Hunters can donate deer hides to help Elks make gloves for vets


This photo from the Elks.org website shows Dennis McAleese, right, Veterans Leather Program chair, speaking with a wheelchair-bound veteran who received a pair of reinforced, fingerless buckskin gloves as part of the Elks Lodge program. The Elks Club makes the gloves from deer hides donated by hunters.

Deer hunters are being asked to bring the hides from their harvested deer to Elks Clubs in West Plains or Mountain Home, Arkansas, to

Ozark County stray finds home half a world away


Blue, a stray dog from Ozark County, now lives in Cambrils, Spain, with his owner Angela Gutiérrez. Angela decided to take Blue home with her to Spain after he showed up at her Tecumseh-area home during the year she spent here as a foreign exchange student.

Blue, a spunky little dog with sand-colored fur and mismatched eyes, has found a home in the salty air of the Spanish co

Barbara Loftis retires shears and blow-dryer to take up a bucket-list activity in retirement


Barbara Loftis, left, is retiring from hairstyling, a job she started in 1963. She’s shown here with Michelle Anderson, owner of the Michelle’s Shear Artistry salon, where Barbara has worked the last 12 years of her career. The salon is hosting an open house for Barbara from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.

Barbara Loftis will celebrate her upcoming retirement Friday by doing the same thing she’s done regularly for the last 55 years, more or less.

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