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In This Issue 6/ Editor’s Note Dear Reader

32/ The Often Overlooked Changes

7/ Trending @ ASUN

35/ Thyme Enough

8/ Uncle Occam

37/ Batesville Area Arts Council

10/Smith’s Verdict **

38/ In The Tooth

14/ Cherri Design

40/ In The Field with Randy

15/ A Minute in Mich’s Mind 20/ Seniors, can we talk?

42/ Cover Story

Flipping The Switch Mars

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Premium Changes

22/ Tasty Talk

Development of Food Allergies

22/ Local Faces 31/ Unity Health Harris

Jackson Co. Senior Center Grand Opening

Biscuits

Your Childs Dental Health Delayed Planting

Ruthie Mountain Smoked Pepper

45/ Tales of a Transplanted Fashionista Volunteers

46/ Myers-Davis

Procrastination (2)

50/ Notes from the Clearing The Weight of One Sock

52/ Things To Do

Editor’s Note

Dear Reader

Joseph Thomas Dear Reader, we hope this Spring of 2018 found you with occasional moments to enjoy the rebirth of the greenery and bountiful colors that are drawn from the ground in such weather.

I would bid you to read on to find ASUN’s recent transition to solar power, Scott Parker shares another Uncle Occam where he questions life on Mars and reviews the changes in his life in The Often Overlooked. Cherri Rodgers continues her scent exploration, Michelle Reichardt looks at driving teens, Caroline Beauchamp talks Premium Changes and Hannah Rogers speaks Food Allergies.

Michelle Foshee shares the Jackson County Senior Center Grand Opening, Nelson and Sandy Barnett share a delicious biscuit recipe, Tanner Smith reviews Exorcist II for those horror fans out there and Dr. Mark Chunn continues his look at children’s dental health. Randy Chlapecka writes about delayed planting this Spring, Kacey Burge honors our cover with Randy and Katie Crumby’s Ruthie Mountain Smoked Peppers, Myers - Davis review Eat That Frog, Leigh Keller volunteers as a hugger and I have the fifth installment of The Weight of One Sock.

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Flipping The Switch ASUN has committed to serving its students and community as efficiently as possible. Part of this commitment is the new $1.8 million solar array. The 14th of March, 2018, Dr. Sandra Massey flipped the switch that will provide nearly 50% of the campus’ electricity from their new solar panels. To put this massive endeavor into perspective, ASUN’s solar array is the largest publicly-owned solar array in the state of Arkansas not owned by a utility provider.

To further this endeavor, ASUN will be making an additional $2.2 million in energy-efficient upgrades and improvements. This will include every interior and exterior light on each of the three campuses being upgraded to LED and several older HVAC units will be replaced with high-efficiency units that will further contribute to the project’s overall cost savings. Every building on campus will also be connected via an integrated control system that can be monitored and adjusted from any location.

The entire project will make the campus more energy efficient and equate to approximately $200,000 a year in guaranteed cost savings. Under Arkansas’ Guaranteed Energy Savings Contracts, providers of installations like ours actually guarantee the yearly cost savings by paying the difference if savings are lower than expected.

All of this will lower operating costs, allowing ASUN to committ to more affordable tuition. ASUN is proud to be one of the lowest cost institutions in the state and work to provide an affordable, high-value education to their students with initiatives like this.

“And, while we’re not quite there yet,” explains Dr. Massey, “I foresee that ASUN students – not to mention local middle and high school students – will eventually have the opportunity to utilize the solar installation as a learning laboratory for alternative energy technology.

I look forward to exploring the vast learning prospects

the installation will afford us.”

Beyond the direct, measurable benefits the energy project will provide, the project will ultimately reduce ASUN’s carbon footprint. This project will also offer an educational opportunity for students as a lab for solar renewable maintenance. With a cleaner, greener campus, ASUN is poised to be a leader in both education and environmental sustainability. Massey adds, “What better way to prepare our students for the future than preparing for it ourselves, and what better way to teach our students about sustainability than to act sustainably ourselves?”

April events at ASUN: April 5th – Phi Theta Kappa Induction Ceremony to welcome new PTK members, followed by a small reception. The ceremony will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the Fowler Family Hospitality Services Building located on ASU-Newport at Jonesboro campus.

April 14th – Summer Movies in the Park, sponsored by ASUNewport, starts the summer off with “Back to the Future”.

April 16th , 17th, 18th – Spring Fling events are planned on all ASUN Campuses for the students! The party starts at 11:00 a.m. and wraps by 1:00 p.m. Here are the Spring Fling dates/locations: April 16 – Newport, April 17 – Marked Tree and April 18 – Jonesboro!

April 17th – Frankie Valli Tribute Show, “Let’s Hang On!” pays tribute to one of the greatest vocal groups of all time, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, showcasing their mega-hits. The show will be Tuesday April 17th at 7pm. Tickets available at tickets.asun.edu.

April 25th – AESOP’s Dinosaur Fable National Tour, starring Bits ‘N Pieces GIANT Puppets at ASUN’s Center for the Arts.

April 28th – ASU-Newport hosts the annual High Voltage Linemen Rodeo. Statewide Linemen teams compete in categories such as Egg Race (fastest up/down a pole with their egg intact), 100 Amp Change out, 600 amp change out and more!

