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by Dana E. Scott, Library Director, Marion County Library Our Friends of the Library’s Book, Bake, and Yard Sale will be held at the American Legion Hut on September 22-24.

Randy Zellers, AGFC Little Rock – Dove hunters searching for a place to hunt still have a few days to scout some fields for opening weekend, but the clock is ticking. In case you haven’t been able to find a location through private fields, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission prepares a few locations on public land for hunters who want to enjoy a first shot at the season.

The number one draw to the Murfreesboro area is the Crater of Diamonds State Park. The first diamond was found here in 1906 by John Huddleston, a farmer who owned a portion of the diamond bearing crater at that time.

Last week I wrote about my brother’s and sister’s first cars, My first car came when I was a junior in high school so it was the 1970’s and outside the time frame of this column. However, my driving lessons began when I was 12, so here we go. As I thought about this, I wondered how Karma determined which parent taught, I know in my case, my Mama drew the short straw.

Peggy Mason has been hired by CherryRoad Media to work at the Mountaineer Echo (ME) as a Part-Time Reporter and Photographer. Mason has been working as a stringer or freelance reporter and photographer for the past 14 months and was the photographer for the award-winning front page photo that won the Mountaineer Echo the award for Best Front Page at the Arkansas Press Association awards ceremony in June.

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.

Like a lot of people, I can pretty much track significant periods of my life through the music I listened to at the time. Music has always been a passion and I’ve always been one of those weirdos who likes some of just about any genre of music, with the possible exception of really heavy metal. Music has always had an uplifting effect on me.