Social media may be fun, but for the facts, we need newspapers
Al Cross I LOVE SOCIAL MEDIA. They keep me in touch with dozens of friends, whom I might otherwise have contact with just every few years, or every few decades.
October 2022
Read MoreSocial media may be fun, but for the facts, we need newspapers
Newspaper reporting and content have never been more relevant
We all have stories of readers desperately seeking reliable information about COVID-19 during the pandemic and turning to us to deliver accurate national and state health departments’ evolving assessments as well as local reporting on treatment options in our communities.
Ozarka College hosts scholarship reception
MELBOURNE, AR – The Ozarka College Foundation hosted its annual scholarship reception on Sept. 29, at the Student Services Center in Melbourne. With approximately 150 attendees, the event provided scholarship recipients an opportunity to say, “thank you” and to discuss their academic and career aspirations with their scholarship donors.
Country Quilters Quilt Guild meeting
Country Quilters Quilt Guild will be meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 9:30 a.m. at Miller-Hickinbotham building in Salem. The business meeting will begin at 10 a.m. A light luncheon prepared by some of our members will follow.
2022 trout population monitoring: Norfork tailwater
On Sept. 15, the Trout Management Program conducted its annual fall monitoring event of the Norfork Tailwater (North Fork River) trout fishery. A total of 391 trout were collected, of which 86% were Rainbow Trout. Overall, sizes of trout ranged from approximately 7 to 27 inches, but the average sizes of Rainbow and Brown Trout were 13.2 inches and 17.9 inches, respectively. Most Brook and Cutthroat Trout were fish stocked in the tailwater within the last couple of months. The biggest trout collected during the event was a 27.1 inch (9.9 lb.) Brown Trout. The TMP also tagged a total of 104 Rainbow Trout and 35 Brown Trout during the event as part of the ongoing effort to monitor growth and movement of trout in the tailwater. Only four trout (2 Rainbow Trout, 1 Brown Trout, and 1 Cutthroat Trout) were fish that already had tags from previous tagging events. Over the next two months, the TMP will attempt to collect similar data from the Beaver, Greers Ferry and Bull Shoals Tailwaters so that comparisons of numbers and size structures can be made between fisheries.
A late summer Hardy ATV ride ends in another great success!
Elaine BROWN R Another Hardy ATV/ UTV/Jeep ride, the seventh ride in a line-up of different rides out of Hardy, ended with great success! This ride held on Sept. 17, like the six previous rides over the last couple of years, was designed and hosted by Steven Richey.
Hardy Homesteaders Day 2022 was a great success!
Hardy Homesteaders Day was held Saturday, Sept. 24 in Hardy. Loberg Park was the site of over 30 demonstrators and a number of music performances throughout the day, while the General Store and other music performances were held along Main Street. Many of the participants were dressed in periodclothing of the 1890s and demonstrated a variety of activities commonly used by early homesteaders.
Free health fair services for Sharp and surrounding counties coming soon!
Courtesy of the Sharp County Extension Office - Family and Consumer Science The Sharp County Hometown Health Coalition is holding a FREE health fair for residents of Sharp and other surrounding counties on Friday, Oct. 21 from 9 a.m.
Capitol Week in Review
In the fiscal session earlier this year the legislature appropriated a million dollars for pregnancy resource centers. The state has awarded grants totalling about $455,000 to 14 centers.
Lyon College to host ‘Samuel Beckett and Nature” conference
LITTLE ROCK, Ark – Lyon College will bring the “Samuel Beckett and Nature” international conference to Little Rock on Oct. 7-8 at Lyon College’s location in the Heifer International headquarters complex, 1 World Ave.