Of course I picked up a local paper or three on vacation in Arkansas. Those, and the highway signs and maps were very confusing.
Alright, alright, alright. To start off, Van Buren is not a county. Van Buren is a city in Carter County, and its newspaper is The Current Local–I subscribe, of course. The hospital in Clinton is Golden Valley Medical Hospital, and Clinton (and the hospital) are on Missouri 13, almost half way to Kansas City, not US 65.
It is, however, still the Ozarks. And the taller mountain part of it.
It was odd to see a lot of familiar names in different places, though.
I know, I know. What are the odds that I will subscribe to the Van Buren County Democrat (and the Stone County [AR] Leader–I already subscribe to the Stone County [MO] Republican and Crane Chronicle)? Pretty good I say as they’re only $50 annually even out of state. Although I will probably not subscribe to the Fairfield Bay News, the volunteer-run newspaper from the resort town where we vacationed as it is only four or five sheets of paper mostly full of coupons for visitors, and it’s $70 annually.
