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Excelling at Spelling: Cooperatives sponsor Arkansas’ annual bee
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Quadrillion.” It’s a Round Two word at the March 5 Arkansas State Spelling Bee that means 1,000,000,000,000,000 — a million billion. It’s also how many words it seems like radio personality and pronouncer Tom Wood has challenged impressive students to spell before a victor finally emerges after two dozen rounds and three-and-a-half hours. This is

Calico County a longstanding family favorite in Fort Smith
Let’s Eat
When Calico County restaurant opened in 1984, the owners endeavored to offer traditional American foods and excellent service in a family-oriented environment. After 38 years of following that same mission, it has endured as a successful Fort Smith staple. The delightful scent of home cooking wafted through the restaurant as I explored the antique collection

Honoring those who served, sacrificed: Arkansas’ five veterans’ cemeteries
Worth the Drive
Toward the end of May, flags and flowers will decorate many of the more than 60,000 graves at the five dedicated veterans’ cemeteries in Arkansas. A large majority of these honored men and women survived their military service, whether in war or peace. But their deaths, sometimes decades later among loving families, still deserve the