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These past several months, I have visited with several elderly men concerning Mr. Paxton’s warning that another Great Depression is inevitable. I did not find it surprising that each one agreed wholeheartedly that this nation is indeed in very grave danger.

I spent a couple of days last week down in Arkansas White River country, ending up all the way down in Mountain View, restocking some of my outdoor books. While at Mountain View, I stopped in a woodcarver’s shop, and I haven’t seen anything like it since I first saw Peter Engler’s carvings at Silver Dollar City in 1968. The woodcarver’s name is Randall Head, and all around the grounds where is shop is found, there are huge carvings, many life-sized and spectacular. Eagles and wildlife carvings are everywhere, from songbirds to mountain lions. He is one of the most unusual people you will ever talk to and one of the most talented.

There once was a peculiar fellow Mr. Squirrel was his name He spent every day Storing acorns away Until quite wealthy he became One day while gathering more acorns Mr.

Recently, Miss Emma Cook, age 14, grade 9, from Flippin High School, was awarded First place in the 2024 Arkansas Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest held by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. Her artwork is representing Arkansas in the National Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest held during the 125th VFW National Convention currently being held in Louisville, Kentucky.