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The Life and Times of a Small-Town Arkansas Girl

Like many young girls (and, occasionally, some boys), my first full-time summer job was babysitting. I was 12 years old so it would have been the summer of 1969. Back then, I was always looking for ways to make money (which is a whole topic for a column on another day) and, as soon as I was old enough, I began babysitting (although not on school nights until I was in high school).

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Icon Country Music Legend Mickey Gilley Passes Away at Age 86 in Branson

Mickey Gilley was born to Arthur Fillmore Gilley and Irene née Lewis Gilley in Natchez, Mississippi. Gilley’s first wife was Geraldine Garrett, whom he married in 1953, at 17 years old; they divorced in 1961. She was the mother of three of his four children; Keith Ray, Michael, and Kathy. Gilley’s second wife, whom he married in 1962, was Vivian McDonald, together they have a son, Gregory. Mickey and Cindy Loeb, his longtime friend and business associate, were married in June 2020.

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Trap, Skeet Sporting Clays Shooting

Bill Howell is a retired (professional) Clay Target shooting instructor, that devotes one day a wee working with people who are interested in clay targe sports, especially Skeet and Sporting Clays. Howell has helped beginner through the advanced shooters, men, and women. It is something he really enjoys.

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COTTER SCHOOL MENU

May 23 & May 24 Breakfast Menu Monday: Cook’s Tuesday: Cereal & Toast, Fruit, Juice & Milk Lunch: Monday: Cook’s Choice Tuesday: Sack Lunch Have a Wonderful Summer Break!! .

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