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North Arkansas Visit

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.
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Poetry Corner

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.
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Support the BC Library by Joining the Texas Hold’em Tournament

By Andrea Belt, Marketing Coordinator-Graphic Designer MOUNTAIN HOME – The Baxter County Library Foundation’s Texas Hold’em Tournament, Ante Up for the Library, will be held at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge #1714 on Saturday, August 24. Tickets are available now at the Baxter County Library! Individual seats are priced at $100, or you can purchase a table of 6 seats for $500.
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