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Everyone is invited to the free Ozarks Native Plant Society meeting at the Ozarks Regional Office of the Missouri Department of Conservation in West Plains, located at 551 Joe Jones Blvd., beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 19. The program will focus on identifying winter twigs and you are invited to bring some. For more information call 257-7544 and your call will be returned...

Dad and Me Hi Folks, Abby here! I had a wonderful week celebrating being Horseshoe Bend’s Official Animal Ambassador! Can you believe it? It all started with Dad. He found me on the internet at the Baxter County Animal Shelter! He and Mom came to visit and brought me home! How great was that? He’s built me a grooming table that has a ramp I walk up. ...

Each year heart disease takes the life of one in three American women, killing more than all forms of cancer combined. Unfortunately, this means we lose women at the rate of one per minute. In most cases this disease can be prevented by nearly 80 percent with education and lifestyle changes. ...

Preston Clairday of Melbourne, has officially soloed! Clairday’s future plans are to one day fly cargo or an airliner, internationally, so he can travel around the world. When asked about what it was like soloing, Preston said, “It was an amazing feeling to know that I was the one who was in complete control of the airplane. ...

The Photo Club will meet on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Art Center of Northern Arkansas (ACNA) at the town center in Cherokee Village for their monthly meeting at 10 a.m. After a brief greeting , the club will take their photographic equipment to downtown Hardy for a photo session. We will be trying to capture the charm of this old historic town. Photos taken during this field trip will be shown at the March meeting...

It is that time of the year for Ozark Foothills Literacy Project’s fundraising event, Tamales for Tutoring 2019. With a new improved recipe this year, tamales can be ordered by the half dozen for $8 or a dozen for $15. Business orders will be available for delivery on Feb. 22 and personal orders will be available for pickup on Feb. 23. Pickup will take place at West Baptist Church in Batesville, located at 1100 N Central Ave...

Spring River Innovation Hub is pleased to announce its spring 2019 calendar, which includes community events, business counseling dates and professional development opportunities for residents of Sharp, Fulton and Izard Counties. The calendar kicked off with the successful CREATE BRIDGES forums last week and runs through April...

The Highland Elks Lodge #2539 will host a chili cookoff on Saturday, Feb. 16, to benefit Arkansas Human Development Centers Major Projects (“The Pig”). Judging and tasting, for members and guests, will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Cost of admission is $7 and includes: tastings, bowl of chili, cornbread and crackers. A “fantastic” dessert auction will take place at 6:45 p.m...

During the month of February, Ozarka College in Melbourne will provide Adult Education College Prep classes. These classes will began Feb. 4 and continue through Feb. 28. Melbourne College Prep Math classes meet Monday and Wednesday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. College Prep Reading classes meet: Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Open Entry classes are ongoing and meet Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon...

Folks, our theatre has been here since the 70s. We opened it back up last March. Come support us. We had a wonderful show in January, and more of the same is in store for Saturday, Feb. 16. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for delicious BBQ burgers and hot dogs. ...

The Quad Cities Rotary Club will host its seventh annual Bingo Madness fundraiser on Monday, March 11, starting at 6 p.m. at the Highland Elks Lodge located at 15 Elks Lane in Cherokee Village. Tickets to the Bingo Madness are $15. The general admission tickets include one game card for each of the 15 games. ...

Happy Valentine’s Day! We at the Arts Center of North Arkansas (ACNA) love all the support and interest you have shown. With that in mind, we want to remind you of some of our activities going on this week. This Saturday, Feb. 16, the Photography Club will be meeting at 10 a.m. ...

Ozarka College was recently named to the 2019-2020 Military Friendly Schools list by VIQTORY. The list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members and veterans as students. This is the tenth year Ozarka College has been included on the list...

Who wouldn’t fall in love with sweet Bailey? She’s about three-years-old and is average sized, about 40 pounds. She’s a Beagle mix and is intelligent, house-trained, good with cats/dogs and is good with kids. She is staying in a foster home until she can be adopted, so please call 561-596-3397 if you’d like to adopt her...

Jessi Cargill and Gloria Ragle spoke with students during the recent Explorer Post meeting at White River Medical Center. The students learned about Gloria’s position as a Patient Care Technician. Jessi assisted with blood pressure training and discussed the University of a for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Applications of Science for Health (MASH) program with students. ...

At White River Medical Center (WRMC), Baby Girl Athalia James Cox received the first red hat from the Little Hats, Big Hearts Campaign of the American Heart Association (AHA). Every baby born at WRMC in February will receive a hand-knitted red hat to raise awareness for heart disease, the number one killer of adults in America, and congenital heart defects, the most common type of birth defect...

