Decoration Day at Freck Cemetery
Freck Cemetery Decoration will be May 22. Service will be at 11:00 am.
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AMERICAN LEGION MINUTES
The American Legion Post #61 of Yellville held its monthly meeting May 12, 2022. Meeting was called to order by Commander; Dustin Beals at 18:00 hrs.
VETERAN’S CALENDAR
Memorial Day Celebration on the Square The North Central Arkansas Veterans Council is again sponsoring the May 30, 2022, Annual Memorial Day Commemoration at Veterans Plaza 2000 in Mountain Home. The host organization is Alley White American Legion Post 52 with Commander Lisa Gunter serving as Master-of-Ceremonies.
A Bit About Her Past
“The first white settlers in Marion County were primarily men who came to explore and find new hunting and fishing grounds. They built crude one-room log cabins with little furniture, cleared small patches of land for gardens of corn and tobacco”. (Glen Johnson in History of Marion County, 1976)
Arkansas squirrel season opened May 15
Little Rock — With turkey hunting season wrapped up, many hunters will be putting away their shotguns until fall, but there’s another spring season that gives Arkansas hunters plenty of reasons to keep the scattergun cleaned and ready. Arkansas’s squirrel season opens May 15, and for those who enjoy chasing these treetop targets, it’s a great excuse to be in the woods.
The Bruno Community and School Part 1
This historical piece of writing is from the point of view of Mr. Loyde H. Hudson. The story Hudson tells is interesting and fun to read. Because the story is somewhat lengthy, it will run in a two-part story on May 19 and 26. I hope everyone enjoys Mr. Hudson’s story.
Man Dies from Fall at BNR
Jasper, Ark. – A Springfield, Missouri, man died from a fall in the Indian Creek drainage of Buffalo National River on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
Flippin’s Shannon Smith, winner of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition
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.
ICYMI–Boozman Op-ed: Biden would take from veterans to clean up the border mess he created
Washington— In an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) called out the Biden administration’s proposed move to take resources and personnel away from America’s veterans and divert them to the southern border if President Biden lifts the Title 42 public health directive and a surge of illegal immigration ensues.
Lane announces Crawford to represent YV
Yellville Mayor Shawn Lane met with a full quorum of the city council; Vickie Fogerty, Clark Gustin, Lorna Goodwin, Layton Lee and Ken Rigmaiden, for its May meeting. Others in attendance were City Attorney Samuel Pasthing, Fire Chief Steven Evans and City Clerk Melissa Dorsey.