April 28th – Jackson County Dance and Cheer Recital will be held at ASUN’s Center for the Arts.

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Uncle Occam Mars

Scott Parker is a native of Harrisburg Arkansas who never felt the need to stray very far from home for any real length of time. He is an amateur Herpetologist, amateur Entomologist, amateur Mycologist, amateur Botanist, amateur Woodworker, amateur Writer, and a professional Dog and Cat lover.

The question of life on other planets has had mankind pondering since, well, since forever, I guess. And when I was a far younger soul, the prospect of life on other planets obsessed me. And no planet more than Mars. I could see it from my back yard, tell what color it was even. A reddish orange dot in the sky, the fourth rock from the sun, beckoning a young mind to ponder its wonders, to ask the questions, and maybe, just maybe answer them.

So, in that spirit of discovery and wonder, lets ask Uncle Occam- Is there life on Mars?

First, lets look at Mars itself. Mars is the fourth planet from our sun. Because of its red color, bringing up thoughts of fire and blood, it is named after the mythological Roman god of war. It has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos. It falls just inside of what scientists call the Goldilocks zone of our sun, which is to say, the zone that is neither too hot or too cold for life as we know it. Mars is roughly half the size of Earth and has roughly one third the gravity. Mars does have an atmosphere, consisting of mainly Carbon Dioxide,though its atmosphere is much thinner than that of Earth.

The first spacecraft to land there was the Viking mission, touching down in 1976. This mission was unique on two fronts. It was the first time that mankind had touched the face of Mars and it was the first and last mission that carried experiments specificly designed to test for life. That experiment, named The Labeled Release/ Pyrolytic Release Test, performed flawlessly, sampling the soil, delivering the sample via a robotic arm to the test chamber, and performing the analysis perfectly. And when

the results came back... Well thats were things got a little blurry. The results on the first half of the testing came back as a textbook positive. It was exactly what scientists had expected for signs of bacterial life. But, when the results of the Pyrolytic Release, which tested just for the organic compounds that orgamisms are made of, came back a textbook negative, red flags flew. One experiment saying YES the other saying the first could’nt be correct. At the time 1-1=0, but we will get into this in a bit.

Viking also carried cameras and did deliver the first closeup pictures of the Martian surface, albeit that they were slightly grainy and in black and white. But alas, they provided no real evidence. As is the case with photos of unknown territory, visual evidence is subject to interptetation, and add in the fact that everything about the world they were taken on was by definition, alien, interpetation becomes even more suspect.

There have been several other lander missions, all of which were staggering accomplishments but for our purposes I’m only going to touch on four. Spirit and Opportunity are a pair of identical twins that landed on Mars in 2004, Spirit first and Opportunity a few weeks later. They have both photographed the Martian surface in unpresidented detail. Stereoscopic photography as clear as a picture taken by the best cameras on earth, vivid white balanced colors, and even panoramic veiws have all but allowed us to walk on the surface, but sadly in our argument, photos are all but useless. Photos no matter how clear, are simply not evidence of fact. Many Mars photos hint at this or that, but nothing can be proved by looking at a picture.

Both Spirit and Opportunity have provided rock solid proof of water on Mars, which by most reconing is a requirement FOR life, but by no means proof OF life.

The last lander/rover that we sent to Mars, Curosity, is the most advanced, powerful scientific tool to ever leave this planet, but sadly it carries no direct life detection equipment. But it has confirmed the existance of something

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very important to our argument. Methane.

One last lander that I would bring up is the Pheonix. This landers biggest contribution to our issue was the discovery of Percholates in the Martian soil.

Percholate is a powerful oxidizer.

Several orbiters have, and still are circling Mars, sending back some absolutely astounding photos of the surface. Several of these are interesting, some for what they show and some for what they do not show. What they show includes signs of flowing water, obvious openings to underground caverns, and undisdutable evidence of large quanities of water ice. What they do not show is liquid standing water,or any sort of seasonal color change in the landscape that would be assocated with the seasonal spread of foliage.

This is by no means even remotely scratching the surface of the information, but for our purposes, it is the most pertainet points.

First, let me clarify one point. The sort of life we are discussing here is not necessarily herds of some bison like creature thundering across the plains of Mars.

That would be totally cool, but for our purpose, microbes would be just as good. Life is Life and ANY life form would diametrically change our veiw of our universe.

Now, lets look at the information.

The Viking tests were considered negative, or at best inconclusive, because of conflicting results. One positive, one negative, and at the time, using the known information, that was a valid assumption. But with the addition of the Pheonix mission, the negative result from the Pyrolytic Release test comes into question.

The discovery of Perchalotes in the martian soil, while not information from the same mission as Viking, is an extremely valid explanation of the negative result. Percholate is an oxidizer that when heated destroys unprotected organic compounds. The samples in the Pyrolytic Release test were heated. Those in the Labeled Release test were not. Also, there are no valid arguments to account for a false positive in the Labeled Release test.

The discovery of water on both the Martian surface and sub-surface was a must for life, at least in any resembelance to that on Earth. No water would mean no life, and Mars fulfills that requirment with, not just the discovery of some water, but alot of water.

