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The Yellville-Summit Panthers (Y-S) played host to the Berryville Bobcats Friday, September 20, at 7 p.m. in Panthers Stadium.

Mountain View – The Ozark Folk Center State Park will host their annual Wild Herbal Field Trip & Medicinal Plant Symposium for students, practitioners and teachers of the herbal arts from October 18-20. The symposium begins Saturday, October 19 with lectures and demonstrations about beneficial medicinal plants by specialists who know, conserve and use plants. Attendees will learn to use Yarrow, the Herb of the Year, for home remedies with other wild herbs and taste wild foods in herbal lunches throughout the day. The symposium is required for participation in either of the field trips.

Car Craze returned for the 14th annual event inside Hickey Park in Flippin. The attendance was reported to be one of the largest in the history of the event. 123 beautiful vehicles registered for the event. The Soap Box Derby and Valve Cover Races continued to have tremendous participation.

The Marion County Health Unit of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) will offer a drive through community flu vaccination clinic at no charge at their office located at 707 highway 202 Yellville, on Thursday, September 26, from 8 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. People should bring their insurance cards with them to the flu vaccine clinic. If they do not have insurance, or the insurance does not cover flu shots, the vaccine will still be available at no charge.

By Robert Lyons Heith Hogan, Mayor of the City of Flippin, released a memo updating projects and coming events sponsored by the City of Flippin. The Wastewater Project is continuing to move forward with the following progress: A total of 21,766 feet of 6-inch to 8-inch pipe burst completed and tested.