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TLDAV meeting scheduled

The March monthly meeting of the Twin Lakes Disabled American Veterans Chapter 30, Mountain Home will be held on Monday March 21, 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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A Lunker Bass and a Small Rock

It was March about 15 years ago, and the bass I was fighting was a dandy. I lifted a spinnerbait up over the top of some underwater logs and he nailed it. After a long winter, a fellow need something like that, a hard fight that ruffles the surface considerably, a casting rod with a little backbone in it arced hard, a bass that feels bigger than he is when you get him in the boat. I said, as I held him high for my uncle to look at, that he’d go seven pounds.
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Six Arkansas Venomous Snakes

As it nears the warmer weather, I want to let you know about the venomous snakes we have here in Arkansas. Some you may see often and know exactly what they look like, and some may be on the rare site of seeing, but non the less here are the venomous snakes to be aware of.
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Earthworms

By their activity in the soil, earthworms offer many benefits: increased nutrient availability, better drainage, and a more stable soil structure, all of which help improve farm productivity. Worms feed on plant debris (dead roots, leaves, grasses, manure) and soil.
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BETWEEN THE LINES

Sunshine Week, America’s celebration of the public’s right to know what its governments do, comes this year at a particularly sobering time. The annual event began Sunday and continues through the week, with media outlets throughout the country using the occasion to call attention to the laws that preserve public access to information and seek to keep federal, state and local governments transparent to the people they serve.
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