The presence of caverns, while not direct evidence for or against life, would provide possible protected habitats. The could also act as reservors for underground aquaquifers. The absence of evidence for standing water on the surface can be explained by the far lower atomospheric pressure and by low temperture. Standing water is not a prerequisite for life, only the presence of water. Life exists on Earth that can live in any water source, from ice to steam. The lack of foliage and the seasonal color change assocated with it here on Earth, can be explained in that perhaps, if plants do exist on Mars, they do not utilize photosynthsis or pollanation.

Fungi here on earth, do not, and this virtually eliminates the need for leaves or really any sort of above ground foliage.

And finally, the finding of methane by both spectrascopic methods and direct measurement may be the most influencial bit of information in this discussion.

Methane is a gaseous hydrocarbon, that on Earth is produced by several processes.

And ALL of these processes involve a biological process... that is to say it is produced as a byproduct of life. There are a couple of convoluted scenarios, involving the words “if”, “maybe”,and “possible” at an alarming frequency, that by which methane could be produced by a non-biological source, but Uncle Occam thinks they are grasping at straws. The amounts of Methane detected are small, but it is there. And there is some evidence that the amounts of Methane increases during the Martian summer. If that is the case, it would suggest an increase of biological activity influenced by the warmth.

So, after digesting all of this information, lets ask Uncle Occam. Is Mars a barren, sterile planet, even though it fulfills every prerequsite for life? Is it lifeless and empty, even though every negative result can be explained in a simple and concise way, while the positives have no viable objections? On this one, Uncle Occam says, “That while we don’t need to grab our tin foil hats just yet, We are not alone.” N April 2018 9

Smith’s Verdict **

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) Tanner Smith is a native of Manila, Arkansas. He has written movie reviews for the T Tauri Galaxy (www.ttauri.org/galaxy) for several years and is a five year veteran of the T Tauri Movie Camp. He has made a number of films, ranging from horror to documentary, and has won awards in filmmaking and screenwriting.

Here in Smith’s Verdict, I (Tanner Smith) try to bestow through words an enlightened point of view on the films I choose to review. (Or, at least, that’s what I try to do nowadays—do you know how many of my earlier reviews I would like to rewrite/revise?!) With that said, let’s talk about what many critics and audiences declared one of the worst films ever made—John Boorman’s “Exorcist II: The Heretic.”

How badly was this film received? Within ten minutes of its Chicago critics’ screening, the crowd chased the executives away in anger. At a theater in Hollywood Blvd., the audience threw things at the screen (at least these people actually stayed through the film to the end). On the night of the premiere, audiences straight-up laughed at the film, as they couldn’t take it seriously. And among the critics who slammed it harshly, Gene Siskel wrote in his review for the Chicago Tribune, “’Exorcist II’ is the worst motion picture I’ve seen in almost eight years on the job [as a film critic].” (I feel sorry that Siskel saw worse films in his remaining 22 years of life ‘til his death in ‘99.) Is it truly worth the hate it receives? Let’s take a look…

It should be noted that despite taking the opportunity to direct a sequel to “The Exorcist,” one of the greatest (and most profitable) horror films of all time, director John Boorman did not care for the original film, calling the original script “rather repulsive.” For the sequel, he set out to make a film in his own vision—one that would take risks while sending the audience on a journey that was “positive, about good, essentially” (according to Boorman

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in an interview). So, where did he go wrong and did he succeed in some way(s)?

Before I answer that, I’ll talk about the story. Four years after the exorcism of Regan O’Neil, which resulted in the death of Father Merrin (Max Von Sydow) (oh, and also the death of Father Kerras, but never mind about him until “Exorcist III,” if you can help it), a preacher struggling with his faith, named Lamont (Richard Burton), is sent to investigate what truly happened back then, after Church authorities declare they don’t want to acknowledge that demons and Satan exist. The now-teenaged Regan (Linda Blair) is monitored by a psychiatric institute because she claims she doesn’t remember anything from the experience.

Psychiatrist Gene Tuskin (Louise Fletcher) believes her memories are simply repressed and has a method that can help find them.

OK, this is where you really have to suspend your disbelief when this method is introduced—it’s a device that can apparently cause two people to go under hypnosis and visit each other’s minds…I’m not entirely sure that’s how that works.

Tuskin wants to use the machine to find out what really happened to Regan. While continuing his investigation, Lamont becomes involved and tries questioning Regan, which Tuskin doesn’t see as doing as much good as harm.

Things get even more complicated when Lamont hooks himself up to the machine with Regan, which leads to more questions needing to be answered.

So, you can probably spot the first point in which “Exorcist II: The Heretic” goes downhill. This machine, a “synchronizer,” seems highly implausible, especially after the first film had such a gritty, realistic feel to it and made the supernatural elements feel more plausible with each scene. The way this device is set up feels more at home in a science-fiction film. I would believe in hypnotherapy as an attempt to solve the problem of interpreting Regan’s past

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trauma, but not this thing. In fact, this was the very thing I mentioned before that caused audiences to give up and laugh at its premiere. It seemed to start out fine, with an exorcism prologue that is creepy enough for audiences… and then it cuts to Regan being introduced to Tuskin’s machine. Odd segue, eh?

