Eye On Jackson August 2015

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In This Issue 6/Editor’s Note Vacation Dreaming

7/Unity Health – Harris Medical Center A New Day of Full Service Healthcare

8/NEDC Report

Thinking Regionally to Reach Globally

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Medicare on Vacation

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ASUN: A Fluid Education

13/Faces 16/Great Tastes

A Cobbler by Any Other Name

18/Let’s Eat 20/Things To Do 20/In the Field with Randy Rice and Soybean Pests

21/U of A, Division of Agriculture, Research & Extension “4 H” To Make the Best Better

21/Notes from the Clearing Shakes

23/Healthy Women of Unity

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Adrienne Freeman is a Jackson County based food writer whose work is published statewide.

When not at the keyboard, she can be found in the kitchen, focusing on recipes and techniques that can be easily replicated by fellow enthusiastic home cooks. She always welcomes reader response at newport.foodies@yahoo. com.

Julie Allen has served as the executive director of the Newport Area Chamber of Commerce since 2002. She is a 1994 graduate of Arkansas State University with a degree in Communications - Radio/Television.

Sarah Henry Metzger is County Extension AgentInterim Staff Chair for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service.

She has worked for Extension the last 9 years, after obtaining a BS and MS from the University of Central Arkansas. She works in the following 4 initiative areas: Food and nutrition, health & aging, resource management and Marriage, parenting and Family Life. Also, 4-H is another important program she oversees. Her free time is spent with her two boys.

Caroline Beauchamp is a local insurance agent for M & P Insurance & Investment Services. She offers personalized life and health insurance solutions and is known for her widely-published informational column, ‘Caroline, Can We Talk?’.

Kacey Clare Burge received her Master’s degree in Professional Writing from Chatham University in 2011.

Relocating to Tampa, Florida proffered the opportunity to write for a Southwest Florida lifestyles magazine.

Her outstanding work won her the attention of editors and readers alike, prompting her to be featured in REAL Magazine as a contributing copy writer and editor.

She has also done work as a debt content writer for a financial advice website and had a successful freelance career for several years. Kacey spends most of her free time with her husband and three rescue dogs, enjoying the outdoors and exploring what the state of Arkansas has to offer.

Jon Chadwell is the executive director of the Newport Economic Development Commission (NEDC). The NEDC is funded by a ½ cent sales tax collected in Newport and works to assist in the development of business and industry in Jackson County.

Randy Chlapecka is an agronomist with Farmers Supply Association. He is retired from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture - Cooperative Extension Service where he served as a County Extension Agent for over 32 years. He is an avid ASU Red Wolves fan and has announced Newport Greyhound sporting events since 1996. He also enjoys vegetable gardening.

Rebecca Pearrow is marketing director at Unity Health-Harris Medical Center. She attained an AA at Central Baptist College followed by a BS at Arkansas Tech University. She completed an MBA from Harding University in 2014. She was employed 12 years at White County Medical Center prior to returning to Harris Hospital, and is now happy to be an associate of the new Unity Health system that resulted from the alignment of the two hospitals. She spends her free time traveling to support her kid’s athletics, gardening, raising chickens and scrap booking.

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Editor’s Note Vacation Dreaming

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A booming new business is a blessing that Kimberlee and I share with our new venture in frozen yogurt. Thoughts of beaches and road trips are also something Kimberlee and I share as we look forward to finding the days and nights to get away and recharge our

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We implore you to read on and discover Adrienne Freeman’s cobbler recipes, Jon Chadwell’s look at regional thinking for a global reach and Caroline Beauchamp’s advice on, well, vacationing and how well your Medicare travels.

Rebecca Pearrow shares more Unity Health news, Sarah Metzger talks 4-H, Randy Chlapecka speaks of Soybean and Rice pests and our new cover writer, Kacey Clare Burge shares a look at what’s new at ASUN. We welcome Kacey to the Eye On Family and look forward to more from her. There are faces, things to do and much more, so take a gander with your feet up, catch your breath and relax for a bit. Thanks for picking us up yet again.We appreciate your loyalty and your company. N

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Unity Health – Harris Medical Center A New Day of Full Service Healthcare Rebecca Pearrow

The Unity Health Harris Medical Clinics are excited to report some positive changes with the delivery of care to their valued patients. To become most accommodating and provide maximum convenience, the clinics are proud to announce the availability of full-service clinics. By relocating all primary care clinics into the same building and combining two pediatric clinics into one, the community will see a favorable difference in availability. With this new era of full-service healthcare, the family practice clinics are now a one-stop shop. Laboratory blood draws, X-rays and additional procedures will all be provided in-house!

