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Butterfly Kits delivered

By Crooked Creek Conservation District Deanna Burleson and Charlie Miles from Crooked Creek Conservation District recently delivered live Caterpillar to Butterfly Kits to Yellville-Summit, Flippin and Bruno-Pyatt Elementary Schools.
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Summer Hunting

I was walking along a wooded ridge top trail years ago when a young fox squirrel fell from a limb above me and landed with a thud not more than ten feet from my boots. He didn’t waste any time leaving but he would have been a goner if I had wanted to shoot him. I just couldn’t do it. The little rascal had hidden in that treetop well enough to keep me from seeing him, but his curiosity had caused him to lose his balance and his dignity at the same time. As I walked on down the trail he sat on the limb of a nearby oak and barked at me. In my younger years I would have been less forgiving of that kind of insolence, and he would have ended up in a potful of dumplings.
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VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on caregivers, Alzheimer’s disease, and toxic exposure

Researchers from the Durham and Minneapolis VAs, and the Mayo Clinic, created a program to help rural family caregivers prepare for the transition of patients with severe and life-limiting illnesses from the hospital to their homes. Transitional palliative care is an 8-week program administered by palliative care nurses by video and designed to teach family caregivers how to prepare for the patient’s care needs, as well as how to communicate effectively with the health care team.
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