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The Fleet Reserve Association Branch 251 meeting is set for Saturday, August 17 ,2024. The new location is the Glenbriar Commons club house, 2001 Superior Way, Mountain Home.

The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, Twin Lakes Unit 30 will be meeting on Wednesday August 21, 2024. The location will be the Heinz-Willett Wellness Center at Good Samaritan Campus, 300 Good Samaritan Drive, Mountain Home.

The North Central Arkansas Military Service Sisters will be holding its August luncheon on Friday, August 30, 2024, at 12 Noon. The location will be Little B’s, on the corner of Bomber Blvd.

The August Meeting of the Twin Lakes Disabled American Veterans Chapter 30, Mountain Home will be held on Monday, August 19, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. THE NEW LOCATION OF THE MEETING IS VFW POST 3246, 214 W.

I spent a couple of days last week down in Arkansas White River country, ending up all the way down in Mountain View, restocking some of my outdoor books. While at Mountain View, I stopped in a woodcarver’s shop, and I haven’t seen anything like it since I first saw Peter Engler’s carvings at Silver Dollar City in 1968. The woodcarver’s name is Randall Head, and all around the grounds where is shop is found, there are huge carvings, many life-sized and spectacular. Eagles and wildlife carvings are everywhere, from songbirds to mountain lions. He is one of the most unusual people you will ever talk to and one of the most talented.

There once was a peculiar fellow Mr. Squirrel was his name He spent every day Storing acorns away Until quite wealthy he became One day while gathering more acorns Mr.