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A new disease for cattle in our part of the country has been discovered to be present here in Searcy County. The disease is Theilaria orientalis ikeda. It is carried by the Asian Long Horn Tick, and is a blood parasite. The symptoms are similar to Anaplasmosis which is carried by the same tick but is a different disease. If you would like to learn more about this disease you can go to The Arkansas Department of Agriculture website and search Asian Longhorn Tick Resources or call your Searcy County University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture County Extension Agent at 870-4483981.

No rain in the forecast, like that’s a surprise. It’s August after all. Heard one lady say that, “It’ll never rain again.” Sure it will but might be September before it does. Another said she is praying for a hurricane in Louisiana so we’d get rain or even Mississippi for same result. Then we ger rain Yippee!

Remove unnecessary items from a vehicle to improve its gas mileage. Gas prices have been historically high in 2022.

August 21st Hello once again finally! I don’t know if you have missed me or not, but my computer crashed on me and it has taken me a couple of weeks to get another one. Sorry for the delay. We are doing fine, actually a little better now that the weather has a cool spell going. I know it won’t last for long. We’ve gotten a couple of showers of rain, but it only amounted to a little over ½ inch, but every little bit helps.

Hello to all of you Marshall Mountain Wave readers and greetings from the Jewel of the Ozarks, Leslie, Arkansas. It certainly was nice to have pleasantly cool weather for a few days. The temperatures were in the 60s in the mornings and only getting up into the 70s for several days, but alas we have a few more weeks of hot weather ahead. I am still hoping for an early Fall, that is my season. Like many folks I thrive in the Spring and Autumn the time of year when it is cool but not cold and warm but not hot and muggy. We do get a lot of very lovely weather here most of the time, it is just the extremes in temperatures in the Winter and Summer that can make life a little challenging.

Every Monday, From 9-? A service Officer from the VFW, American Legion, and Disabled Veteran will be at the Veteran’s Memorial Hall to help veterans with situations they need help with. .

Where does the time go? One day you’ve got three months of summer vacation ahead of you and before you know it, it’s school time again. This was Kal’s dilemma last week when I asked him if he needed anything before he went back to school. He informed me we had three months and there was no hurry. I had to break his heart and let him know his three months were up and he had less than seven days of freedom remaining.

August 17, 2024, 9 AM Searcy County Fairgrounds, Marshall .