🌱 How a $3M grant could reshape Ozarka’s Ash Flat campus

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• How a $3M grant could reshape Ozarka's Ash Flat campus

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 91, low: 68.
• Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ozarka College Awarded $3M Federal Grant to Transform Student Success Through CLASS Initiative (hallmarktimes.com) — Ozarka College's Ash Flat campus will benefit from a new $3 million federal grant aimed at boosting student success, mental health support, and career pathways across the college. Over five years, the CLASS initiative will redesign courses, expand advising and workforce connections, and improve student services, with a strong focus on helping rural north central Arkansas students stay enrolled, graduate, and move into local jobs.
   

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Friday October 9
• Homesteaders Night →
  13324 Highway 62 East, Ash Flat
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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• MHS: VB vs Flippin @ Home 4:30 PM 7th, JrB, JrA, SrJV, SrV
  MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT Melbourne, AR 72556
  4:30 pm
• Volleyball @ Omaha
  Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
  4:30 pm
• MM vs Salem
  Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
  6:30 pm
Thursday October 1
• Melbourne Caravan & Camping Leisurefest 2026 →
  591-659 Princes Highway, Melbourne
• Volleyball @ Alpena
  Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
  4:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• The Calm Frequency: Discover How Sound, Breath & Vibration Help Your B →
  8191 Arkansas 56, Franklin
• Ozark Acres Unrestricted - Great Arkansas Clean Up 2026 Day 2 →
  289 Mockingbird Lane, Williford
  8:00 am
• The Calm Frequency ⭐ Discover How Sound, Breath & Vibration Help Your B →
  8191 AR-56, Franklin
  12:00 pm
• The Calm Frequency Discover How Sound, Breath & Vibration Help Your B →
  8191 AR-56, Franklin
  12:00 pm
• Music on Main: Jon Jones →
  Dr. Thompson Park, Corner of Main St & Johnson Street, Hardy
  7:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Volleyball vs Viola
  Izard County Consolidated School District Brockwell, AR 72517
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Emerson posted a job opening for Assembler in Ash Flat. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut - Flynn Group posted a job opening for Team Member in Ash Flat. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ash Flat here.

🗞 Nearby News

Batesville

• 2nd Harvesting Hope Gala Highlights Child Advocacy in Batesville was a Success (arkansasradio.com)
• Clinton School students, including UAPB Emerging Leaders, partner for practicum projects (pbcommercial.com)
• What was the original first‑person shooter? Two largely forgotten computer games from the 1970s ushered in the genre (cobbcountycourier.com)

Mountain View

• Obituary: James Edward 'Eddie' Hicks (whiterivernow.com)

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