Lifestyle

We will continue, with the second of three articles, to talk about the benefits of prescribed fire this week. The thought has been by many people for many years that fire is a bad thing. If used as a tool and held in control it can add many beneficial characteristics to your property. Here are a few more benefits that prescribed fire can bring.

It’s easier to say we are in physical pain than to say, “My heart is breaking.” Everywhere you look as you go about your lives in town there are people all around you who are experiencing the ravaging effects of grief or worry. It’s the people you shop among at the 10Box and General Dollar store, your friends, work colleagues, social media acquaintances, and for some, the people you may see sitting at your dining table. It could be you. Life is challenging and attempts to break us down sometimes and nothing and no one can protect us from this reality.

I am a Jeff. Always have been.

There are plenty of things wrong with this country. Too much of this. Too little of that. And, of course, President’s Day. There are many, many dumb things about President’s Day. It’s hard to know where to start.

Have you visited the Marion County Library lately? We are Tiny but Mighty! We have so many in-house and virtual programs to keep the littles, tweens, teens, and adults entertained. We host Bite into Books once a month in the library.

Little Rock- For the third year, the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas will sponsor the Arkansas State Spelling Bee. The event will be held on Saturday, March 5 at the Arkansas 4-H Center in Little Rock. Due to adherence to current pandemic protocols, it will be closed to the public.