The library in the Cherokee Village United Methodist Church is open to everyone in the community during the hours of 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday thru Thursday, as well as Sunday mornings. Books and inspirational DVD’s can be checked out for up to one month at a time. We have a good selection of books on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease that includes caregiving resources and tips. There are also selections on aging, dying and grief...

Ozarka College recently announced 83 students have been named to the President’s List and 65 students have been named to the Provost’s List for the fall 2018 semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, a student must be enrolled in at least 12 college credit hours, excluding developmental courses, not be on any type of probation and must have a minimum grade point average of 4.0. ...

7th Grade: Austin Anderson, Landon Chavis, Marcus Cockrum, Julius Frailey, Cole German, River Haddock, J. D. Hughes, Karizma Hurst, Kendra Infranca, Alyssa Kemper, Logan Kennedy, Renee Nash, Samuel Ray, Amanda-Rose Sunbury, Paige Walters, Brenden Weyland, Dillon Weyland and Ethan Wilson...

Ninth Grade; John Bowles, Adrianne Gastineau, Hannah Gordon, Cheyenne Hornback, Ashley Macias, Angela Maciel, Emma Maguffee, Canaan Miller, Steven Oyler, Jacob Parrish, Spencer Spreutels, Maylee Summers, James Thompson and Gabriel Tinsley. Tenth Grade: Kaylea Barnhart, Abigail Braswell, Bobbi Busbey, Cheyenne Cavitt, Gregory Culton, Eavan Gardner, Tyra Gee, Mya Hogan, Dylan Howell, Bailey Humphreys, Zoe Lindberg, Megan Maffei, Callie Sturgeon and Samantha York...

1st grade: Triston Staley, Kyler Branstetter, Mason Brown, Riley Collins, Trinity Doud and Bryce Kent. 2nd grade: Judd Bradshaw*, Laken Collins*, Corbin Curtis, Cole Hunter, Keaton Miller, Tobias Ozawa, Mason Reagan and Kimber Stuart. 3rd grade: Jessie Andrews, Dalton Bair, Lane Bunch, Gracie Coursey, Jenna Halverson, Alex Hernandez, Brinkley Howell, Isabel Lancaster*, Alleyah Ledbetter, Tianna Lundry, Jala Maupin, Malakai Maupin, Sadie McReynolds, Amanda Owens, Kolby Pringle*, Tyler Roberson*, Audrinna Roberts, Maddix Taylor, Brian Thompson and Isabella Woodyard.. ...

David True, DO, Board Certified Rheumatologist, recently joined Ozarks Medical Center (OMC) Rheumatology. Dr. True provides diagnosis (detection) and treatment of musculoskeletal disease and systemic autoimmune conditions commonly referred to as rheumatic diseases. These diseases can affect the joints, muscles, and bones causing pain, swelling, stiffness and deformity. Your primary care provider can determine if you should be referred to rheumatologist...

In celebration of Heart Care Month, Ozarks Medical Center (OMC) Heart Care Services Board Certified Cardiologist, A.K. George, M.D. will the guest speaker at a free community education luncheon on Friday, Feb. 22 at 12 noon, at Wood’s Riverbend Restaurant, Mammoth Spring, Ark. The topic will be “Heart Disease Risk and How You Can Prevent It.”...

The Willow Spring Community Foundation will be showing a series of free movies once a month at the Historic Star Theatre. Our next movie will be shown on Friday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. The Star Theatre now has a larger screen and a high definition projector for movie night...

The kids in the foster family who are keeping this gorgeous German Shepherd-mix pup decided to call him “Reeses.” He is about 10-months-old and is currently 57 pounds of love. He’s amazing with children and also does well with grown-ups, other dogs, and even cats. ...

Mammoth Spring First Baptist will celebrate its 125th anniversary (1894-2019) on Feb. 17. Worship service, potluck lunch and special singers The Howell Family will take place to honor the anniversary.

Arvest Bank recently donated $6,000 to the Ozarks Small Business Incubator. For its support, Arvest Bank has a sign with its name installed in OzSBI’s large conference room and partners with OzSBI on providing educational workshops. Representatives from Arvest Bank recently presented a check to OzSBI Staff. ...

Izard County Middle School Honor Roll 2nd Nine Weeks All A’s 9 Weeks: Caden Wiseman, Christopher Densford, Quentin Hanson, Quinn Johnson, Megan McBride, Xander McCandlis, Ava Thomas, Jamie Johnston, Keaton Melton, Davidlee Plata, Erin Vardaman, Elijah Wilkes, Cody Copes, Allan Densford, Andrew Johnson, Ava-Maria Lewis, Adam Morgan, Garrett Roberts, Madison Russ, Noah Stevenson, Nathan Wages and Tristin Wood...

