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Looking at a blast from the past; many Marion County residents may remember a fire in 1984 that destroyed a downtown restaurant in Yellville. The Mountain Echo is scheduling a different memory for Marion County Residents each week. Some of these glimpses into our past will be theme based depending what is going on that week. Please, let us know if there is something in particular that you want to remember or pass down to the next generation.

Seventy-five years ago, in November 1946, a brief article appeared in the Birmingham Star Gazette with an accompanying photo. Patients from the Birmingham VA Medical Center in Van Nuys, California beat the team of doctors they were playing in a game of wheelchair basketball by a score of 16-6.

By Representative Jason Nazarenko

Flippin – Entergy Arkansas line workers and others will be trading energy transmission work for energetic entry work, rolling up in bucket trucks, hoisting welcome banners, and greeting students with big smiles and high-fives as the new school year kicks off for children around the state. In addition to celebrating the start of the school year, Entergy Arkansas will present a small grant to support classroom needs and power success.

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