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Are you hankering to read some Western novels? Bull Shoals Library (BSL) recently received a donation of about 20 Western novels. These are just some of the new books BSL added to its collection in the last month. Library volunteers process new books as soon as possible so they are added to the new online searchable data base. Check out what is new at https://www.libib.com/u/bullshoalslibrary

Washington, DC— Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today announced Shannon Smith, a senior at Flippin High School, as the winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for the Third District. Shannon’s artwork, entitled “Portrait of Many Colors,” will now be sent to Washington, D.C. and displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year.

I don’t get to a modern church very often today. That was something I did since I was young and had no choice in the matter. But I love to spend Sunday mornings out in the woods somewhere or off on the river, where I feel closer to God than anywhere else, I have ever been. I don’t like to be around a lot of people, I like being outdoors alone as often as possible. But I am not at all anti-social. In the last few years, I have spent a great deal of time speaking to folks in churches or various places around the Ozarks, and I enjoy that. In fact, I will be speaking this coming Saturday evening at the Shepherd of the Hills. I have the same weakness, I suppose, as many of the old timers I grew up around, in the pool hall back in my hometown. I do a lot better at talking than listening!

The Mountaineer Echo is pleased to announce the newspaper office will be moving through the month of May. The Mountaineer Echo will continue to put out the weekly newspaper during the move and be in Flippin on Main Street.