Is that the only problem with “Exorcist II: The Heretic?” Well…no. As much as there is scientific babble about how the machine “synchronizes brain waves,” there’s a lot of spiritual babble as well. Much of it is actually kind of fascinating (which I’ll get into later), but for the most part, it’s either not written well or not delivered well. It’s a little difficult to understand what the film is saying for the most part because of confusing dialogue. I think I have some idea of what the film was building up to, but I’ve seen the film twice now (once out of curiosity, twice to review it) and I can say this: when Tuskin delivers one of the final lines of dialogue, “I understand now but the world won’t,” I was confused because I was still a little lost, much like “the world.”

It also doesn’t help that Richard Burton, who takes up a good chunk of the film’s spiritual aspects, delivers his lines like he’s talking in his sleep. Burton looks like he’d rather be anywhere else than in this film. His character is supposed to be a troubled priest seeking answers beyond his comprehension, but the way Burton plays it gives off the impression that he could use a drink. Hearing him say the central demon’s name “Pazuzu” multiple times out of what is supposed to be fear just comes off as silly. (But to be fair…the demon’s name is “Pazuzu.” I dare you to say that name at least twice without cracking up.)

And while it has its talk of the spirit world, the demon world, exorcism, and so forth, “Exorcist II: The Heretic” also shows a little of the “terror.” But the problem there is, as “The Exorcist” proved successfully, less is more. There are many laughable visuals in the film, most notably a giant locust that flies around Africa in search of a new victim.

And there’s also James Earl Jones in a locust costume… need I say more?

So I’ve talked about the confusion the film generates, the ridiculous plot device that’s literally a device, and Richard Burton’s embarrassing performance. Is there anything positive to say about this film that most people called one of the worst of all time?

I think so. For one thing, I admire that the film is a continuation (even if four years after the original event is a little too long) and they don’t try the same things the original did. The narrative allows more to be discovered, such as when Regan develops somewhat of a psychic ability and has an interesting conversation with Lamont about it and about how it can used to someone’s advantage before it can be used for evil. And when Lamont goes from place to place, country to country, finding out more than he expected, I was interested to find out more of what was beneath the surface of the mystery (even if the name “Pazuzu” is off-putting). And there are some chilling moments, such as the prologue and Lamont’s encounter with James Earl Jones’ Kucomo. But those chilling

moments make way for conversations that sound false and moments that seem silly rather than frightening (such as loud chanting when the characters are in Africa). “Exorcist II: The Heretic” isn’t trying to be a horror film, necessarily, but more of an odd, unusual, spiritual journey in which characters find themselves facing against the Devil. And considering one of these characters (Regan) spent an entire film (the original “Exorcist”) with a demon inside her, that journey is all the more fascinating, especially when she develops her psychic gift (or is it a curse?). It almost feels like she’s being tested by God to make the right choices.

But sadly, Boorman doesn’t execute that intriguing element well, and it leads to a confusing climactic scene in which, again, I’m not entirely sure what happened and what was learned from it. I just know…there were a lot of locusts.

“Exorcist II: The Heretic” is a very strange film, but it’s not one of the worst movies ever made. There are parts I find interesting to watch and other parts I find maddening to watch, as well as parts that are simply absurd (such as when Regan casually says the line, “I was possessed by a demon”). I think if the plot was tighter, the people behind the making of the film were more confident about what they were trying to accomplish here, and, like I said, hypnotherapy was involved in the story (instead of that ridiculous machine), people would think differently about it. As is, it’s a mess, but it’s an intriguing mess. N

Teen Driving Roadeo Felicity Parish

The Teen Driving Roadeo sponsored by the Injury Prevention Center at Arkansas Children’s Hospital will be held from 12:00-3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 7th at the FutureFuel/White-Rodgers Facility located at 2895 Harrison St. in Batesville. FREE to the public With motor vehicle crashes being the leading cause of death for teens in Arkansas, the Teen Driving Roadeo gives parents and teens the opportunity to receive hands-on education from a variety of community partners on laws and current recommendations for teen drivers and parents of teen drivers. The goal is to make sure that teens and parents are hearing the same evidence based information.

The event will begin with registration and food provided

by First Community Bank and many sponsors from 12:0012:30, followed by guest speakers and the extrication demonstration by the Batesville Fire Department.

Teens and their parents will continue through 10 interactive stations set up for conveying important information on teen driving.

At the Share the Road station, representatives from the Arkansas Trucking Association and its Arkansas Road team — professional drivers with excellent driving records and a commitment to highway safety — will be at the event with a tractor-trailer. Teen drivers and parents learn to share the road by getting behind the wheel and seeing the perspective of a professional driver. Teen drivers and parents also learn about other highway safety issues, such as the importance of avoiding distractions, fatigue and impairment.

The law and you station will have local law enforcementon on hand to provide education to teens and parents on how they should interact with law enforcement in the event they are stopped, what to do if they are involved in a motor vehicle crash and learn about the driving while intoxicated and driving under the influence laws.

To increase knowledge for teens and parents about laws and recommendations regarding railroad crossings and motor vehicles, an operation lifesaver station will be available.

Teens and parents will also have the opportunity to learn the different components of the Arkansas Graduated Driving Licensing laws.

A distracted driving station will be set up to increase awareness of the dangers of distracted driving.

Teens will also see an auto care station to learn basic car care, such as checking fluids, tire maintenance, where to find the spare and how to jump start their car.

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and paramedics will provide education on motor vehicle safety and what teens should do if they receive injuries in a motor vehicle crash.

