April 2024

Diet and exercise are the key components of maintaining a healthy weight and protecting yourself against chronic disease. According to the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, eating smart and being active have similar effects, including reducing risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, some cancers, and diabetes. In addition, these healthy living strategies can improve personal appearance and improve overall well-being - helping people live longer and maintain their independence.

Hello to all of you Marshall Mountain Wave readers and greetings from the jewel of the Ozarks, Leslie, Arkansas. I am thinking that the cold weather may be behind us now. There is always the possibility of a late frost fingers crossed that does not happen. It was so hot and muggy we had to turn on the air conditioner to pull out some of the humidity. The weather report calls for rain. I hope we get some.

April 5 Hope everyone had a good Easter holiday and remembered the Man. Carolyn Scott Sawyer went into a Springfield hospital on April 1 to have surgery in removing a kidney due to cancer.

Here we are again. What a beautiful day today has been. I sure enjoyed today and the sunshine and warm temperature. I helped Ray hoe out the weeds in his garden today, as least the weeds in the potatoes. Then we rode down the road in the side by side. It was a nice ride. We then cleaned down a bird nest that was on the top of the porch fan. We have had to clean it down the last 3 days, he just keeps building back. Then we have to clean the porch! I hope he gives up soon! We did a little more work around the house then it was time to clean up and go to Bible study. We had some real good grilled burgers and hot dogs for supper. Then a strawberry pie for dessert and we also had a butterscotch dessert. I don’t know which one was the best. They were both delicious.

Have you ever had one of those months that you just can’t believe that it happened the way it did? Well, that is me for the past month. Actually, to be honest the past several months. 2024 is turning out to be an interesting year.

(StatePoint) About 7,000 children in the United States visit emergency rooms for battery-related injuries each year, according to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System. Lithium coin batteries, those small, disc-shaped batteries about the size of a nickel, are particularly dangerous. The exact right size to get lodged in a child’s throat if accidentally swallowed, they can turn deadly, burning a hole in an esophagus in as little as two hours. And, they’re everywhere – in key fobs, key finders, flameless candles, remote controls, thermometers and many common home devices.

The Searcy County Historical Society will meet Friday, April 26, at 7:00 pm in Marshall’s Fi8rst Christian Church. The guest speaker will be Holly Hope, Special Projects Historian for Arkansas Historic Preservation Program of the Division of Arkansas Heritage. Her topic will be the best way to organize a cemetery clean up and how to be safe while doing it. She also talks on cemetery symbolism. The program is particularly timely as the Searcy County Library is reorganizing its cemetery files.

May 6, 2024, 10:30 AM Searcy County Extension Office, 511 Zack Road Space limited--call to reserve a spot: 870-448-3981 .

May 3, 2024 Open House 10 AM-5 PM Educational Program 5 PM-7PM 201 Factory Road, Marshall Presented by UADA, NRCS, AACD, Searcy County Farm Bureau, & AR Natural Resources Division For more information call the Searcy County Extension Office: 870-448-3981