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IRT (Innovative Readiness Training)

The Air Force Reserve, in partnership with the underserved cities of Yellville, Mountain Home, and Marshall of Arkansas, will furnish military professionals with medical, logistics, Personnel Support for Contingency Operations (PERSCO), Force Support Squadron (FSS), communications, public affairs, Joint Operations Center (JOC), plans, leadership, and chaplain training to increase overall unit deployment readiness.
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Venomous!

A local game warden got himself a radio show on a Lebanon, Missouri radio station several years ago and he ended it each week with this statement, “Remember, if we (the MDC) don’t say you can, YOU CAN’T!”
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Conservation Corner

Fast Facts: Charles Looney hosting a two-day workshop on artificially inseminating beef cattle. Workshop is June 8-9 at Southwest Research & Extension Center in Hope Cost is $450; Register at uada.formstack.com/ forms/beef_cattle_ai by June 5 HOPE — For producers interested in improving their cattle through artificial insemination, the Cooperative Extension Service is offering a twoday training course on June 8-9.
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AYAA Officers

Flippin High School students attended the Arkansas Young Artist Association State Convention and Competition. Pictured below are Flippin High School students who were elected 23-24 AYAA State Officers, (from left to right, back row), Adrianne Benedict-State First Vice President; Taylor Henley-State President; Annaleigh Mitchell-State Second Vice President; Seated (left to right) Kaylee Cheek-State Treasurer; and Kelsey Hickey- State Corresponding Secretary.
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CROOKED CREEK

Have you ever looked at someone’s lawn and thought how nice and manicured it looked and wish that yours looked that way? Or do you prefer the look that comes from flowers and grasses being different heights and in various stages of blooming? Everyone has a different opinion on what their yard should look like and in the end it’s all personal preference. Grass makes up much of the lawn vegetation in the area, and lush green grass is aesthetically pleasing, but are wild-flowers, dandelions or other flora bad to leave for the pollinators and other wildlife? Some might wonder about my lawn mowing skills because there are usually patches scattered throughout my yard that are not mowed each time and those patches may be different each time the yard is mown.
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