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Nehemiah Persoff Dies at 102 Years of Age

Nehemiah Persoff was born on August 2, 1919 and died on April 5, 2022. He died due to heart failure at 102 years of age. He was born to Shmuel Persov and Puah Persov. He was born in Jerusalem. His Siblings are Brother of Boaz Persoff; Avraham Persov; Tamar Trakhtman-Tamir and Geula (Julia) Persov. He married Thia Persov, in 1951, she died in 2021 due to cancer. They had four children; Dahlia Persof, Dan Deckel Persoff, Jeffrey Jhonatan Persoff, Perry Erez Persoff.
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Frog Bayou and Ozark Lake WMAs reopened

ALMA – Due to the lack of available pilots, this week’s U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Service aerial operations at Frog Bayou and Ozark Lake wildlife management areas (WMA’s)have been suspended. The operations are part of a program aimed at reducing feral hog populations in the areas.
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DAV Monthly Meeting

The April Monthly meeting of the Twin Lakes Disabled American Veterans Chapter 30, Mountain Home will be held on Monday, April 18, 2022, 2:30 p.m. … Login to continue reading Login…

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Farm Bureau Ribbon Cutting

On Friday, April 1, Farm Bureau of Marion County officially opened the new satellite office in Bull Shoals located immediately next door to the Bull Shoals White River Chamber of Commerce (BSWRCC). The event was celebrated with a ribbon cutting, hotdogs and refreshments along with a tour of the new offices for residents of Bull Shoals and Marion County.
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Huckabee Sanders visits Yellville

Sarah Huckabee Sanders visited Marion County on Tuesday, April 5, around 5:30 p.m. to rally support for her campaign to become the next Governor of the State of Arkansas. Huckabee Sanders addressed a crowd of approximately 300 people to a crowd in the parking lot outside of Black Sheep BBQ restaurant.
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James A. Gaston Butterfly Garden

If you have not been to the White River State Park Visitors Center and walked through the James A. Gaston Butterfly Garden, you are missing out on one of the beautiful gardens maintained by Marion County Master Gardeners. The garden was originally established in 2007, with a $5,000 grant from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Project WILD. The grant was awarded to a combination of agencies including Crooked Creek Conservation District, Arkansas State Parks, and Marion County Master Gardeners for a Butterfly Garden to teach youth of all ages about wildlife, conservation and the environment.
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