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Private reservoir, streamside landowners can get up to $10,000 to share the water

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansans routinely boast that The Natural State has more than 600,000 acres of lakes and ponds dotted throughout its landscape. While anglers have hundreds of thousands of these acres available for public use, many large reservoirs and oxbow lakes remain in private ownership with no public access. A new program offered through the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission offers landowners incentives to open their doors to limited fishing access on these areas thanks to the Arkansas General Assembly and approved by the Arkansas Legislative Council.

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A HISTORIC DAY

SOLAR ECLIPSE GUIDE | APRIL 8, 2024 A HISTORIC DAY For many Americans, April 8 will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see one of the greatest displays in nature: a total solar eclipse. Partial solar eclipses — those in which the moon blocks a portion of the sun during the daytime hours — aren’t particularly uncommon.

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Top 10 Eclipse Playlist Songs

1. Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler 2. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden 3. No Sunlight by Death Cab for Cutie 4. Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles 5. Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones 6. The Final Countdown by Europe 7. Eclipse by John Denver 8. Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen 9. Ain’t No Sunshine by Bill Withers 10. Walkin’ on the Sun by Smash Mouth

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Moser wins Clay County Spelling Bee

The Clay County Spelling Bee was held Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the Piggott Elementary library. When the final word was spelled Adalynn Moser was left standing as the Clay County Spelling Bee Champion. Cody Knight, of Piggott State Bank, presented cash awards to the winners, from left: Piggott eighth grade student Arwen Clary, second runner-up; Corning sixth grade student Adalynn Moser, spelling bee champion and Piggott fourth grade student Avia Taylor, first runner-up. Winners also received plaques from the Piggott School District.

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U of A Div. of Agriculture to host rice and soybean production meeting

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will host the annual rice and soybean production meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center in Corning. The meeting will begin at 11:30 a.m. with lunch catered by Cast Iron Kitchen and Catering. Speakers for the event include Stewart Runsick, County Extension Agent-Staff Chair; Dr. Jarrod Hardke, Extension Rice Agronomist; Dr. Jeremy Ross, Extension Soybean Agronomist and Dr. Hunter Biram, Extension Agriculture Economist. NRCS will provide updates followed by industry sponsor comments.

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