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Cool Finds

By Kelsie Bowman, Meghan Pittman October 31, 2014 1 min read

As we kick off the holiday season, we’re always looking for little things to bring a little warmth to our life. Whether they’re used for staying occupied on a road trip or sprucing up your house, check out these finds for November.

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Feed Stores

STAFF PHOTO ANDY SHUPE
Neil Mathews, 81, works Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, to load an order for a customer on the loading dock of the Mathews Horse and Feed Barn which he operates with his son in West Fork.

STAFF PHOTO ANDY SHUPE
Neil Mathews and his son, Tony, operate Mathews Horse and Feed Barn in West Fork. FEb. 21, 2012.

STAFF PHOTO ANDY SHUPE
Neil Mathews, 81, works Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, to fill an order for a customer inside the storeroom of the Mathews Horse and Feed Barn which he operates with his son in West Fork.

STAFF PHOTO ANDY SHUPE
Neil Mathews, 81, left, works Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012, to load an order for a customer with help from his son, Tony, right, on the loading dock of the Mathews Horse and Feed Barn which they operate in West Fork.

STAFF PHOTO MARC F. HENNING
Rick Lowden of Pea Ridge looks over Webb's Feed and Seed Inc.'s six laying hens Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, situated just inside the front door of the downtown Pea Ridge store. Webb's sells fresh eggs daily from it's store and farm hens. Lowden and his wife, Peggy, recently moved from Rogers to the country in Pea Ridge and began raising their own chickens. They buy their feed at Webb's.

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Aaron David, left, and Doug McKinney work to move a new shipment of livestock feed Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, inside of Webb's Feed and Seed Inc. in downtown Pea Ridge. McKinney, son of store owner Fred McKinney, has been working at Webb's for 50 years. David has worked at the store since his senior year in high school, 20 years ago. Webb's celebrated it's 75th anniversary on Sept. 30.

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John Mather, right, of Pea Ridge pays Fred McKinney for an order of feed for his miniature horses Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, at Webb's Feed and Seed Inc. in downtown Pea Ridge. McKinney, 90, began working at Webb's a week after he finished high school in 1940. McKinney said the store was established in 1936 by his father-in-law, Hugh Webb.

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Aaron David stocks bags of feed from a new shipment Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, inside Webb's Feed and Seed Inc. in downtown Pea Ridge. David has worked at the store since his senior year in high school, 20 years ago.

Many mom-and-pop feed stores succumbed to competition from corporate competitors, but there are a few local holdouts. Read the story at www.nwaonline.com/news/2012/feb/26/feed-stores-endure-20120226.