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A Bit About Her Past

“The first white settlers in Marion County were primarily men who came to explore and find new hunting and fishing grounds. They built crude one-room log cabins with little furniture, cleared small patches of land for gardens of corn and tobacco”. (Glen Johnson in History of Marion County, 1976)
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Boozman Urges Biden Administration to Prioritize U.S. Trade and Agriculture Agenda

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; joined Senators John Thune (R-SD), a member of the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and Mike Crapo (R-ID), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, in leading a group of Republican members of the Finance and Agriculture Committees on a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging them to prioritize market access initiatives as part of America’s trade agenda.
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VETERAN’S CALENDAR

Memorial Day Celebration on the Square The North Central Arkansas Veterans Council is again sponsoring the May 30, 2022, Annual Memorial Day Commemoration at Veterans Plaza 2000 in Mountain Home. The host organization is Alley White American Legion Post 52 with Commander Lisa Gunter serving as Master-of-Ceremonies.
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COTTER SCHOOL MENU

May 23 & May 24 Breakfast Menu Monday: Cook’s Tuesday: Cereal & Toast, Fruit, Juice & Milk Lunch: Monday: Cook’s Choice Tuesday: Sack Lunch Have a Wonderful Summer Break!! .
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Sunstar Ins. Grows NE Arkansas Operations with Key Addition of Evins Ins.

Jonesboro – Sunstar Insurance Group, LLC announced a merger with Evins Insurance Group of Jonesboro for their ninth expansion in five years. “I am thrilled to join forces with my long-time friend and Arkansas industry veteran, Drew Nadzam, and our new star agent, Chris Evins,” said Andrew “A.B.” Meadors, CEO of Sunstar in Arkansas.
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Flippin’s Shannon Smith, winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition

Washington, DC— Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced Shannon Smith, a senior at Flippin High School, as the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for the Third District. Shannon’s artwork, entitled “Portrait of Many Colors,” will now be sent to Washington, D.C. and displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.
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