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Members of the Friends of the Garnett Library will meet from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan.

Clarity Church, located at 190 Industrial Dr. in Thayer, will welcome special speaker, Evangelist Marlin Durham from Bernie, Mo. on Sunday, Jan. 15, morning at 10 a.m. Her ministry is known for many healings and deliverances in her services. Pastor Jerry Lemons invites the public to attend.

Ozarks Healthcare’s Laboratory Services will conduct its annual low-cost lab health screenings at several of its locations through 2023. Lab screenings for blood sugar, cholesterol, thyroid, calcium, and more can help keep track of an individual’s overall health and wellbeing. Getting labs drawn can also help keep track of body changes over time.

Thanks to a newly acquired grant, initial research will soon begin at Arkansas State University to better understand vaccine hesitancy. The grant is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Arkansas Department of Health (ADH).

Registration is open for Time Out for Tech, the annual visit day that provides high school seniors with a preview of learning and living at Arkansas Tech University. Time Out for Tech 2023 is scheduled for Thursday, Feb.

There are important steps to take when considering selling timber, says University of Missouri Extension forester Hank Stelzer. In addition to providing additional revenue, harvesting timber can improve the health and vigor of woods and wildlife.

Happy New Year! Hopefully everyone made it through the “bomb cyclone” without any frozen water pipes and with furnaces and wood stoves still running. We all have been cleaning up lots of wrapping paper, many of us listening to our children play with all their new toys (including a goose call…) and trying get rid of or at least stay out of the leftover holiday candy. The New Year is a time for us all to do a quick reflection of last year and then look forward and plan for a new and prosperous year. USDA Rural Development is no different and we are ready to take a triedand-true program into the New Year with more funds available than usual to help agri-business and producers.