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By The Mountain Echo There will be a reception from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Yellville Methodist Church on Sunday, October 26, in honor of Quintelle Cole’s 100th Birthday. All family members invite everyone to come and join Quintelle’s birthday celebration.

EROS - Heather Knapp, the librarian at Ozark Mountain School, purchased books for the elementary students at the Bruno-Pyatt campus with memorial funds donated by Mr. Jimmy Joe Sasser. Mr. Sasser worked as an educator for almost 40 years of his life. He was the principal at the Bruno-Pyatt School for many years and loved teaching, playing music and singing with all the children.

Known as the “Whittling Fiddler,” the “Stradivarius of the Ozarks,” or more simply, the “Fiddle Maker,” Violet Brumley Hensley, a fiddle maker and musician most of her life, was designated as the 2004 Arkansas Living Treasure by the Arkansas Arts Council.