Opinion

Pet Foster Parents Needed

Five Rivers Animal Aid, Inc. needs volunteers to provide short term in-home care for homeless pets. Providing love, time, and attention helps prepare foster pets for adoption into their forever homes. Fostering can be from a few days up to several months. All veterinary care is paid for by Five Rivers Animal Aid. Litter and food are provided.

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Around the Kitchen Table with Nanny

Another beautiful fall day! It makes me think of the fall harvest and all the garden bounty of fruits and vegetables and how busy everyone will be finding ways of preserving and using their bounty. I Thought I would give you some ideas for using your harvest of apples for those lucky enough to have a nice apple tree. So let’s start with everyone’s favorite, a nice hot apple pie.

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Speaking French

I am a lover and an accumulator of art. Strolling through my house is a great deal like walking through a museum--a very congested museum. My walls are chock-full of art Art that I love. The best part of my compilation is that it’s completely made up of area artists.

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Just Jana

I heard that if you crave something it could be due to a vitamin deficiency that’s in that food. I’ve been craving Slim Jims for a week now. Must be low on Redneck… ****** So... How’s my day going? I found an earring in the grocery store parking lot and went inside to turn it in to lost and found. Got back to the car and realized it was my earring. Jana for the win...

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The Maynard Gang

If the word “hogsucker” was introduced into coffee shop conversations throughout the land, what percentage of the clientele would have a concept of its meaning? I suspect the number would be quite low even in a bucolic enclave like Randolph County, Arkansas. Some would probably think the term crude if not risqué.

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Pat on the back

Do you remember that little saying, “Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well friends, that is not true. Words hurt.

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From the archives…

Looking Back….20 years ago October 10, 2002 Mayor and police chief to appear on NPR program Representatives from the National Public Radio (NPR) show “Marketplace” were in Pocahontas to learn more about the economic situation in rural Arkansas. The NPR representatives met with Pocahontas Mayor John Patrick and Pocahontas Police Chief Doug Cousins to learn more specifically how the current economic climate is affecting small town police departments.

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Speaking French

Call it a blast from the past or a trip down memory lane, but seeing my daughter pull one of my Chicago Bulls jackets out of my closet for her to wear made me all happy on the inside. Back in the 1990s, my family pretty much had one thing on our minds, the Chicago Bulls.

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