Do you remember the old game show “I’ve Got A Secret?” Someone would come on and the celebrity panelists would try to guess what that person’s big secret was. Well, I’m going to tell you a secret and you wouldn’t guess it in a million years so don’t even try. This is one that not another living soul knows. In fact, I’m pretty sure my mom was the only other person who ever knew. I didn’t keep it a secret intentionally. In fact, as most of you know, I’m pretty much an open book. No, I kept this secret in the safest place possible. Forgotten in my memory! Until last week, that is. And I still can’t remember what triggered it for me, but here it is. When I was a little girl, I wanted to be Jean Marshall when I grew up. At the time, many little girls wanted to be movie stars or teachers or nurses or beauticians or any number of other dreams. Me? I wanted to be Jean Marshall, at least for a period of my childhood. Unless you lived in Flippin in the 1950s, 60s, and/or 70s, you may not know who Jean was. Jean was City Recorder for Flippin for several years back then. She and her husband, Karl, had a small jewelry/watch repair shop on the south side of Main Street, I’m thinking in the space that is now Frederic’s Salon. Back then, the Recorder didn’t work at City Hall, so Jean conducted city business out of their shop. Mostly, at least that I was aware of, Jean was who you went to see to pay your water bill. There may have been (and likely were) other duties involved, but the water bills were what I recall. And one very distinct memory I have is that she kept the payment stubs, cash, checks, etc. in a cigar box! For some reason, I was enamored with that cardboard cigar box. I don’t know if it was because of the contents or just because I thought it was a cool box with a lid that flipped up and everything! Hey, I’ve always been pretty easily entertained. Jean was also something of a local historian and, if you read the History of Marion County
StatePoint Media StatePoint - Even as they ride out inflationary pressures, supply chain disruptions and economic uncertainty, women owners and executives of small and mid-size majority-women-owned businesses have an optimistic outlook about the near-term future of their businesses, according to a recent survey. The PNC Bank survey found that women business owner (WBO) expectations for their own companies remain strong, with 41 percent feeling highly optimistic -- up from 29 percent in the fall of 2020 but down from 67 percent in the fall of 2021 -- while the share of those feeling pessimistic has held constant at just 1 percent.
*Menu subject to change* Suggested donation of $4. If you would like a substitute salad, please call by 11 a.m. 870-453-8488 under 60 and carry out $7 **Lunch served Monday thru Friday 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.* January 23 – 27 Monday: Hearty Chili, Crackers, Romaine Lettuce Salad, Fruit Medley, Sugar Cookie Tuesday: Fried Fish Filet, Buttered Corn, Collard Greens, Wheat Bread, Lemon Cream Pie Wednesday: Hamburger w/ Wheat Bun, Mustard Potato Salad, Creamy Coleslaw, Chilled Pudding Thursday: Ham & Cheese Casserole, Broccoli Florets, Chilled Pineapple, Wheat Bread, Gelatin Parfait Friday: Chicken Tenders, Macaroni & Cheese, Baby Lima Beans, Wheat Bread, Chilled Peaches
Boost the flavor and nutritional value of winter meals by growing a container of greens indoors. Plant, tend and harvest greens for garden-fresh flavor now and throughout the year.
High fertilizer prices and drought in 2022 handed hay production in the United States its biggest decline in 11 years with stocks at their lowest level since data collection began, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
This institution is an equal opportunity provider, Menu is Subject to Change January 23 – January 27 Monday: Breakfast: French Toast Sticks, Or Cereal and Toast, Fruit Juice and Milk Lunch: Nachos, Lettuce and Tomato, Corn, Apple, Graham Crackers 9-12, Fruit Choice 9-12, Milk Tuesday: Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza, Or Cereal and Toast, Fruit, Juice and Milk Lunch: Fish Sandwich, Lettuce and Tomato, French Fries, Peaches, Brownie, Fruit Choice 9-12, Milk Wednesday: Breakfast: Bacon and Biscuit, Or Cereal and Toast, Fruit, Juice and Milk Lunch: Chicken Fajita, Spanish Rice, Refried Beans, Pineapple, Fruit Choice 9-12, Milk Thursday: Breakfast: Chocolate Crescent, Or Cereal and Toast, Fruit Juice and Milk Lunch: Sloppy Joe, Coleslaw, Pickle Spear, Orange Wedges, Fruit Choice 9-12, Milk Friday: Breakfast: Biscuit with Gravy, Or Cereal and Toast, Fruit Juice and Milk Lunch: Pizza, Side Salad, Green Beans, Mixed Fruit, Fruit Choice 9-12, Milk
LITTLE ROCK — Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today authorized Director Austin Booth to amend a long-term lease agreement with Central Arkansas Water to expand Maumelle River Wildlife Management Area in Pulaski County by 2,395 acres.
Local farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural producers who wish to renew an expiring pesticide license or receive a first time private pesticide applicator license will have the opportunity to receive the required training February 6.
HARRISON - Kyle Evatt, on behalf of the Boone County Ignite Coalition disseminated 20 Deterra Drug Deactivation Pouches to Shannon Farabee with Sanctuary Inc. in Harrison.
Cotter – The Cotter school board met to discuss superintendent’s contract, budget, district calendar and building progress for the district. Allen Franks, Luke Walker, Jimmy Morgan and Russel Duggins attended the meeting, along with school administrators.
