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Washington—Congress passed bipartisan legislation Thursday to ensure families have access to formula to feed their babies. The Access to Baby Formula Act introduced by U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, and Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) was unanimously approved in the Senate. Companion legislation overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives. The legislation will now head to the president’s desk to be signed into law.

A proposed high water launching ramp and the sidewalk project brought a good citizen turnout to the Bull Shoals Council meeting May 26. Previously Council asked Nixon to continue looking into a high-water launching ramp at an undetermined location near Bull Shoals and how it might be funded. Frequent high lake levels over the past few years have made accessing the lake difficult when launching ramps and parking lots are flooded.

Bentonville - The nonpartisan organization Common Ground Arkansas has developed an online Early Voting Locator tool to help voters quickly find their nearest polling locations and hours of operation. The tool is an interactive map based on the voter’s location or an address the user inputs.

The Baxter Regional Auxiliary is sponsoring a T-Shirt Ladies and More Sale on Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7. The sale is being held in the Lagerborg Dining Room of the Baxter Regional Cafeteria. Hours on Monday, June 6, with be from 7 a.m. Until 5 p.m. and from 7 a.m. Until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7. Sale will include boutique clothing, accessories, t-shirts and more!

The North Central Arkansas Military Service Sisters will be having their May Luncheon on Friday, May 28, 2022, at 12 Noon. Location is Salsas Grill,965 Highway 62 East, Mountain Home.

Mayor David Nixon began the May 17 Bull Shoals Council workshop with two announcements. He said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduling a full road closure for Highway 178 across Bull Shoals Dam to deploy and remove equipment used to perform maintenance on the dam’s sluice gates. The road will be closed from 7 AM June 1 until 5 p.m. June 2, including overnight. Travelers will need to use alternate routes.

Bull Shoals Hoevel-Barnett VFW Post 1341 1206 Central Blvd. Phone: 870-445-4501 Week events: May 26 Lunch in the canteen from 11 a.m.