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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.

Deadlines are approaching fast. The deadline for the Dave Ferguson Scholarship is February 16, and will need to be in the office by 3:00 p.m.

The Candidates Meeting at Oakland scheduled for Monday, February 12, has been cancelled due to weather. The meeting will be postponed until next Monday, February 19, at 6 p.m.

Carla Purdome, Marion County Collector, has reported that the Collector’s Office CAN accept credit/debit card payments IN PERSON, or on the PHONE, but NOT ONLINE until books have closed. This is standard operating procedure when rolling over to a new year.

LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas Boys State, a leadership and civic engagement experience sponsored by the American Legion, is proud to announce its 83rd session, which will be hosted May 26 - 31, 2024, at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA).