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Fun Things to do in Conway, Arkansas

Action Jacks features a huge arcade, two Escape rooms, a full commercial kitchen serving great food, the only indoor Air-conditioned Laser tag in Central Arkansas, as well as our always fun, low-impact paintball. Action Jacks also features an adult beverage area to kick back and relax! Action Jacks is open every weekend and is a great time for the whole family.
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GROWING UP FLIPPIN

Cindy Wood Young contributing Columnist This week’s memory actually started a year or two before my family moved back to Flippin from Springfield, Missouri, where I was born. I don’t remember the exact street address, but we lived on a corner of West Portland in Springfield.
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Pack the Fridge at UFAS

Rachel Rodemann Putman, Associate Director for Strategic Communications The college students who will live in UAFS’s Sebastian Commons apartments will have some help keeping the fridge full this year. Thanks to a partnership between The Dave Stevens Lion Pride Pantry, the LionHeart student organization, and Antioch for Youth & Family, students in the apartments will receive deliveries of perishable and nonperishable food.
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Cooking with Mumzy!

Hello readers and friends of the Mountaineer Echo, I hope this week finds everyone in good health and happy spirits. Everyone is doing good on this end of the paper. We have all been busy keeping things going as they should.
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Extension Corner

Does the idea of having jars of delicious “fresh from the garden” home canned food in your pantry for those cold, dreary winter months ahead seem appealing? Does the idea of using a pressure canner or water bath canner to preserve that summer bounty seem scary and hard to do? You are not alone, many people particularly home gardeners find the idea of preserving their garden bounty appealing, but some are nervous about using canning equipment especially presser canners safely to prevent food borne illness. The good news is canning both pressure and water bath are not that difficult if you are willing to follow the latest research guidelines to ensure food is prepared, processed, and stored safely to prevent the growth of toxins that cause food borne illness.
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Crooked Creek

A cover crop is grown after a main crop has been harvested in the fall with the aim of holding the topsoil in place by preventing it from wind and water erosion until the spring comes when the climate is beneficial again for new seeds. Many cover crops widely in use can suppress weeds and they can reduce nitrate and phosphate leaching by sucking up these minerals from the soil.
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LIGHTNIN’ RIDGE

I saw a hen turkey in an open field last week heading in a panic toward a timber edge a hundred yards away, with seven poults behind her. They were only about five- or six-weeks old, about the size of a grouse.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS

Terry Clausen, Marketing Coordinator, Graphic Designer Mountain Home – The best-used book sale in the state is back this weekend, and best of all, the proceeds of the book sale will benefit Library programs and events. This week, Thursday, August 18 – Saturday, August 20, enjoy a great selection of books, including many hardcover books under $3 and paperbacks priced at under $1.
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Shelter News (and

It’s been another busy, busy week at Have a Heart...and we love it! In addition to our local dog and cat adoptions, we sent six dogs to new homes in Massachusetts where their forever families were waiting for them, and 18 puppies went to Missouri where they will have much greater chances to find loving homes.
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