This will help streamline physician visits creating a more pleasant patient experience. To sustain this goal of optimum convenience, please note these changes in location: * Dr. Kris Nwokeji and Dr. Kishore Gaddam will now provide pediatric care for your children at 2000 McLain St., Suite B. This is the East professional building behind Village Mall. The office phone number is 870-523-3518. Remember that Saturday morning clinic hours are available for weekend treatment of your sick child! * Dr. Virgincita Fuentes will now provide family medicine located at 1200 McLain St., Suite F. The office phone number is 870-523-7563.

Dr. Russell Diponio will now provide internal medicine located at 1200 McLain St., Suite B. The office phone number is 870-523-2320. This is the South professional building across the road from the hospital (Harris Medical Center).

Harris Medical Clinics are growing with Unity Health to provide wellness support as well as sick care when necessary. For additional information, please call the Physician Practice Management office at 870523-0190.

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NEDC Report Thinking Regionally to Reach Globally

Jon Chadwell, Economic Development Director A group of eight individuals representing several communities in eastern Arkansas recently returned from the Walmart 2015 U.S. Manufacturing Summit.

Walmart allows local, state and regional economic developers to set up at a trade show that is geared specifically toward manufacturers who produce goods for their stores. The show gives access to a wide range of industry clusters and involves many of the decision makers for those businesses who are looking to strengthen or build their relationship with Walmart.

Representatives from Helena, West Helena, Jonesboro, Paragould, Wynne and Newport worked a booth to highlight the advantages of eastern Arkansas as a location for manufacturers who would like to be closer to Walmart’s regional hub to reduce shipping and travel time. It is a great opportunity to demonstrate the resources and assets that the Arkansas Delta has to offer to new companies. Twenty years ago Newport was a victim of the “off-shoring” movement and watched several major factories move to Asia or Mexico. The new movement is “re-shoring” as companies are more and more interested in returning to the United States with manufacturing. Companies have realized that the volatility of fuel and transportation costs along with disruptions that can be caused by natural disasters and other unpredictable circumstances can make doing businesses from an “off-shore” facility more costly than originally thought. Add in to the mix issues with

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intellectual property rights, changing international regulations and dealing with a time difference that complicates quick decisions and those companies are seeing a benefit into bringing manufacturing back home. Ten years ago a company could save 32% by manufacturing goods in China. Today the gap has reduced to 3% to 5%.

Walmart also knows that reliability for their stores is a key. They are actively encouraging companies to consider “re-shoring” operations when it is possible.

This Summit is an effort to give manufacturers options to consider for locations along with giving them information on doing business with Walmart. The eastern Arkansas group is one of several regional groups in Arkansas that will be working the Summit. As we work together to sell our state and our regions, we know we can demonstrate why Arkansas is a great place to do business.

Hopefully in the near future, we can see the results of this and other regional efforts in which the Newport Economic Development Commission is participating.

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Seniors, can we talk?

Medicare on Vacation Caroline Beauchamp

Are you planning a vacation? Ruth told me that she and her friend, Betty, and Betty’s charming cousin, David, are. They are going on a “road trip” with several stops and adventures on the way.

While telling me about their trip, Ruth asked “How does my Medicare work when I travel? Just in case I get sick or have an accident while I’m away from home I need to know what to expect.”

I told Ruth that she has Original Medicare which includes Part A (hospital care) and Part B (outpatient care) that’s shown on her red/white and blue Medicare card. In addition she has Part D (to cover prescriptions) and a Medicare Supplement policy (also known as a Medigap plan to pay what Medicare does not). Original Medicare provides coverage all over the 50 United States and District of Columbia (plus Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands). Since there are no “provider networks”, she can go to any provider who accepts Medicare.

Medicare supplement policies do not have “provider networks” either. As she travels on her “road trip” Ruth’s Medicare Supplement policy will continue to pick up what Medicare does not pay as long as she goes to a provider who accepts Medicare.

“Then what if I need to get a new prescription filled?” Prescription plans are involved with networks.

The lowest cost for any medication is at a preferred or in network pharmacy, just like when you’re at home.

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Since you may not know which pharmacy is preferred, you can call the customer service number on the back of your Medicare Prescription ID card and ask them.

Ruth said that David has a Medicare Advantage plan and asked if it would work the same way.

If he needs to go the emergency room, David can go to any provider. Beyond that, no his plan is different.

Most Medicare Advantage plans offer maximum benefits when care is received from a network provider.

David can call the customer service number on the back of his Medicare Advantage ID card to find out who in network providers are.

Since having your Medicare Supplement and Medicare prescription or Medicare Advantage ID cards may be critical, you may want to make copies (front and back) and put a copy of them in your luggage in case your wallet or purse is stolen.

Ruth was relieved and then told me about a friend who broke her tooth while on vacation and had to go to a dentist. How would dental insurance work? To get the maximum benefit from your dental plan you need to go to a dentist in the network. Same thing – call the customer service number on the back of our dental ID card to find a dentist where you are.

I’m anxious to hear about their trip (particularly since David is going) and asked Ruth to call me at 501868-6650 when they return and say “Caroline, can we talk?”

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Eye On Cover Story ASUN: A Fluid Education Kacey Clare Burge

“Our mission is to provide an accessible, affordable, quality education that transforms the lives of our students, enriches our communities and strengthens the regional economy.”

A brief history From a small vo-tech school in 1974 to a thriving, independent campus reaching record enrollment of over 2,500 students in 2014, Arkansas State UniversityNewport (ASUN) has undergone a metamorphosis over the past 4 decades, becoming a leader in providing world class education and community development opportunities to the citizens of Northeast Arkansas.

Their journey has been deeply rooted in staying true to their core values: community, diversity, innovation, integrity, student-centeredness, and trust. Without these core values, ASUN wouldn’t have grown to boast

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2 additional successfully operating satellite campuses in Jonesboro and Marked Tree or offer a stellar online learning program catering to the non-traditional student.

What do these three extraordinary campuses have to offer?

With campuses in Newport, Jonesboro and Market Tree, ASU aims to provide students with a variety of programs at multiple locations in order to help strengthen the regional economy and pave a solid foundation for students seeking a four year degree.

ASUN is proud to be the premier community college now offering some of today’s most exclusive programs to students that they wouldn’t be able to find anywhere in the general surrounding area.

Such programs include Surgical Technology offered at both the Newport and Marked Tree campuses and Hospitality Services offered at the Jonesboro campus. One select program offered at the Newport campus, High Voltage Lineman Technology, is the only one like it in the whole state of Arkansas.

ASUN has earned the reputation of being innovative and flexible, working with industry leaders to ensure that its curriculum aligns with the evolving needs of the modern workforce. This has enabled the college to add niche programs in response to industry demands, preparing future graduates to obtain high paying positions in high demand careers. In the past two years, for example, ASUN has added the Patient Care and Behavioral Care Technician programs to its cache of curricula, providing specialized expertise in the ever-growing, ever -changing field of healthcare.

With general education courses (i.e. College Algebra, Literature, U.S. History, Anatomy & Physiology, Spanish, and Fine Arts) available at all three locations, getting started is easier and more convenient than

ever. Both general and technical, from healthcare to business to automotive and welding, below is a list of programs available specifically at each of the three ASU campuses: Newport Allied Health: Medication Assistant, Patient Care & Behavioral Health Technician Business, Business Technology and Business Operations Commercial Driver Training Criminal Justice Program Diesel Technology Education: Middle Level Emphasis and K-6 Emphasis General Technology High Voltage Lineman Technology Nursing: CNA, Practical Nursing, and RN Renewable Energy Technology Surgical Technology (only program in this area) Jonesboro Advanced Manufacturing Allied Health: Phlebotomy, Emergency Medical, Patient Care & Behavioral Health Technician Business, Business Technology and Business Operations General Technology Hospitality Services Industrial Maintenance Nursing: CNA and Practical Nursing Plumbing Technology Apprenticeship Welding Marked Tree Automotive Service Technology Allied Health: Patient Care & Behavioral Health Technician Business, Business Technology and Business Operations Collision Repair & Refinishing Technology Computer and Networking Technology Cosmetology Energy Control Technology General Technology Nursing: CNA and Practical Nursing

Surgical Technology Online learning and the non-traditional student Online learning has become a popular alternative to the traditional classroom experience in recent years.

ASU-Newport has stayed on the cusp of that trend, offering online courses to cater to the ever-evolving non-traditional student. This means that students can communicate electronically with their instructor and other students, engaging in virtually the same course content offered on campuses from anywhere in the world. Online learning removes time and distance barriers, allowing students to earn their degree while keeping up with a busy lifestyle.

At ASUN, many online courses are completely online. However, some require the student to be physically on campus at specific times during the semester to complete various tests, projects, or labs.

These courses are noted as hybrid courses in ASUN’s course catalog. Instructors at the college find that when it comes to online learning, the most successful student is a self-motivated, disciplined individual who can structure their education without the typical learning environment.

Interested in securing a brighter future?

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, individuals with a four year college degree make significantly more money annually than that of a person with a high school diploma. In a study done in 2011, $19,200 more a year to be exact. And in that same year, the unemployment rate of a person with a high school diploma was almost double that of someone holding a bachelor’s degree.

If you are interested in starting a new and exciting journey and want more information about furthering your education, ASU-Newport can help. Representatives are available by phone at (800) 976-1676 or you can fill out a contact form online and a friendly and helpful staff member will get in touch with you directly. If you are ready to start the enrollment process, you can apply online today by visiting www.asun.edu. A brighter future is ahead at University of Arkansas Newport. N

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Scenes from this year’s Portfest 5K Walk and Run. They all look like they know what they are doing to me.

These are from the Practical Nursing Capping and Pinning Ceremony in June. Show are but a few, but we extend our Congratulations to all of these fine graduates from this ASUN program.

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CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT! Guilford Dudley, M.D. & Retha Dudley, A.P.R.N. will be retiring October 1, 2015.

Thank you for many years of dedication to the citizens of this community.

For more information about scheduling an appointment at Unity Health - Internal Medicine (formerly Harris Internal Medicine Clinic), please call (870) 523-2320.

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Cynthia Lochridge Manna Food Pantry is located in the Newport Pentecostal Church of God at 205 Ray street in Newport.

They are an open door pantry which means people that are in need can come in and choose the items that their family will enjoy. They do not go by any kind of income guide lines and are open every Tuesday from 9 a.m.

until 1 p.m. They have partnered with the NEA food bank in jonesboro and so are able to help more people in need. Anyone looking to donate to the pantry can contact Cynthia lochridge. at 870-219-0857 or can log on to www.newportpcg.com.

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ASUN to Hold Hunter Education Class Van Provence

Arkansas State University-Newport will host an AGFC Hunter Education Class Thursday, August 6 on the college’s Newport campus. The class will be held in Walton Hall room 127 from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., with a scheduled lunch break.

Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1969, must complete a hunter education course and carry a valid hunter education card to hunt in Arkansas. Youths under 16 may hunt without hunter education as long as they are under the direct supervision of an adult who is 21 years old. There is no specific age requirement to enroll in hunter education. However, the educational material is based on a sixth-grade reading level. Arkansas recognizes hunter education cards from other states.

Arkansas’s hunter education program is recognized in all states as well as in Canada and Mexico.

The class is free and there is no waiver associated with the class. Lunch may be purchased at The Hub in the Larry N. Williams Student/Community Center.

To register for the class, please contact Jennifer Ballard at 870-512-7861 or via e-mail at Jennifer_ Ballard@asun.edu<mailto:Jennifer_Ballard@asun.edu>.

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A cobbler by any other name – grumt, slump, dump, Betty, crumble - would still be as sweet. Cobbler, a truly American dessert, usually made with regionally seasonal fruits and berries, was devised by the early settlers because the ingredients for making their traditional English puddings weren’t available in the New World.

“Without the resources of brick ovens...colonial cooks often made cobblers…in pots over an open fire,” according to “The Oxford Encyclopedia of food and Drink in America, Volume 2.”

“In these types of pies, a filling made of fruit, meat or vegetable goes into a pot first; then a skin of dough is placed over the filling, followed by the pot’s lid. As cobblers cook, the filling stews and creates its own sauce and gravy, while the pastry puffs up and dries.”

The modern method is similar, with the main differences being found in the crust. Most have a biscuit dough crust that rises on top of bubbling fruit sweetened with honey or sugar. Some Northern versions are covered with actual biscuits.

Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and peaches, all traditional cobbler fillings, are in season right now in Arkansas. The simple combination of the fruit, its’ juice and a little sugar topped by a crispy, sweet crust turn out a delicious, juicy complex dessert. A scoop of homemade ice cream or decadent rich whipped cream is the perfect

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FRESH BERRY COBBLER Ingredients 1 cup sugar, divided 1 ½ tablespoons cornstarch ½ cup cold water 6 cups fresh berries (raspberries, blueberries, blackberries) 1 cup all-purpose flour ¾ cup self-rising yellow cornmeal mix ½ cup butter, melted (2 sticks) 1 cup milk Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine 1/3 cup sugar and cornstarch in a small bowl.

Whisk in cold water until mixture is partially dissolved.

Combine berries, cornstarch mixture, and in a large bowl until well blended; spoon berry mixture into a lightly greased 2-qt. baking dish.

Combine flour, cornmeal mix, and remaining sugar in a medium bowl. Stir in butter and milk until blended.

Gently spread batter evenly over berry mixture.

Bake 40 to 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center of the crust comes out clean.

PEACH AND BLUEBERRY COBBLER Ingredients To prepare the fruit: 6 to 8 fresh, ripe peaches 2 Tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice ½ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup all-purpose flour ½ pint fresh blueberries To prepare the crumble: 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed ½ teaspoon kosher salt ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ pound cold unsalted butter, diced (1 stick) Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Peel peaches. Peel the peaches, cut them into thick slices and place them in a large bowl. Toss with lemon juice to prevent browning. Sprinkle granulated sugar and flour, toss well. Gently mix in the blueberries. Allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes. Spoon the mixture into ramekins, custard cups, or ovenproof individual bowls.

For the topping, combine the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on low speed until the butter is the size of peas. Break up any large clumps with your fingertips until it’s in big crumbles, then sprinkle evenly over the fruit.

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Watermelon Fest Welcomes Shenandoah Crystal Crow

Cave City’s 36th annual Watermelon Festival is set to welcome new events and Grammy award winning band Shenandoah the weekend of August 6th, 7th, and 8th. Since the 1980’s, Cave City has celebrated and shared their “world’s sweetest melons” with surrounding communities and returning friends during this annual festival.

This year’s festival features old favorites like seed spittin’, watermelon feasting, and the Watermelon Festival parade and welcomes new events such as a wet zone for children, and rodeo events. Along with the new events, 2015 welcomes a new committee of festival leaders. Julie Johnson, Chairperson of the Watermelon Festival Planning Committee; “To me the Watermelon Festival is about much more than watermelons. While we celebrate watermelons during the festival, the event is about home. It's about roots, it’s about coming home. The school hosts an all school reunion the week of the festival. Many families plan family reunions around the festival. We want everyone who comes to the festival to feel like they have come home.”

Activities kick off Thursday, August 6 at 5:00 p.m., Friday’s events begin at 9:00 a.m. and the festival ends with a full day of events on Saturday beginning at 7 a.m. Find a full festival schedule by calling 870-283-5301 or visit www.cavecityarkansas. info, or like the “Cave City Watermelon Festival” page on Facebook. N

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Things To Do

Cooking Class with Sarah Metzger Hosted by the Jackson County Library at 213 Walnut Street in Newport from 2 to 4 p.m. on August 4. For more info call 870-523-2953.

Watersheds of War Empty Cupboards and Scarce Game. Times of hunger and deprivation in Civil War Jacksonport and the ingenious ways the residents made due with what they had. August 8 from 2 to 3 p.m. For more information call 870-523-2143.

In the Field with Randy Rice and Soybean Pests Randy Chlapecka

We’re entering the homestretch of the 2015 crop season as we enter the month of August. Planting of soybeans finally wrapped up in July and most herbicide and fertilizer applications have been made to wrap up those aspects of the rice and soybean crop. The main items to concentrate on between now and harvest are irrigation, insects, and diseases. In this month’s issue of Eye on Jackson, I’ll focus on the major late-season Tuckerman City Council Meeting insects that we normally deal with in rice and soybeans.

The 2nd Tuesday of each month. Tuckerman Water & Sewer With rice, our main insect concern during the 870-349-5336. N late season is the rice stink bug. These insects can do considerable damage between heading and the soft dough stage of development. Both yield and quality loss can result from the feeding of this insect.

Scouting for rice stink bug should begin at heading and continue until the rice nears maturity. The best way to scout is with a 15-inch diameter sweep net.

The person scouting should make ten consecutive 180 degree sweeps while walking forward through the field  and then count the number of stink bugs in the net.

Fields should preferably be scouted during the morning hours before the stink bugs start hiding out from the heat.

Treatment level is 5 bugs per 10 sweeps during the first 2 weeks after heading and 10 bugs per 10 sweeps during the third and fourth weeks after heading. Several insecticides are effective and are listed in the MP144 publication, Insecticide Recommendations for Arkansas.

In soybeans, the primary culprit after the plants start setting pods is the corn earworm. These insects feed on the developing seed within the pod and can  cause considerable yield loss due to this feeding. These  larvae can vary in color from yellowish-green to green, pink, brown or even black, each having longitudinal light-colored lines along the body. The head is most  often orange in color. When disturbed, these larvae  usually curl up into a “C” shape.

Scouting for the corn earworm is also normally done with the sweep net. The treatment level is 9 worms per  25 sweeps. Again, several insecticides are effective and           can be found in the MP-44 publication.                            For more information, feel free to contact me at Farmers Supply Association at Tuckerman. The office    number is 870-349-1316 and my e-mail address is            randychlapecka@gmail.com.

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U of A, Division of Agriculture, Research & Extension “4 H” To Make the Best Better Sarah Henry Metzger

4-H is a fun and educational program where kids “learn by doing.” It’s a great opportunity for youth to acquire knowledge and skills, and develop healthy lifestyles they can use the rest of their lives. In Arkansas, it takes the form of community clubs, project groups, in-school and afterschool programs. Four-H is part of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and reaches more than 134,000 youth.

Who can join? Anyone age 9-19 can join 4-H. Some counties even have younger children involved in cloverbud activities (age 5-8). 4-H happens wherever kids live — in large cities, small towns, on farms, and even on military bases.

Did you know? • 4-H members are 50% less likely than non 4-H members to smoke cigarettes, shoplift, or use illegal drugs. • 4-H members are 20% more likely to hold a leadership position in their school or community than non 4-H members. • 4-H members are 24% more likely to get involved in projects that “help others” than are non 4-H members. • 40% of 4-H alumni have completed a college degree, compared to 28% nationwide.

Come join the fun! The faces of 4-H kids are as diverse as the activities in which they take part. Some of the exciting programs members are experiencing firsthand include: Science and Technology • Health, food and nutrition • Citizenship and leadership • Camping • Community service • Livestock and poultry • ATV Safety • Public speaking • Photography • Operation Military Kids • Afterschool programs • and so much more. Although there are several ways to be involved, 4-H clubs offer the most fun and excitement. 4-H clubs are made up of adult volunteers working with a group of young people who want to learn new things, meet new people and have a good time along the way!

Best of all, participation in 4-H is free! To learn more , contact the Jackson County extension office at smetzger@uaex.edu or call 870-523-7450. N

Notes from the Clearing Shakes Joseph Thomas

I listen to the voice that waves at me through the glass and mortor, clouds and air between myself and the radio station. She inflects her ideals with reflections of Billie Holiday and a raw emotional voice that pulls me into her head, or my interpretation of what that could be, led by the melody she emits. I let myself drift through her created pulse and allow my mind to unwind its fabric and furrow, ebb and wave in the wind of my imagination.

When the song is over, the moment is gone, never to return. But this too, is as it should be and I dwell within the moment gone. N

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ARKANSAS GROWN SCHOOL GARDEN OF THE YEAR CONTEST CLOSES AUGUST 31.

Zachary Taylor

The Arkansas Agriculture Department and Farm Credit remind potential applicants that entries are being accepted for the second annual Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year contest till August 31, 2015. Applicants can be any Arkansas school, grades pre-K through 12, that had a school garden open during the 201415 school year and can provide documentation through photos or video of its uses and existence.

Entries will be judged by a committee.

Farm Credit is providing funding for the following award categories: • Best Nutrition Education Based Garden - $500 • Best Community Collaboration Award - $500 • Best Environmental Education Focused Garden - $500 • Overall Winning Arkansas Grown School Garden of the Year Award - $1,500 “We are looking forward to receiving applications from schools across the state, stated Wes Ward, Arkansas’s Secretary of Agriculture. Ward noted “research shows that students, teachers and communities benefit from the many learning opportunities school gardens offer such as responsibility, team work, hands on science and math instruction, along with improved nutrition education and behavior.

The AAD appreciates Farm Credit’s partnership and support in making the financial awards possible”.

Applications must be submitted online by August 31, 2015 at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ARKSCHOOLGARDEN For more information, please contact Cynthia Edwards at cynthia.edwards@aad.ar.gov , 501-219-6362 or Zachary Taylor, Director of Marketing, at 501-219-6324, email Zachary.Taylor@ aad.ar.gov.

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Healthy Women of Unity Unity Health Hosts Monumental Event Rebecca Pearrow

On July 1st, Unity Health proudly installed its inaugural class of the Unity Health Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program. An official White Coat Ceremony and Ribbon Cutting was held in the Hubach Conference Center located on Unity Health’s White County Medical Center campus at 3214 E. Race Ave. in Searcy.

The physicians in residency received their white physician coats during the formal ceremony. Speakers included Unity Health’s Director of Medical Education and Interim Family Medicine Program Director, Dr. Dewey McAfee and the Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education at Kansas City University, Dr. John Dougherty. The Honorable Mike Beebe, former Governor of Arkansas also spoke about the importance of the program for the entire state of Arkansas.

Unity Health’s internal medicine program is the first of its kind in the state, while the psychiatric program is the only psychiatric osteopathic residency program in Arkansas.

The GME Program, which officially began on July 1, offers osteopathic residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine and psychiatry. Sixteen medical school graduates have committed to completing their residency at Unity Health. Eight of the residents

will train as internal medicine physicians, while five residents will train as family medicine physician and three residents will train in psychiatric medicine.

Serving as the graduate phase of medical training, each program offers three years of intensive, hands-on osteopathic medicine training within both hospital and clinic environments. With a medical staff consisting of more than 150 physicians representing a broad range of specialties, both programs offer resident students frontline opportunities and excellent educational experiences caring for patients in various environments including hospital, clinic and surgery.

“The goal for students in our program is to receive the best residency experience possible and receive the highest quality training,” said Dr. David Covey, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director. “We want our residents to be motivated to do well in our program and make sure they are well-prepared to provide the best care for their patients.”

The program will help prepare residents to practice as osteopathic physicians. Physicians who practice and are trained in osteopathic medicine, also known as D.O.s, focus on a holistic view of medicine based on the philosophy that all bodily systems are connected and related to each other. Osteopathic medicine concentrates on the patient’s health as a whole to diagnose rather than treating the symptoms alone. Great emphasis is also placed on preventing disease.

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Dennis Yecke, Graduate Medical Education Operations Director; David Covey, M.D., Internal Medicine Program Director; John Henderson, M.D., Chief Medical Officer; Rachael Sowers, Graduate Medical Education Coordinator; Ray Montgomery, President/CEO of Unity Health; Dewey McAfee, D.O., Director of Medical Education and Interim Family Medicine Program Director; and J. Scott Stanley, M.D., Psychiatry Program Director.

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