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Information to Turn to if you are ever in Need of Help

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.

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T-Shirt Ladies Sale Scheduled

The Baxter Regional Auxiliary is sponsoring a T-Shirt Ladies and More Sale on Monday, June 6 and Tuesday, June 7. The sale is being held in the Lagerborg Dining Room of the Baxter Regional Cafeteria. Hours on Monday, June 6, with be from 7 a.m. Until 5 p.m. and from 7 a.m. Until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7. Sale will include boutique clothing, accessories, t-shirts and more!

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BNR announces

Lucky Star Farm has teamed up with the Buffalo National River to sponsor a night of music and words at the Buffalo Point Campground. It is free and all ages are welcome. We have eight artists that have had art residencies at Lucky Star over this past year that will be presenting work. The program is on Friday, June 10.

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Cancellation at BTSA

Bull Shoals - Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts is having to cancel the Kattie Laney Project for this Friday night May 27, 2022, because of a death in the band family. The Kattie Laney Project has been rescheduled for July 8, 2022. The BTSA is sending prayers to the band and the family.

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Marion County Extension office offers ServSafe Manager Course

ServSafe has been the industry standard since 1919 in training millions of people how to receive, store, prepare, and serve food safely. Through the Cooperative Extension Service, we offer training and certifications for ServSafe Manager, and ServSafe Instructor & Proctor programs. The Arkansas Department of Health is now requiring each food service facility to have at least one supervisory employee who has Certified Food Manager training.

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Under a Bright Light

I am going to write about wild turkey problems during the summer as I had promised, but an outdoor writer can’t skip over the fishing that gets so good this time of year… I went fishing at Norfork Lake last week and really bombed out. An outdoor writer is also prone to tell about the fishing trips that go very well and not write much about the times he makes a thousand casts and reels back empty hooks or lures. If you had been with me on Norfork last week you would have caught more fish than I did if you had only caught one.

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