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Keeping Up with the Food Closet

There is a quiet ritual I look forward to each week. Before I put a single word on the page, I sat for a moment and let the week wash over me — the faces, the conversations, the small and not-so-small acts of generosity that keep the Yellville Area Food Closet (YAFC) running. This column has always been my dedicated space to share what I think of as “moments of grace”, those unhurried, often unannounced instances of human kindness that quietly define who we are as a community. I cherish that time.
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EmbryRiddle Ph.D. Student Mines Insect Behaviors for Engineering Insights

By Michaela Jarvis James Hand is a Ph.D. candidate at EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University, a Department of Defense SMART scholarship awardee and, most recently, the recipient of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE)/Stevens Institute Doctoral Award. The award is presented annually to just two Ph.D. students worldwide, recognizing their research for its innovation and its potential to advance systems engineering. Hand’s research focus? The behaviors and strategies of insects – and how those behaviors could translate into engineering designs for drones and robotics. Hand says he particularly enjoys studying insect behavior because it is completely outside of his field of engineering.
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UA Northark to add Bachelor’s Degrees in Business and Education

By Micki Somers, HARRISON — North Arkansas College of the University of Arkansas (UA Northark) and the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) are set to announce a new partnership that will expand access to affordable higher education in Arkansas. On Thursday, April 30, the two institutions will unveil a program allowing UA Northark students to earn bachelor’s degrees in Harrison at one of the state’s lowest tuition rates.
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Lead Hill FBLA Competes

LEAD HILL - 10 of our FBLA members competed at the Arkansas FBLA State Leadership Conference in Little Rock this week: Dylan Cox, Jason Smith, Elizabeth Archer, Kasey Beard, Katie Bergan, Lennard Endres, Audrey Wessling, Violet Abraham, Isaak Farmer and Izaac Kopurtas. We are so proud of how well each of them performed and represented our school.
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