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Cooking with Mumzy!

Hello everyone, I hope this week finds you all in good health and happy spirits. We went to ColorRama this past weekend and had a great time. It was a pleasure meeting so many new people, and I appreciate all the advice for the paper, and I hope to help make this happen.
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2022 Cody & Misty Burrow

Marion County Farm Family County winners for the 75th annual Arkansas Farm Family of the Year Program have been selected. The County winners will be visited by a set of judges to determine eight district winners.
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Halloween, 1960’s Style

I think most people have a favorite holiday. Based on a very unscientific poll (meaning it’s my best guess), I would venture to say Christmas comes in first on the list of favorite holidays. My Mom loved pretty much every holiday but, as the first graders she taught in the later years of her career will attest, Saint Patrick’s Day had to have been right at the top of her list. For me, it has always been Halloween, so this time of year makes me smile.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS

The Pine Mountain Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual Members Meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at the Pine Mountain VFD Training and Events Center, 10 MC 8004, Yellville.
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“The Life and Times of the Pool Hall Kid” Part 1

Ol’ Bill and Ol’ Jim, both said it was the best outdoor story they had ever read. I was proud of it, the account of a young English Setter that had run off with a red wolf and had a litter of half-wolf puppies. I had written it right there at the pool hall one evening after school, in between racking balls and collecting money for my dad at the age of twelveand- a-half. Mrs. Murrell, one of my 8th grade teachers, who actually disliked me less than most of ‘em had given her English class the assignment of writing a story. She was going to read the best one out loud, and I was hoping it would be mine.
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