A local insurance agent will be on hand to discuss insurance requirements, factors that affect those rates and whether the state minimum requirement is adequate coverage.

Teens will receive a free T-shirt and emergency road

kit for completing the stations. Some local schools are offering incentives for teens to attend. One lucky teen will be selected to fly over Batesville with the Survival Flight Team right there on site.

All soon to be drivers and teens already behind the wheel are encouraged to attend. N

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Cherri Rodgers has a B.S. In Interior Design from UCA. She is active in several local ministries & community projects. Most of all, she values time with her family and grandson. Cherri's Interior Design is available for both residential & commercial design or decorating needs. Cherri now has The Kitchen Shop at 2485 Harrison St. for all your kitchen needs.

Helen Keller said, “Scent is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have lived.” Most of our focus is on how our home looks, but how it smells is more important. Our olfactory sense is our most powerful and strongest sense. Scents trigger memories and affect our mood. Pleasant odors set a good mood, creating a pleasing environment. In contrast, foul odors create an unpleasant environment. Scents also trigger memories, both good and bad. My grandpa wore a specific aftershave, and while I never liked it, decades after his death if I catch a whiff, memories of my grandpa come flooding back.

Scent is often used to trigger our brain to encourage a specific action. For example, many retail stores spray the store to entice you to purchase specific products, such as bath and body stores. Department stores often use dispensers that periodically emit a specific scent for a specific department, such as baby powder in the baby department. We rarely notice this sales tactic, but it encourages us to linger, thus

hopefully resulting in larger sales. If you doubt the strong effect of this tactic, think about popcorn at the movie theatre, coffee at a coffee shop or baking bread in a bakery.

In our homes, a water filter helps clean the air and rid it of unwanted odors. I add a few drops of essential oil to freshen the air and add a pleasing odor to my home. Diffusers are popular right now, and I use one in my bedroom. I turn it on about an hour before bedtime and let it run, as it turns off automatically in a few hours. The essential oil not only smells wonderful, but it relaxes me. Air filters are a great addition to remove unwanted odors, particles in the air and freshen our homes. These products range in price and size for the entire house or a single room. Both my daughter and I notice a difference in the quality of the air using these products, as well as a pleasing odor filling our environment. If budget is an issue, start with a room diffuser. These are also great for your work office.

I want to encourage you to ‘sniff’ your home if you are able to detect scents in your environment, as we grow accustomed to them, or ask someone who will be honest with you. Even though we may not be aware, our brain notices these odors. Strive to replace a chemical filled environment with a healthier, pleasing environment for your family and guests. Since this change in my life, walking past the cleaning aisle nearly chokes me. I can now more readily detect scents/ chemicals on people as well. Just walking to the door of homes, I can usually detect several products, such as dryer sheets or candles. As your body begins to detoxify, it craves natural, clean God-created scents. My wish for you is a healthy, pleasant environment!

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Parents of newly-licensed teens spend countless hours worrying about their child’s safety – and justifiably so. In our fast-paced lives, there are more drivers on the roads than ever before, and many of those are young, inexperienced drivers with numerous distractions.

According to the most recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, teen drivers are approximately three times more likely to be in a fatal crash than drivers over age 20.

This alarming statistic validates the worry parents experience as their teens become licensed drivers. Although an immediate, emotional response might be to hide the keys, the best way parents can approach their teen’s new independence is through education. educ One of the best ways to educate is to demonstrate. All adult drivers – parents, guardians, siblings, and friends, etc. – must model the behavior they wish for the teen driver in their life. We must focus on being distraction-free drivers! Stay focused on arriving safely and “drive” that message home to your teen at every opportunity.

How focused were you the last time you were behind the wheel?

What was one of the completely avoidable distractions you allowed? Let me guess, your cell phone. “… it was just a quick text…it was a call I’ve been waiting for … it was hands-free …“ We justify our behavior, but they’re modeling it. Think twice before using your cell phone in the vehicle. Even hands-free prevents you from being completely focused on safe driving. Let that th next text or phone call wait until you can safely respond.

Talk to your teen about the danger of using their cell phone while driving.

Now that the obvious is out of the way, what else has distracted you while driving? Did you even realize that you were distracted while enjoying your morning coffee and breakfast bar on the road?

Picture this; your teen is enjoying his regular energy drink and favorite breakfast goodie while driving to school. His breakfast suddenly slips between his fingers and lands on his brand new jeans. He looks down, and that’s the last thing he remembers before being shaken by the first responders. Just.like.that. A befo preventable distraction has changed the course of his day … or even his life. Distraction-free means not eating and drinking while driving but they’re worth it!

That distraction was a bit hard to swallow, but the next one is possibly the most difficult for your newly independent teen.

Passengers! Friends, family, pets. They all need a ride, right? Your teen has new-found independence, but they never go anywhere alone. How will you handle this with your teen? You have someone with you all the time, why can’t they?

It is critical that teens understand the potential distractions that come with a passenger. They may talk or sing loud; they want to make eye contact; they want to point out things passed by along the way; and so on. Teens must understand that simply talking to the passenger or changing the song – is a distraction.

We’ve only considered a few things that keep us from being distraction-free drivers. There are far too many to share in this one setting, so I’ve linked some of the best available to our website (www.reichardtinsurance.com). Please take a few minutes to view some of them.

