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The Mountain Echo Staff The Bull Shoals Library is selling Solar Eclipse Glasses... each pair is $1.50.

Baxter Health Auxiliary will hold a 2-day Auxiliary Fundraiser- Linens Fair. There will be blankets, quilts, Sherpa throws, bamboo memory foam pillows, and all sizes and colors of bed linens available on Monday, February 26 from 7:00 a.m.

Easter Sunrise Service, March 31 Julia Sharp, First Presbyterian Church Yellville The Yellville Community has enjoyed gathering for Holy Week Worship services for many years. Unfortunately, there are no early records, but the beginnings can be traced back to sometime in the early 1970s.

Rep. Rick Crawford During a recent visit to the border at Eagle Pass, Texas, I was both shocked and saddened by the state of our nation’s border with Mexico. I saw firsthand the people and drugs being smuggled across our border with Mexico and heard from law enforcement from across the country tasked with handling this assault on America’s national security. As it stands today, our border is not secure and therefore the American people are not safe. 2023 saw a record number of border encounters.

I reckon I was in the third grade the first time I floated the Mississippi. What a sight to behold, the big steamers coming up and down the river.

The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts is now accepting applications for Summer@ASMSA camps. Summer@ASMSA is free, one-week summer camps for current eighth- and ninth-grade students in all Arkansas schools as well as 7thgraders participating in ASMSA-TIP.

Allen Franks, Luke Walker, Jimmy Morgan, Cameron Ross, and Russel Duggins. Administrators and other guests were also in attendance for the regular meeting of the Cotter School Board.