What has worked in the garden and what hasn’t. OK, I have to say, like many of you, one thing that has worked in the garden has been me. I have worked in the garden, more or less successfully, so there’s that, but I bet everybody knew that gardens are work, and largely the effort pays off. Maybe not in everything (more on that below), but on the whole. The rest of this is a saga on my various efforts and experiments in case it helps somebody else, or at least shares their misery.
Well, hello again. I hope this finds you doing well. Ray and I are doing fine. So thankful that we have air conditioning to stay cool, plenty of food to eat, and gas to go somewhere if we decide too or need too. Now that is something to be thankful for now days! After the electric bill we may not have air conditioning anymore, don’t know if I can pay for it or not!
Happy Fourth of July! I hope everyone had a safe holiday and come out with all ten fingers and no wildfires. The hay season seems to be coming to a close, or at least to the hauling portion. I don’t know how many bales went by the Snowball General Store on Saturday. I hope we get some rain soon to help the grass grow back to hopefully get one more cutting.
Hello to all of you Marshall Mountain Wave readers and greetings from the jewel of the Ozarks, Leslie, Arkansas. It has been hot and dry this week. We have not had rain in several days. So, we are anxiously waiting for some rain. It has been hot but not unbearably hot like has been. With no rain the humidity is not as high as it has been making the sweltering heat feel less sweltering.
The January and February 1906 paper told that the post office bookstore had standard works of fiction by popular authors. Good to know that the folks of this area had access to reading material. Also, the bookstore had children’s illustrated books, and the New Testament was available. John L Sanders was the proprietor.
On the evening on June 29, a call from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office to the Searcy County Sheriff’s Office led to the recovery of a runaway juvenile from Valley Springs. According to Searcy County Sheriff Kenny Cassell, Searcy County Deputy Caleb Horn was made aware that the 17 year old runaway juvenile had left her residence in Valley Springs with a 21 year old male and was headed to Little Rock.
On Thursday, June 23 newspapers from Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi met at the Sheraton Hotel in Memphis Tennessee for the Bylines, Blues, and BBQ press conference. Editor Charity Rolen of the Marshall Mountain Wave was in attendance this year. She met with other CherryRoad Media (CRM) owned newspapers, Administrator of CRM Jennifer Fischer, and CEO of CRM Jeremy Gulban. The group assembled to become acquainted with each other before heading out to dinner at “Rendezvous.” The group enjoyed a dinner of various BBQ meats, nachos, and spirited conversations. Pictured above (left to right) is Mountain Wave Editor Charity Rolen, Robert Cox of Carrol County News, Jennifer Fischer of CRM, Diana Risinger Editor of Clay County Times, John Allen French Editor of Pocahontas Star Herald, Robert Lyons Editor of The Mountaineer Echo, Vincent Marshall Editor of Villager Journal and Salem News and CEO of CRM Jeremy Gulban.
On Tuesday, June 21 the runoff election for Searcy County Judge and Arkansas State Representative District 27 concluded. The results for State Representative for Searcy County only; Steven Walker received a total of 887 votes and Timmy Reid received 1,047 votes and the total vote for both was 1,934. However, according to the Arkansas Secretary of State website the unofficial numbers for the district in its entirety were; Timmy Reid 2,339 for a total of 46.76% of the votes and Steven Walker was 2,663 53.24% of the votes. These numbers are subject to change because some of the votes have not been counted yet. They are expected to be finished sometime this week. For Searcy County Judge, Robert Baysinger received 495 votes and Tony Horton received 1,477 for a grand total of votes 1,972 total votes for both. Starting January 1, 2023 Tony Horton will take office as Searcy
This July 4th, as we celebrate America’s independence, the Searcy County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) want to remind drivers that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving. Unfortunately, too many people think that driving after a few drinks is acceptable. The numbers say otherwise: In 2020, more than 200 people were killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes over the 4th of July holiday period. That’s over 200 people who could have made it home if everyone had planned ahead for a sober ride. If you celebrate Independence Day with alcohol and decide to get behind the wheel of a vehicle, you aren’t just putting yourself in danger; you put everyone on the road at risk. Plan ahead for a safe and sober ride every time you drink. Stay safe for the people in your life — loved ones, parents or children, your buddies. Drive sober to protect them and to protect yourself.
North Arkansas Partnership for Health Education (NAPHE) is very pleased to announce that Kyle Evatt MPA, has become a Certified Prevention Specialist (CPS) in May, 2022. By achieving this certification, Kyle is trained to effectively deliver youth substance misuse prevention programs and messages to schools, workplaces, faith-based organizations, and other community groups or programs across the Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton, and Searcy County region.