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As I’ve mentioned in earlier columns, I grew up on Alford Street. For those unfamiliar with the street names in Flippin, that is the street that runs in front of the school. It is named after John Alford, who came to Marion County in 1880. He was my great-great-grandfather (the father of Ida Alford Wood) and he and my great-great-grandmother, Mattie, settled on a farm where the town of Flippin is now located. They moved here from South Carolina after the Civil War, first spending a few years in Missouri before finally settling here.

Step into the building behind her home and one will discover how and where Alicia Van Der Veer makes soap. Not just any plain soap by the kind that makes one want to use it to smell good and get clean. Each soap is made to look unique and have a name like none other.

Ann Wilson, President of Hill ‘N Hollow Quilters Guild, along with Diana Arikan and Ginger Alexander, will be conducting quilting workshops on Friday, October 14, 2022, during the N. W. Arkansas Quilt Congress.

Fayetteville, Ark. — Sheena CarlLee, MD, recently joined Washington Regional Plaza Internal Medicine Clinic in Fayetteville, where she provides comprehensive care for patients ages 18 and older including women’s health, preventive care, physicals and routine checkups, and evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. Dr. CarlLee also serves as faculty with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville.