Create The Life You Want
Avid fly fishers, Sandy Barksdale and husband Bill moved to the Mountain Home area in 2004 to be near their favorite fly fishing tailwater, the White River. In 2005, she picked up her long-forgotten paint brushes to return to … Continued
Retired from her leadership roles as a certified operating room nurse, Jan Peitz now enjoys the most fulfilling role of her career—cancer resource coordinator at the Peitz Cancer Support House. She serves on the ASUMH Development Council, volunteers for … Continued
DAVID BENEDICT Like the women he writes about in The Girls in the (Old, Old) Office, David W. Benedict is an active volunteer for the Baxter County Historical and Genealogical Society, serving as vice president and program/publicity chairman for … Continued
JANET TABER Janet Ebrite Taber is a freelance writer who lives on the family’s farm in Ozark County, Missouri. A graduate of the University of Missouri, she has been a fulltime homemaker and farmer’s wife for more than 40 … Continued
NEIL CHANDLER Retiring after 30 years as a CPA, Neil Chandler moved with his family to Mountain Home in 1987. While golfing, acting, and singing hobbies continued as in his prior life, he began a new endeavor by writing … Continued
Phyllis grew up hunting and fishing in Arkansas, and still loves to hunt, fish, canoe, camp, garden, cook, knit, read and play with her grandsons. She is well known for co-producing and appearing on AETN’s “Arkansas Outdoors” program for 20 … Continued
Matthew & Jaren Beavers own and operate Start 2 Start Recycling—a unique waste management company with the goal to be environmentally responsible. Matthew is also president of the local Community Tennis Association, and in his spare time enjoys making music … Continued
A native of northern Illinois farm country, Jan Badovinac is forever grateful for the path that brought her to the beauty of Arkansas and its kind and generous people. Jan is a high school librarian and lives in Harrison with … Continued
Lindsey Hardin is a natural foods specialist, certified Food For Life instructor, and owner of Ozark Integrative Wellness Center. She and her husband, Erik, are Mountain Home natives and have a 5-year-old daughter. You can read more about her activities … Continued
In 2006 Kate Wilmoth moved to Mountain Home where she currently resides with her husband, Ray. She was first introduced to craft beer when she started managing for Judicious Spirits in 2010 where she is currently employed. Her love of … Continued