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Five Reasons I’m Raising My Kids in a Small Town
When I tell people that my husband and I moved back to my small, hometown after we had our first child, I can read the looks on their faces: “Why?” Well, I’ll tell ya, it wasn’t because of the private...
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I’m an Arkansas Hunter’s Wife
During our high school dating years, I spent many, many Saturdays high in a deer stand with my cute boyfriend. I was as “city-fied” as a small-town girl could be. My family didn’t hunt so this was all...
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A Lifetime of Memories Going to Razorback Basketball Games
Our Daddy-Daughter trips to Fayetteville for Razorback basketball games have been my most long-held and cherished tradition from as far back as my memory goes. My dad says he started taking me at three...
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Arkansas Snow Days
Snow Days are some of my most treasured childhood memories, as I think they are for most Arkansans. For us, snow is a rarity and therefore, worth celebrating. When you’re ten years old and you wake up...
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After School Closure, Caring Citizens Keep Community Alive in DeValls Bluff
Many feared their well-loved school would be neglected and left for ruin, especially the unique, “Hoosier”-style gymnasium. The DeValls Bluff gym is one that takes you back in time. After climbing the...
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Steamboat Days Celebrates 30th Anniversary in Des Arc
It was 1986. Des Arc Mayor Merlin Hendricks organized a community celebration to observe Arkansas’ 150th birthday. A carnival was brought to town. Local bands filled the air with 80s rock. Moms and...
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39th Annual Grand Prairie Rice Festival in Hazen
As a small-town girl, I’ve always thrived on traditions. They are the spokes that make this simple life go ‘round. Like Friday night football games and watching generations of the same last name play...
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Prairie County Commemorates Five Years Since Historic Flood
“It was the worst experience of my life,” said Prairie County Judge Mike Skarda, about the record-breaking flood that hit his county five years ago. Prairie County is a small county which includes the...
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120 Foot Homemade Water Slide Entertains Family Year After Year
About 12 years ago, Allen Childress sat on his front porch with his friend and right-hand man, Anthony Wilson. Down a gravel road in the small town of DeValls Bluff, Allen’s property sits on the banks...
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