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By Ann Reed Visited with James Drewry. He’s wearing a heart monitor for a while and going in for more tests hoping they get him straightened out soon.

Good morning. Today is Monday. I wish Danny Paul Harris a happy birthday. Marshall will start school this morning. Kathy went to Memphis, Tennessee. She will work there part of the week. I went to the Mountain Wave office. I visited with Leisa Younger there. Kathy came to visit me. She brought me some eggs.

The Searcy County Historical Society will meet Friday, August 26, at 7:00 pm in the First Christian Church, Marshall. The speaker will be Rachel Whitaker, research specialist at Shiloh Museum, Springdale, Arkansas. She will talk about Ozark moonshiners (wildcat whiskey makers), what they made and how they made it. Ms. Whitaker has replaced Susan Young who retired last summer. Susan was a popular presenter at the Searcy County Historical Society meetings and we are sure Rachel Whitaker will also be a favorite.

Black River Area Development Corporation (BRAD) needs applications for their FREE Weatherization Assistance Program serving 14 counties in Arkansas. BRAD Weatherization is an Energy Efficiency Program of the Arkansas Energy Office and the Department of Energy.

Ozark-St. Francis National Forests’ officials are pleased to announce the reopening of Blanchard Springs Caverns on August 18, 2022, after a two-year closure. Blanchard Springs Caverns is an Arkansas treasure and often considered the premier guided “living” cave system open for public tour in the National Forest System. Multiple factors contributed to the lengthy closure of the Caverns, including ongoing facility repairs and safety mitigation measures related to the pandemic. Safety and the desire to provide a quality visitor experience remain the top priorities for Forests and Caverns staff. Ozark-St. Francis National Forests’ Recreation Staff Officer, Amy Burt, offers information on some of the changes visitors can expect upon reopening. “Tickets must be prepurchased through www.recreation.gov. Advanced ticketing for tours will allow the Caverns to adequately staff guided tours on the Dripstone Trail and provide a more enhanced visitor experience. Tours will be available Thursdays-Mondays and closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.”

Sunday evening, time to get a few lines of news down for this week’s edition of the Mountain Wave. Looks like another warm week ahead of us. The temp was very warm today as Eddy, Mason and I enjoyed a few sights in Branson. We enjoyed touring the Promised Land Zoo. Mason especially enjoyed getting to feed several of the animals. Some of the deer and emu’s wanted us to just sit and feed them, they did not want us to move on.

It’s all about the slime I have long thought that you can judge a major city by how easy it is to obtain okra in a drive-through window. As you can imagine, only the best of places makes the cut, and they should be proud, and put that in their travel brochures.

I asked my 80 year-old mother what she would do if she lost her wallet. She thought for a moment and then said, “Scream.” But seriously, what should be done? Here’s a list.