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All aboard…the Bookmobile!

In the several weeks I’ve been writing this column, I’ve mentioned a couple of times how important my bicycle figured into my childhood. But, next to our bikes, the hottest thing on wheels in the summertime in Flippin was the Bookmobile! I hadn’t thought about it in a long time, but another childhood friend mentioned it in a Facebook comment about last week’s column on going to church camp.
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Rutledge Continues to Combat Robocalls with FCC and 40 States

Little Rock – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joins 40 other attorneys general acknowledging the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing work to combat robocalls. In the letter attorneys general sent to the Commission, they recognized the FCC’s work encouraging states to join information-sharing agreements and collaboratively address complex robocalls issues.
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DAV Monthly Meeting

The June Meeting of the Twin Lakes Disabled American Veterans Chapter 30, Mountain Home will be held on Monday, June 20, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. Location of the meeting is the Meeting Room of the Mountain Home Police Department at 424 W.
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Boozman Announces Witness List for Friday Ag Field Hearing in Arkansas

Washington D.C. — U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman, will hold a field hearing in Arkansas on Friday to gain input from Natural State agricultural producers as the process of writing the 2023 Farm Bill begins. Today, the ag leaders announced the witnesses who will be testifying.
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Y-S prepares for 2022-23 School Year

On Monday, June 13, the Yellville-Summit School Board met in the Y-S District Administration Building across from the football stadium in Yellville at 5:30 p.m. Eleanor Davenport, Robin Lee, Nathan Rogers, and Travis Doshier were in attendance for the meeting along with Wes Henderson. Jason Jones was absent from the meeting.
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100 Years Plus Special Birthdays

The months of June and July hold some special very special birthdays for people of the United States and for Marion County, Arkansas. June 14, 1775, The United States Army was formed; on or about June 16, 1886, The Mountain Echo was formed; and on July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was Declared.
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