Michelle has been a licensed Property/Casualty & Life/Health agent since 2007. Before joining Randy and the Reichardt Insurance Agency, she was the owner of multiple small businesses. Outside of work Michelle enjoys volunteering, beekeeping, reading, and travel with her family. She loves being mom to daughter Bailey, and one fur-kid Abby.

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“FAMOUS ARKANSANS” Developmental Disabilities Awareness Shelly Hendrix

Disability is a matter of perception. When we look at people with disabilities we see positive attitudes with the ability to accomplish great things.

Governor Asa Hutchinson recently joined forces with the AR Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS) to proclaim 18 “Famous Arkansans” from across the state by recognizing them for their drive and determination – not their disabilities.

Among the Famous Arkansans is Jordan Branscum of Batesville. Jordan is a 26-year-old student at the University of Arkansas Community College of Batesville, where he recently obtained a medical billing and coding certificate. He has worked at the local Home Depot for the past two years and has been recognized several times as the Employee of the Month. When he has free time, Jordan is an aspiring author of Christian Science fiction.

The eighteen were selected after DHS asked people in the community to nominate individuals who are succeeding in their communities and who serve as an example to others with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Developmental Disabilities Awareness is important to promote respect for people with disabilities and delays and to continue to educate Arkansans on the wide range of abilities people with intellectual and developmental disabilities possess, and dispel the many misperceptions about their abilities.

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DDS has been training service providers on supported employment techniques that will continue to assist clients with gainful, integrated employment in their communities. The program allows individuals with developmental disabilities to develop and/or maintain the level of independence they want and to meaningfully contribute to their communities economically.

With nearly 2,100 employees, DDS provides funding for community and facility-based care and services to thousands of Arkansans, and also operates five Human development Centers in Arkadelphia, Booneville, Conway, Jonesboro and Warren that house nearly 1000 clients. About 100,000 Arkansans receive Medicaid-funded services for developmental disabilities or delays.

For more Information contact: Glenn Bolick, DHS Public Information Manager Glenn.Bolick@dhs.arkansas.gov or 501-3206028.

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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 widelypublished informational column, ‘Caroline, Can We Talk?’.

As soon at Betty walked into my office she said “What are they waiting on?” Not knowing what she was talking about I didn’t know what to say.

Betty told me she talked with two (2) friends last week who were totally discouraged about their life insurance. One friend (Jamie’s husband) has a 15 year term policy (he has paid the same premium for 15 years now the premium is going UP). Another friend (Susie) has a permanent policy that earns an interest rate.

Here’s what they told Betty. Even though Jamie’s husband had been contacted by his agent to talk about and review his term policy BEFORE the term period ended, he did nothing. He was convinced the best thing was to keep his policy until the term period ended and that his agent only wanted to “sell something”. The “term period” of his policy ended in February and he got his “new” premium notice – it is 4 times what it was! Now he has decided he needs to talk with his agent. Jamie’s husband called his agent who asked about his medical history, medication he takes and recent doctor visits. He really does not take much medication but he did have 4

bypasses last year. Yes, that will increase the premium on a new policy, if he can get a new policy. What about converting his term policy? If he converts his term policy he will not have to answer any medical questions; it will be very simple. Yes, but the timeframe to convert his policy has ended; he cannot convert his policy. His options include continuing his current policy with the premium increasing every year that is more than he has budgeted, applying for a new policy and hoping he will be accepted or dropping his policy and having no life insurance at all.

Have you noticed that interest rates are less now than they were in 1997? In 1997 it was not unusual for a life insurance policy to earn 6.75% interest and guarantee 4% interest. Policy holders did not want to assume a conservative 4% interest – goodness! why? They were convinced that no one would ever pay only 4%; that was the minimum! Today policies may earn 2.5% or 2% interest. Susie has been looking at her policy every year.

Unfortunately, that is all she has done; she was certain interest rates would go up and stay up. Today instead of her policy staying in effect until she is 83, her policy is going to stay in effect until she is 73. Susie is 71 now.

In 1997 Susie didn’t think she’d need or want her life insurance policy past 83; things have changed. To keep her policy more than 2 years she will have to increase her premium – an unexpected, unbudgeted cost item.

“What are they waiting on?” Ruth asked. Review your life insurance now – what are you waiting on? Call me at 501-868-6650 and say “Caroline, can we talk?”

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Tasty Talk

Development of Food Allergies

Hannah Rogers recently returned home after serving 5 years in the U.S. Coast Guard as a cook. She enjoys time with her dog, baking, hiking, and serving others.

Hannah is currently in the process of establishing Hananel Bakery in Batesville

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, food allergies are known to affect at least 4-6% of children and 4% of adults. In recent decades, just Celiac disease has risen over 500% and peanut allergies over 300%. Seemingly a small statistic, but food allergies and sensitivities are becoming all too common in our society. This is especially true when allergic diseases characterize the largest group of pediatric chronic diseases in most countries.

This drastic rise is predominantly due to chemicals.

A 2010 study shows that America imports or produces over 74 billion pounds of chemicals every single day.

This equals over 250 pounds of chemicals per person per day. Even worse is that number increases every year.

