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Yellville Masonic Lodge #117 new officers for 2022 were installed Monday December 27, 2021. Pictured in front from left to right Treasure Mike Lockhart, Senior Deacon Jayme Jones, Junior Deacon Paul Pollack, Tyler Roy Saunders, Master of Ceremonies Jim Franks, back row Senior Warden Jim Brown, Worshipful Master Garry Ash, Chaplain Frankie DePriest, Secretary Scott Burns, Junior Warden Charles Grinder, Master of Ceremonies Luke Mondy. Yellville Lodge meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Fleet Reserve Association Branch 251 Meeting is set for Saturday 15 January 1:00 p.m. at the American Legion Post 52, 717 Market Street, Mountain Home, AR., 72653.

Yellville Masonic Lodge donated $400 and pencils to Bruno-Pyatt schools Thursday, January 6. Presenting the check is Roy Saunders, the money will be used to purchase shoes for the students in need of shoes.

The Marion County Budget Committee will hold a meeting on Thursday, January 13 at 5:30 p.m. at the Annex.

Starting Monday, January 10, Marion County Road MC 4021 will be closed to do work on the Clear Creek slab. There not a definite timeline for repairs and the public will be notified when project completed from the Marion County Judge’s office. Thank you for your patience on this matter.

The issue of bill rates paid by medical centers to travel nurse companies was a topic of interest when the Arkansas Legislature held a joint committee meeting on Monday, Jan. 3 between the House and Senate committees on public health, welfare, and labor. House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Chairman Jack Ladyman, R-Jonesboro began the meeting by explaining that he and other legislators had received calls about the state’s traveling nurse programs related to pay and travel. He requested information to assist legislators in understanding the program. Present to explain the traveling nursing program were Trenda Ray, PhD., RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor at UAMS and Michael Givens, Administrator, St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Jodiane Tritt, executive vice president of the Arkansas Hospital Association was also present. Ray attended via Zoom due to the current Covid-19 surge UAMS is experiencing. She gave an overview of how UAMS had implemented traveling nurses even prior to the pandemic.