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Flavor 101: NON-Edibles DIY Disinfectants and Sanitizers

By Eve Victory National Park College Hospitality and Tourism Management classes are on hold, but that doesn’t mean we can’t share a recipe. Given the current state of the world, here are two great recipes you can post on your frig right now. Be safe everyone. The stores are mostly out of disinfectant sprays and hand sanitizer. BUT you can make your own! BLEACH BASED “Unexpired household bleach will be

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Garland County Library Offers 1000s of Free Digital Resources

By Paul Kagebein The Garland County Library will always continue to faithfully support its community, even when its doors are temporarily closed to the public. The library has a wide variety of free digital resources, some available via the library’s website, others with their own dedicated app. Using these resources, you can download books and audiobooks, stream movies and TV, and explore multiple educational resources. The library even has digital

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Master Gardeners: Worm Castings

By Elaine Sichter When it comes to the best ways to build healthy, fertile soil naturally, worm castings rank right up there with compost and cover crops. Worm castings are essentially dried worm manure. And they are loaded with all kinds of life nurturing and life-giving minerals and organic material. That includes but is not limited to nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium.  As worms work through the soil, they leave behind a perfectly balanced and

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This Is Going to Be a Good Blueberry Year

By Sharon Dent It was March 19, 2020 and Garland County Master Gardeners would ordinarily be potting up plants for the late April Plant Sale. Not many were doing this though. Instead we were taking protective measures by self-isolating ourselves. COVID-19 had reached Arkansas. It was pretty weather though, so I ventured into the yard. I took pics of the garden. I was so surprised to find that my blueberries

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No-Bake Blueberry Coconut Energy Balls

Try This Quick and Easy Recipe the Kids Can Help Make and Eat If you’ve got 5 minutes and a food processor, you can whip up No-Bake Blueberry Coconut Energy Balls as a make-ahead treat for the week! Perfect for snacking on the go, the bite-sized energy balls are loaded with blueberry flavor. Roll them in chopped nuts for extra crunch, or dip in melted chocolate for a sweeter finish.

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What Do I Need Right Now?

By Peggy Lindsey Isolated at home as this virus moves throughout our world, an underlying tension rumbles. It feels so surreal as I gaze at the news and posts on Facebook. Am I dreaming some terrible nightmare? Maybe something marvelous is occurring! It goes way beyond what this illness can dish out. Change is happening in wondrous ways . . . Families spending more time together, employees receiving much needed

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About the Cover . . .  “ARKANSAS DIAMONDS” Photographer – Jeremy Rodgers 

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Yoga: Benefits of Mermaid Pose 

Can you tell where this mural is located? The First person to snap a selfie in front of the same mural and text it to 501-651-0545 will receive a free drop-in class! Photo by Missy Conry & Melissa Stevens  By Missy Conry & Melissa Stevens Yoga offers countless opportunities to build strength, improve flexibility, and create

Happy 150th Birthday, Hot Springs!  

Each person attending the birthday gala will receive this special commemorative coin.  Hot Springs’ 150th birthday gala will be held August 11 in Horner Hall at the Hot Springs Convention Center. Funds generated by the celebration will be given to the Garland County Historical Society.  “Although our city’s history goes back hundreds of years

Melissa Carper Will Open Inaugural Birding Festival of the South 

Singer Melissa Carper. — Courtesy Visit Hot Springs  Melissa Carper, the nationally acclaimed country singer with deep ties to Arkansas and a profound commitment to nature, will open the inaugural Birding Festival of the South Presented by Oaklawn Hot Springs, with a concert October 8 on Bridge Street in downtown Hot