August 2022

ME welcomes Mason to Flippin Sept. 1

Peggy Mason has been hired by CherryRoad Media to work at the Mountaineer Echo (ME) as a Part-Time Reporter and Photographer. Mason has been working as a stringer or freelance reporter and photographer for the past 14 months and was the photographer for the award-winning front page photo that won the Mountaineer Echo the award for Best Front Page at the Arkansas Press Association awards ceremony in June.
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BEYOND REASON

Due to the overwhelming response (glad you liked it, Mom) to a recent column about nautical terminology, this is a kind of follow-up. Thus, I give you boat names.
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Adventures on a Tankful

The Museum of Native American History was established downtown in 2006 as the Museum of Native American Artifacts. The collection quickly outgrew the space, and MONAH opened its current doors in June 2008.
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Monica Williams of Flippin

Continued from A2 OBITUARY had a nice, cold glass of sweet tea to offer anyone who was thirsty. Monica is survived by children: Keela Grayham- Walters, Robert Monica Nanette Williams, age 74, of Flippin Arkansas passed away Saturday August 27, 2022, at her home.
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James Reed of Harrison

He graduated from Humphrey High School in 1957. He began his college education at Arkansas State Teacher’s College, now University of Central Arkansas where he finished his bachelor’s degree in Social Studies in May of 1962.
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Capitol Discussion

Many federal agencies continue to fight backlogs as they dig out from pandemic shutdowns and two years of limited staffing. Having agencies like the Social Security Administration open in person again is welcome and I am pleased to see progress being made on getting caught up, however, I continue to hear the frustration of Arkansans every day who are working through bureaucratic processes that, unfortunately, are taking longer to resolve than in prior years.
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