Lifestyle

Spring Junior Livestock Show entry deadline

Fulton County Fair officials remind exhibitors that entries for the Spring Junior Livestock Show scheduled for May 21 should be pre-registered by May 15. The online entry program will shut down at midnight on this date and exhibitors will not be able to enter online. Go to http://fultonsjls. fairwire.com for a list of classes and make online entries. All entry fees should be paid online with a credit or debit card.

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Cooking Stage and Pie Competition at Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival

Old-time cooking – the stories, recipes, and dishes will be featured both days at this year’s What’s Cookin’ Stage at the Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival, along with a healthy dose of Dutch Oven cooking. This is the 17th year for the Cooking Stage. Aid’s Downtown Antiques are again sponsoring this event. This year’s theme is “Ozarks Comfort Food - Dutch Oven Cooking”,

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Newberry seeks re-election

Cris Newberry would like to formally announce his candidacy for re-election as Justice of the Peace District 1 in Fulton County. I have been blessed to serve on the Quorum Court for District 1 and I am a lifelong resident of Viola.

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Fulton County Master Gardeners Tender Tulip Project

Every spring for the last several years the Fulton County Master Gardeners has marked the coming of spring with a tulip display for all the residents of Fulton County to enjoy. These beds of tulips are usually some of the first signs of spring. After the long gray days of winter, they are quite a welcome sight to our local landscape! Last year this group planted 6,000 tulip bulbs at the main intersection in Salem on the FNBC and North Arkansas Electric properties that these local businesses so generously allow the Master Garden ers to use.

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Water concerns

Water has become one of our major national concerns. Nearly everyone in this county has experienced some problems caused by too much water when it’s not needed or too little water when it’s needed.

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