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Washington, DC - Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3), Chairman of the West Point Board of Visitors (BOV), today joined Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James McConville, and other Army leaders at the U.S. Military Academy’s (USMA) graduation ceremony. The event honored the more than a thousand young men and women, including four cadets from the Third District, who were recently commissioned into the United States Army as second lieutenants.

Bentonville - The nonpartisan organization Common Ground Arkansas has developed an online Early Voting Locator tool to help voters quickly find their nearest polling locations and hours of operation. The tool is an interactive map based on the voter’s location or an address the user inputs.

The North Central Arkansas Military Service Sisters will be having their May Luncheon on Friday, May 28, 2022, at 12 Noon. Location is Salsas Grill,965 Highway 62 East, Mountain Home.

Mayor David Nixon began the May 17 Bull Shoals Council workshop with two announcements. He said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduling a full road closure for Highway 178 across Bull Shoals Dam to deploy and remove equipment used to perform maintenance on the dam’s sluice gates. The road will be closed from 7 AM June 1 until 5 p.m. June 2, including overnight. Travelers will need to use alternate routes.

Bull Shoals Hoevel-Barnett VFW Post 1341 1206 Central Blvd. Phone: 870-445-4501 Week events: May 26 Lunch in the canteen from 11 a.m.

In the Hundred Acre Wood, during the season of spring, you will find Piglet spring cleaning, beating his rugs outside his tree house. Some say spring cleaning comes from Persian New Year (first day of Spring) or the Jewish anticipation of Passover. Others say it’s just the first time you can leave the windows open. Either way, it’s the time to streamline. But how?

Here is some information that might come in handy if you are ever in need and don’t know where to turn. Marion County Senior Activity & Wellness Center Address: 5966 Highway 202 East City: Flippin, Arkansas 72634 Marion County Phone:(870) 453-8488 Fax:(870) 453-8481 Email: marionsc@aaanwar.org The Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Arkansas (AAAN-WA) Senior Activity Centers receive partial funding through the U.S.