In recent decades, over 100,000 new chemicals are used in common consumer products. On average, women use 12 personal care products a day and men use about 6 a day. Research shows that people with higher than average levels of these chemicals have a 240% increase in food allergies. The most toxic chemicals are pesticides and herbicides, air fresheners, chlorinated water, hand sanitizers, toothpaste, and deodorant.

Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are known to cause dramatic changes in a variety of bodily processes, such as the immune system and hypersensitivity mediators. EDCs imitate steroid hormones, promote endocrine and reproductive disorders, lead to immunodeficiency against infection

Local Faces Compass Church Womens Ministry Conference Judy Rogers

The ladies of Compass Church at 4440 Harrison Street Batesville, are gearing up for their second annual Women’s conference “Choose Joy” on Friday, April 27th.

Event coordinator Judy Rogers said, “We are excited about hosting another community-wide conference for women. We have a group of ladies who are working diligently to make sure everything is in place for the event. It takes every one of us working together to make it happen. As we approach this year’s conference, I’m confident that another chapter will be added to our story - both individually and collectively. Our desire is to gather women of every age, race and background, all

and hyperreactivity of immune responses, cause autoimmune diseases, and interfere with a wide range of health factors. The increasing use of EDCs since World War II coincides with the increased prevalence of autoimmune and allergic diseases.

This affects our response to food because chemicals are known to kill microbes, deplete us of Vitamin D, and change our immune cells. Microbes and Vitamin D are what our immune system relies on to remain calm. When certain microbes are not present, immune cells start attacking food particles, causing a reaction.

Products known to be anti-microbial or germ/pestkilling are among the highest reasons that food allergies develop, as these chemicals wipe our immune system clean of microbes. In addition, an Australian study shows that infants who have 20ng/mL of Vitamin D have a 379% increase in egg allergy, 1151% increase in peanut allergy, and 1048% increase in multiple food allergies. An American study compared levels of below 15ng/mL and above 30ng/mL discovered that there was a 239% increase in peanut allergies among those getting less Vitamin D. Research has also shown that if a fetus has been exposed to chemicals during a pregnancy their risk of allergies is much greater. For example, pesticide-fetus interaction will commonly produce an offspring with multiple allergies and hay fever, especially among males.

Other toxic and chemical exposure to a fetus will have a grave risk on their health over their entire lifespan.

They will also cause skin disorders, such as dermatitis and eczema, as well.

Unfortunately, this topic does not end here.

Chemicals are dangerous, especially when added to our foods. Next month we will discuss the top harmful food additives.

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joining together to be inspired, built-up and refreshed. As believers we must make a constant effort to choose joy and bring the good news of Jesus to others and shine His light wherever we go.”

This is the second annual event and Rogers hopes to continue the event in the future. Last year over 400 women join in a night of praise and worship; women from Searcy, Newport, Ash Flat, Melbourne, Walnut Ridge, Jonesboro and the surrounding area. The ladies are so excited about providing this opportunity for women of all dominations to come together for a night of worship and fellowship. “We want to provide a conference that is close and inexpensive to allow many women to attend,” Rogers said.

Rogers believes that today’s women are overwhelmed, over-loaded, and under-encouraged. That they’re uncertain about how to tap into the resources that God provides us through His Word, His Son, and through the

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M&P After Hour Fun Shelly Hendrix

The Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) held a Business After Hours recently. The event was hosted

by Merchants & Planters Bank and featured a “Family Feud” style game. Arkansas Sheriff’s Youth Ranches, Lyon College, UACCB, and Randy Reichardt Insurance Agency all competed for the winning trophy and bragging rights!

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encouragement of other believers.

She wanted to develop a conference that would bring help for those who had hurts and pains, loss and anguish, or felt overburdened and overwhelmed from everyday life find hope.

“Last year the event was amazing,” adds Rogers, “To spend the evening with a bunch of wonderful women praising God and listening to his word being spoke through others was such a remarkable experience and a true blessing.”

Rogers says to expect a great night of praise and worship, led by Angie Insell and the New Life Church Praise Team from Searcy.

This year’s keynote speaker is Rachel Kelley. Originally from Amarillo, Texas, Rachel Kelley is a wife and mom to six children.

She dabbled in writing children's books before writing her personal testimony, Rachel's Raft which she is currently seeking publication for as she maintains her blog under

the same name. Her near death experience was featured on CBN's The 700 Club. Along with her husband Michael, Rachel has traveled throughout the south sharing her story in churches and at women's conferences. She is an avid follower of Christ and loves to speak about the power of the Holy Spirit. She and her husband spent ten years in middle Tennessee and now reside, with their children, in Arkansas.

Guests can expect an “afterparty” at the end of the conference, for refreshments and fellowship.

Tickets are on sale at the Compass Church, the Bread of Life Bookstore and Deni’s Inspirations in Batesville for $10.00 each. Tickets can also be purchased through Event Brite. The conference will be Friday, April 27th 6:30-8:30. The doors will open at 6:00 for general admission. If someone needs to purchase tickets for a group they can do this by contacting Rogers at delve@thecompass.net or by calling (501)-438-9760. “If you and a group

of women from your church would like to attend, please contact us for the number of tickets you would like to request. We will get the tickets delivered to you so that you will not have to stand in line.”

