John Russo, MC Attorney.

Every four years, the National Intelligence Council provides a forecast of the world for the next 20 years. In March 2021, they released the latest National Intelligence Forecast. As we could have predicted, the next 20 years looks turbulent. It appears we are living in the best of times, and we need to enjoy our way of life while we can. The future of the world will hinge on whether we allow technology and social media to unite us or divide us. So far as a society we are failing in the area of unification. The freedom that the internet allows has spurred some to create division and hate. And I don’t think many of us want to know the evils going on behind the scenes or underground on the World Wide Web.

On Thursday, July 14, the Yellville-Summit School Board met in the Yellville-Summit Administration Building to prepare for the 2022-23 school year by approving the school calendar, update EFT process, and renewing contracts.

John Franklin Massey has been charged with Public Sexual Indecency from an incident on or about March 30, 2022. Massey is alleged to have placed his hand on the buttocks, rubbing and patting the buttocks of a female employed at the Marion County Road Department. Also, Massey is reported to have place his arm around victim and pulled her close to his person, then moved hand down to pat victim on the buttocks several more times.