The Old-Time Music, Ozarks Heritage Festival in downtown West Plains, Mo., will celebrate its 25th year Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1. The two-day annual event in downtown West Plains, Mo., celebrates Ozarks music and culture. Admission to all festival events is free...

Operation Christmas Child Celebration Event, celebrating the 2018 OCC collection season, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at First Free Will Baptist Church, 1306 East 9th St., Mountain Home. The Celebration Event will share the totals of the national and regional collection for Operation Christmas Child. ...

Salem United Methodist Church will host a Valentine Soup Lunch on Thursday, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Choose from a variety of soups and chili and your choice of dessert for $7. Dine in or carry out. Delivery is available for five or more orders at a location. Call 501-912-0608, for delivery. Pre-orders for groups will be accepted by Wednesday, Feb. 13. Delivery orders choose from potato soup or chili; white cake or brownie...

Fulton County Water Authority will be hosting two public meetings for Phase V expansion project. The first meeting will be held at the Viola School Cafeteria on Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. for residents interested in connecting to the water system during the Phase V expansion project. ...

Regular meetings have started for 2019. Our first meeting for January was once again held at the Horseshoe Bend Eagles Club. All veterans are invited to attend and share the fellowship with other veterans. A bill has been introduced in Congress to open membership in The American Legion to all veterans. The Post meets the third Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be held on Feb. 19. Meetings start at 7 p.m. Come early for meeting old and new friends...

The Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment recently presented Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation a $50,000 grant to fund the crucial upgrade of Baxter Regional Medical Center (BRMC) Ambulance Services radios. The current system utilizes the aging VHF/UHF radio signals and requires ambulance staff to monitor the radio frequency closely or risk losing signal. ...

Baxter Regional Medical Center (BRMC) in Mountain Home, Ark., is proud to announce the release of a new app for Arkansas and Missouri residents called Baxter Regional CARE, which offers patients 24-hour video access to a medical professional for urgent care needs. ...

For the 35th year, FNBC Bank will award a $4,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior from Sharp, Izard or Fulton County who plans to attend college seeking a four-year degree. This year, the scholarship has been renamed to include Boyd Carpenter’s wife and long-time FNBC employee, Maxine...

A 100th Birthday Celebration will be held for Clarence W. James of Thayer, Mo., on Feb. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m. at North Arkansas Electric Cooperative, 225 S. Main St. in Salem. Clarence was born Feb. 17, 1919, the fourth child of Frank and Flora James of Randolph County, Ark. ...

Officials gathered for a construction launch ceremony for the disaster training pavilion facility in Imboden Friday, Jan. 18 in the lobby of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Health Sciences on the campus of Arkansas State University. The ceremony, originally scheduled at the site south of the Imboden city limits and bordered by Highway 63 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad, was moved due to the possibility of inclement weather...

On Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. (sign in time 9:30 a.m.), the members of the CQQG will meet in the Orange Room of the NAEC in Salem. How to do Pineapple Foundation Piecing is the scheduled project after the business meeting and refreshments have been served...

Join us Feb. 11 as Batesville Parks and Recreation host Valentine’s Day Craft Making at the Batesville Community Center! Just bring your imagination and let Batesville Parks and Recreation take care of the rest. What better time to make a heartfelt decoration or declaration other than Valentine's Day?...

The Highland Elks Lodge is hosting a Valentine’s Dinner with Champagne on Thursday, Feb. 14. On the menu: chicken pomodoro, roasted potatoes, salad and dinner roll and two glasses of champagne and chocolates. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Elks’ Charities. To make reservations, call 870-257-3388. Dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m...

The NARFE monthly meeting will be Feb. 19 at 11 a.m. at the Pillbox Cafe in Highland. NARFE meets the third Tuesday of each month. For more information, contact Leonard Smith at 870-847-5227.

According to the most recent data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Arkansas ranks third in the nation for death from heart disease. It is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the state. To fight these statistics, White River Medical Center (WRMC) Heart Failure Clinic is educating the community about heart failure...

The Spring River Area Chamber of Commerce held a Blue Ribbon Welcome at Mac’s Bistro Restaurant on Jan. 10. Mac’s Bistro is located at the South Golf Course in Cherokee Village on 5 Laguna Drive. Chef Ian Driesel, and his wife Alissa, bring fine dining with a unique menu, great service, wonderful tasting food choices and occasional entertainment to the Spring River area. ...

Shahla Naoman, MD, Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, recently moved her practice to 1215 Sidney Street, Suite 201. The name of the clinic, Batesville Pulmonology Clinic, will follow her to her new location. The hours will remain the same. Pulmonology is the specialty that deals with diseases associated with breathing and lung functions. ...