Rummage Sale
Operation Christmas Child of North Central Arkansas is having a rummage sale/Expo at East Oakland Baptist Church on 3095 Highway 62 E, Mountain Home, AR, 72653. It will be on Friday, September 2, from noon to 6 p.m.
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Cattlemen’s Dinner meeting scheduled
The September dinner meeting of the Marion County Cattlemen’s Association will be held Tuesday, September 20, at 6:30 in the old Yellville-Summit cafeteria. The meeting will be sponsored by ARVEST Bank.
LIGHTNIN’ RIDGE
BA week ago, I spent several days in South Dakota with a man by the name of Joel Vosek, and I will write more about him and the 108-mile Ft. Reynolds Lake we fished in another column.
Conservation Corner
Walk Across Arkansas is back for its fall event September 12 – November 6. The eight-week exercise program is organized each spring and fall by the Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, with the goal of helping Arkansans improve their health.
Winter Grazing
While cold weather and Christmas shopping might not be on the top of our mind, it is time to think about winter feeding strategies and inventory. Pre-planning to maximize utilization rates and extend the grazing season could help to combat current high feed costs and fuel prices. Depending on location, producers have many options for winter feeding.
Marion County Jurors Report
Marion County Jurors on the WHITE Panel need to report on Monday, August 29 through Friday, September 2 at 9:00 a.m. in the Courthouse Courtroom.… Login to continue reading Login…
Baxter Health Awards Medical Students Kerr Scholarships
Mountain Home – The Kerr Scholarship, an annual scholarship named in honor of former long-time Mountain Home resident and physician Dr. Robert L. Kerr, has been awarded to seventeen medical and dental students in the Baxter Health service area.
Growing Small Grains
Results of experiment in small grain management completed during 1956 through 1960 have been released by the University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Grain yields of oats did not differ on seedbeds by plowing about July 8, August 8 or by disking September 8.
Echoing’s of the Mountain Echo
by Cleo Martin The most troublesome kinds of wasps around the house are yellow jackets, hornets and the Polistes wasps. The Polistes wasps are the ones that make the saucer or umbrella shaped nests under eaves of houses and in the shrubbery or other protected places.
Maryland Woman Convicted for Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain Military Disability Benefits
Courtesy of Veterans Affairs Mary Francis Biggs of Lexington Park, Maryland, participated in a conspiracy organized by her daughter, Angela Farr, in which false and fraudulent documents were submitted to VA in support of disability claims in the name of Biggs’ husband. The fraudulent documents stated that the husband was homebound and required full-time assistance for basic tasks such as eating, bathing, and dressing.