Journey’s Journey
Have-A-Heart February is Kindness Month and February 17th is Kindness Day. We all need to do our best to be kind to both people and animals.
Lifestyle
Read MoreJourney’s Journey
The Life of a Yellow Perch
Yellow perch are popular among anglers fishing in northern waters for being a tasty “panfish.” While yellow perch are cousins to the walleye, they are not native to Arkansas or southern Missouri. In 1998, the Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed yellow perch in the Missouri side of Bull Shoals Lake.
Joint statement on the proposed Calico Rock prison expansion
On Thursday, Feb 10th, Governor Hutchinson announced support of an expansion of 498 beds to the Calico Rock North Central unit as a response to the backup of state sentenced Arkansans being housed in county jails across the state. The project is slated to cost between $60 and $100 million and is made possible by the state’s billion-dollar surplus pending approval from the legislature.
Fire
Have you thought about the benefits of fire, or do you think fire is always a bad thing that destroys property? Prescribed fire, also known as a controlled burn, refers to the controlled application of fire by a team of fire experts under specified weather conditions that help restore health to fire-adapted environments. Prescribed Fire is a very beneficial tool that we can use to our advantage as property owners.
The glass-eyed battler of early spring
I never caught a walleye when I was young because the Big Piney, where I grew up, didn’t have any. That seems strange to me now because so many Ozark streams have plenty of those glass-eyed fish also known in parts of the Ozarks as Jack Salmon. Just out of college I went to Arkansas to become an outdoor writer for the Arkansas Democrat newspaper, and in there was a lot of talk about the big walleye tournament that began each February and went on through much of April at Greer’s Ferry Lake. Except it wasn’t so much the lake they were fishing, it was tributaries to it, like the Little Red River.
Superbowl Cooking with Mumzy
Superbowl is coming up and I thought I would let you in on some of my families’ easy ideas for snacks for Superbowl Sunday. Enjoy the treats and the Superbowl.
Cooking with Mumzy!
Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you. I hope this week finds you all in good health and happy spirits. I am going to do a whole day of quick and easy recipes fo you this week, so if you would like you can cook every meal today and it will not be much work at all.
Amazon donates to YS School
Yellville Amazon Outpost donated 5 Amazon Fire Devices to Yellville-Summit Public School. The school is excited to partner with Amazon in our local community. Pictured is Max Jones, Assistant Manager of the Amazon, Yellville Outpost, and Wes Henderson, Superintendent of Yellville-Summit Public Schools.
Born to Learn
“I didn’t know he had it in him.” How many times have you heard this statement after someone earned an achievement? When a young Bruce Springsteen attended school as a boy in Freehold, New Jersey, he felt he didn’t fit inside the box. He said in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning a couple years ago, “I was probably one of the smartest kids in my class at the time.
Soup’s On
January is, on average, the coldest month of the year. And that means one thing.