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The Ozark hellbender on the Endangered Species List

The Ozark hellbender became a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act in 2001. It was assigned a priority level of 6 for threats due to habitat loss and fragmentation because of human activity and pollution. In 2005 the Fish and Wildlife Service increased its listing priority number to a 3 because of increased pressures on the species from recreation activity in their habitat including gigging and boat traffic and increases in the contamination of their waters.
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Sweet Boy and Sapphire are looking for Forever Home

This is shaping up to be another very busy week at Have a Heart Pet Shelter in Yellville. The Spay and Neuter Clinic runs from April 5-7 and has been fully booked for a long time. Each time we announce having clinic registration, interested parties need to call that day. Across three days we will spay/ neuter approximately 120 animals. This is one of many services Have-A- Heart, HAH, provides to our community, making it affordable for everyone to do the responsible thing to help prevent countless puppies and kittens that would often end up being abandoned. Also, this week, on Wednesday, ten puppies will be leaving on a puppy transport to Northern Illinois, where they will be helped to find their forever homes. Plus, we are getting six adult dogs ready to go to the East Coast to meet their new families on April 12.
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Honoring my grandmother . . .

March is Women’s History Month and as I’m writing this column it’s ending. It seems appropriate to discuss the life of my paternal grandma, Charlotte Fleming, who passed from this life on March 18 and lived a century’s worth of history. They say that with the passing of our elders along with them goes a library of history. This could be said of my grandmother. She was one of 11 children growing up during the Depression, and as a young wife, raised her young children alone during World War II while her husband fought in the war. She was a twin and she and my grandpa would also be parents to a set of twins. She was a strong woman who learned to stand up for herself at an early age. She and her husband, Roy were a part of what has been called the “Greatest Generation”. They each possessed the type of character that sadly, seems rare today. They had a solid sense of integrity and robust work ethics.
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AAA seeking Sr. Arkansans to Participate in Silver Haired Legislative Session

Little Rock - The Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health, in partnership with the Arkansas Area Agencies on Aging (AAA), is seeking Arkansans who are at least 60 years old to volunteer to serve as delegates to the 22nd Biennial Silver Haired Legislative Session taking place on August 17-18, 2022. Delegates will serve as legislators in this non-partisan session by writing, debating, and voting on bills addressing issues critical to older Arkansans. All the bills passed in the session will be given to legislators of the next General Assembly. Legislators may consider introducing the bills in the next session.
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