Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Director Austin Booth applauded the passage of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act on Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives. Booth compared HR 2773 as the modern-day equivalent of the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Acts. These two pieces of legislation have funded the conservation efforts that fueled the greatest comeback story for wildlife management in the history of the world, Booth said.
There will be a 90th birthday celebration in honor of Earlene Zeigler on Saturday, June 25 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Hickinbotham Miller Building on the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Salem, Ark. Everyone is welcome to join us in this celebration. No gifts please.
Recently, Mammoth Spring VFW Post 7831 Auxiliary met to swear in their newly elected officers. Officers for the 2022 year are June Grant - President, Charlotte Hurtt - Chaplin and honorary reporter, Mary Razinha - Conductress, Kim Razinha - Senior Vice and Trustee 1, Dianne Pierce - Treasurer/Secretary and Historian and Sue Vanderpool - Junior Vice.
Hardy resident Willow Sharp found this ground hog aimlessly crossing the Hwy. 63 bypass in Hardy on Wednesday afternoon. She stopped and got out of her vehicle and started to lead it off the highway by its canned snout when Hardy Mayor Ernie Rose stopped to help. He warned her about traffic and it wasn’t worth risking her life. Sharp was able to lead the critter off the highway and was going to remove the can, but it quickly scurried off into the woods before she could do so. Mayor Rose sends out a message to everyone everywhere to please think twice when disposing of household garbage. Make sure it is in appropriate containers and not readily accessible to wildlife. Many creatures face enough struggles surviving the blows Mother Nature deals them without having to face unnecessary hazards. Please be thoughtful of the potential endangerment to the surrounding wildlife when disposing of trash, whether from your home or when traveling outside. Photo/ Submitted
The Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program (AYSSP), sponsored by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, recently held state level trapshooting competitions in Jacksonville. The Highland Trapshooting junior team certainly has made their presence known through the AYSSP competitions in 2022. After making a big impression through regional individual competitions, the resulting final team of five moved on to state competition in Jacksonville. They surprised everyone by going all the way and winning the first state team championship for the Highland Trapshooters.
The Arkansas Youth Shooting Sports Program (AYSSP), sponsored by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, recently held state level trapshooting competitions in Jacksonville. The Highland Trapshooting junior team certainly has made their presence known through the AYSSP competitions in 2022. After making a big impression through regional individual competitions, the resulting final team of five moved on to state competition in Jacksonville. They surprised everyone by going all the way and winning the first state team championship for the Highland Trapshooters.
Hardy resident Willow Sharp found this ground hog aimlessly crossing the Hwy. 63 bypass in Hardy on Wednesday afternoon. She stopped and got out of her vehicle and started to lead it off the highway by its canned snout when Hardy Mayor Ernie Rose stopped to help. He warned her about traffic and it wasn’t worth risking her life. Sharp was able to lead the critter off the highway and was going to remove the can, but it quickly scurried off into the woods before she could do so. Mayor Rose sends out a message to everyone everywhere to please think twice when disposing of household garbage. Make sure it is in appropriate containers and not readily accessible to wildlife. Many creatures face enough struggles surviving the blows Mother Nature deals them without having to face unnecessary hazards. Please be thoughtful of the potential endangerment to the surrounding wildlife when disposing of trash, whether from your home or when traveling outside. Photo/Submitted
Note: Any user of Facebook in the Fulton county area, is bound to have heard of the “Fulton County Gossip” page. This page is home to the latest and greatest hot topics of Fulton County. After some posts being marked as innapropriate the page was removed from Facebook for a short time. Until it made its great return and was renamed “The Original Fulton County Gossip” page. Here at Areawide Media, we stumbled upon a collecton of articles titled “Ozark Gossip” by Charley Jones. These articles were published in and around 1964 in the Salem Headlight. These articles are mostly stories that shed wisdom on certain topics pretaining to the time.
Reba Nell (Cotter) Huett, 80, of Viola, Ark., passed from this life on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at Viola, Ark. Reba was born Dec. 21, 1941, in Vidette, Ark., to the late Rufus Ben Cotter and Anna Victoria (Wilson) Cotter.
The Network of Community Options, Inc. Board of Directors meets on the fourth Wednesday during the months of February, April, June, August, October, and December at 2:30 p.m. The meeting is held at The Martin Center located at 28 Gibson Hill Rd, Ash Flat, Ark.