Lifestyle

The Ozarks Small Business Incubator (OzSBI) will present three workshops in March. They include Smart Start: Developing a Successful Business, Financing Your Small Business, and Excel for Business Part 1.

Ozarks Healthcare recently achieved its Level II Primary Stroke Center certification through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). “Caring for our stroke patients is a service we take seriously,” Lacey Carter, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Ozarks Healthcare, said.

Request reimbursement for loss due to black vultures: Submit documentation to the Missouri Department of Agriculture at: 1. Call your licensed veterinarian to schedule a necropsy of the deceased animal. a. Necropsy must be performed within 24 hours of fi nding the deceased animal.

Friday, March 10, 10 a.m. – 12 noon Rock Painting for Kids’ Summer Treasure Hunt in conjunction with Friends of Ash Flat Library. Members are invited to join in the fun of painting rocks which library volunteers will later hide in local parks for the kids to find and redeem for a free children’s book. All supplies furnished. Rocks have been painted white. Just bring your imagination. Call Artist Diana Long 870-2404400 or Library Volunteer Anita Hawkins 816-7698248.

The annual Arkansas Roots Music Festival is making a move this year. The event will be held on Saturday, April 1, at the Johnny Cash boyhood home, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site at Dyess. Live music begins at noon, ending at 5 p.m.

The Mark Twain National Forest (Forest) and Fort Leonard Wood share boundary lines and have a long history of working together. Continuing this cooperation, they plan to jointly conduct the Cannon Range prescribed burn, a 4,000-acre prescribed burn to increase forest health and reduce the risks of extreme wildfires to the Fort, the Forest, and neighboring communities. This project will be implemented sometime in the next week when weather conditions are right.

Want to see Missouri’s beautiful state parks from a new perspective? Join the Learn2 Climb program and learn the basics of outdoor rock climbing, including safety and techniques, from a certified instructor. Then you can try it out on real rock. This beginnerlevel course will allow you to enjoy nature from new heights!