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Jean Speake knows how to make the most of retirement. She has traveled the world but also served her adopted community of Mountain View in 24 years of residence.
She and her husband Paul moved to …
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6/22/21
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No one really knows how friends Bonnie Cartwright and Merle Richardson got acquainted, but for them it’s enough to just say “we’ve known each other forever.” When one is age 95 and the other just three months younger, that’s a long time.
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By Lori Freeze
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6/15/21
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Larry Sutton will give up his seat on the school bus this fall for the first time in more than four decades.
Riding the bus until he graduated high school in 1975 and then driving the same route …
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By Edie Sutterfield
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6/8/21
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Keith Branscum of Fifty Six has been involved in farming virtually all his life, having started helping feed his family’s cattle, hogs and chickens at age 6.
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6/1/21
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When the game clock ticked zero giving the Rural Special Lady Rebels their first state basketball championship earlier this month, the spirit of an 89-year-old fan back in Fox was sitting on the bench with a great sense of satisfaction.
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By Steve Watkins
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3/30/21
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Joanie Howell has been hired as executive director of the Mountain View Area Chamber of Commerce and is busy acclimating herself to the new role and at the same time planning for the 58th Arkansas Folk Festival next month, one of the organization’s major events.
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3/17/21
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Daryl Pitts has snow in his blood. These days, you might even call him the snow man.
ARDOT’s area maintenance supervisor for Stone County is a second-generation road-crew worker who remembers the long hours his father would put in to past weather-related events like those county residents are now experiencing.
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By Steve Watkins
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2/16/21
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Elma Wilson of Timbo celebrated her 95th birthday Jan. 23. She celebrated at her home with her two sisters and brother and other close family. Instead of a traditional party, family and friends gave her a birthday parade, riding through the yard holding signs, with horns honking, and a siren blaring.
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2/9/21
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Bernice Beckham of Mountain View has experienced a lot in her 95 years. Born in 1926, she attended a one-room school in Happy Hollow before moving to Mountain View, where she graduated in 1944 after …
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By Lori Freeze
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1/27/21
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Rachel Reynolds has learned to let intuition be her guide.
She moved to Mountain View when she was 9, and spent lots of her spare time hanging out with crafters and musicians in the town square …
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8/21/20
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Many local residents have lamented the prevalence of negativity in interactions recently, so the Leader requested some examples of positive things resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ronda …
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7/15/20
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Gary Dickeson of Texas is assisted by Brent Matthis of Mountain View in removing the Elvis statue from Rainbow Antique Mall.
After greeting customers in the vestibule at Rainbow …
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7/15/20
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“Just trust in the Lord and work hard every day.” This is the advice for a long life offered by Leonard Glenn, a Stone County native who celebrated his 94th birthday this month. He also reports …
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2/28/20
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Above, a prescribed fire is monitored by personnel.
By Jim McCoy
District Ranger
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles about the role of fire in forest …
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1/15/20
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One of Stone County’s “familiar faces” will be less visible in the new year. After more than two decades, Nell Harrelson is retiring this week as manager of Stone County Recycling Center and …
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1/2/20
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Tourism in Mountain View and Stone County was in its early stages back in the 1940s and 1950s but word was getting out that there was a wealth of beauty and adventure to be enjoyed in this area. John …
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8/28/19
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As a man who seems driven to make a difference and to go where he is needed, David Campbell found the perfect calling as pastor of a small country church. “You wear a whole lot of hats. You preach …
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8/7/19
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Allison Lukens and son Rex Shannon enjoy time at the public swimming pool at Stone County Recreation Complex July 12, 2019. The July 17 issue features a photo page of swimmers.
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7/25/19
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The art of chair caning is kept alive at the Ozark Folk Center State Park Craft Village in Mountain View, where Terry Andrews practices the ancient art. See a feature by Renee Carr in the June 12, …
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6/12/19
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Renovations are nearing completion at the location for Fiddler's Green medical marijuana dispensary, an effort that has taken longer than expected. President Lisa Murphy now anticipates the facility …
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6/12/19
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