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I would like to thank all of the schools for sending in so many scholarship applications this year. It made our job very hard, but we have chosen the 2018 Rotary Scholarship Winners. Each student will receive a $500 scholarship and will be invited to our Award Ceremony on Monday evening, June 25, 2018. Invitations will be mailed at a later date. Photos of our winners are attached for publication.

Winners are: Batesville: Cave City: Cedar Ridge: Midland: Southside: Home School:

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quality of life, community aesthetics, and encourage new investment in Newport and Jackson County.”

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ASUN Student Jace Ford Receives Scholarship from the Jackson County Farm Bureau Jeremy Shirley

Arkansas State University – Newport recently announced student Jace Ford as the recipient of a $1,000 spring semester scholarship from the Jackson County Farm Bureau.

“The scholarship that the Farm Bureau has given Jace is more than just a scholarship, it is an investment in agriculture so we can continue to have hardworking, skilled and educated employees, because without them, how will the food get to the kitchen table?,” said Matt Hardin, agriculture technology instructor, who along with ASUN’s agriculture grant program coordinator and agriculture instructor Lindley Gilliaum, chose Ford as the recipient.

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Adam Mitchell Citizens Bank President Liz Hamilton

Mitchell to lead bank’s strategy to expand services and state footprint.

Citizens Bank, an Arkansasbased community bank, recently announced the appointment of Adam Mitchell as president.

Mitchell will work, alongside CEO Phil Baldwin, to lead the strategic growth of Citizens Bank throughout Arkansas. Mitchell will continue to be based in Little Rock, where his efforts are expected to be instrumental in expanding the bank’s Central Arkansas footprint.

Mitchell has nearly 20 years of experience in the banking industry, 17 of which have been at Simmons Bank. In his most recent role as executive vice president and chief retail officer, Mitchell had oversight for branch performance, staffing and service and sales delivery for more than 190 locations across seven states. He was also responsible for the treasury management sales team across the system. Prior to taking on this executive role, Mitchell was the Central Arkansas community president at Simmons, where he managed the bank’s largest division with more than $1 billion in assets.

Overall, Mitchell has been a key player in Simmons’ growth, systems development, acquisition strategy

and the successful integration of those acquired banks and their staff into Simmons’ operations, including the successful talent assimilation and vision alignment for the Metropolitan Bank and Delta Trust acquisitions.

“Adam’s demonstrated success at Simmons speaks for itself,” said Baldwin. “His proven track record of exemplary leadership, coupled with a loyal commitment to his community, makes him a perfect fit for Citizens Bank. I am excited to have him at the helm of our growing team as we expand our customer services and footprint in Central Arkansas and beyond.”

Mitchell serves on the advisory board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and, together with his wife, Kristie, was honored with its Living & Giving Award in 2017 and served as co-chair of the Central Arkansas Heart Ball in 2014. Adam also serves as a board member for the Little Rock Regional Chamber, Baptist Health Foundation and Arkansas Health Group. He has also held various roles with Hendrix College, the Arkansas Bankers Association and Junior Achievement of Arkansas.

“I’m incredibly honored to lead such a talented group of bankers,” said Mitchell. “This opportunity

allows me to focus on the things I care about the most: people, customer service, organic growth and innovation. I have always known Citizens Bank to have an impeccable reputation for both customer and community service, and I’m looking forward to helping propel that focus from Central Arkansas.”

Mitchell graduated from Hendrix College in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He is also a graduate of the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking, as well as the Wharton Leadership Academy. Mitchell and his wife live in Little Rock with their two daughters.

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17th FilmFest Line Up Judy Pest

The 17th Annual Ozark Foothills FilmFest has released the schedule of screenings and ancillary activities slated for this year's festival. The festival is scheduled for April 19-21 and April 27-28.

All screenings take place in Independence Hall on the campus of the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, 2005 White Drive, with the exception of the Opening Night event which takes place at the historic Melba Theater, 115 West Main Street in Batesville.

The FilmFest will screen 45 films during the five day event, most Compartments of which are Arkansas premieres. Several of the filmmakers whose work is presented will attend and conduct post-screening Q&As. Admission for individual screenings is $5 adult, $4 students and seniors, and $3 for Foothills Film Society members. A “Red Eye” allmovie pass is available for $30 adult, $25 students and seniors, and $20 for Foothills Film Society members.

The FilmFest will once again put films depicting the rural and small town lifestyle front and center. “Reel Rural: Rural America in Independent Film,” introduced in 2017, is a series of films accompanied by a free filmmaker panel discussion, showcasing movies that embody authentic portrayals of the people, places, and Cortez practices unique to rural and small town America. The “Reel Rural” program will take place on the final day of the festival, Saturday, April 28, with the panel discussion beginning at 10:30 AM, followed by screenings of the three narrative and one documentary feature length films directed by the panelists.

This year's Opening Night event, which takes place at the Melba Theater on Thursday, April 18, will continue the festival tradition of screening a feature length silent film with live music accompaniment.

This year's family friendly silent film selection is THE LOST WORLD. Released in 1925, THE LOST WORLD is the first feature length Farewell Ferris Wheel film to combine stop motion animation and live actors and the first dinosaur-oriented film sensation, setting the stage for all the dinosaur movies to follow, from King Kong to the Jurassic Park trilogy. Based on a novella by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, the film follows Professor Challenger who believes that prehistoric creatures are alive and flourishing in the Amazon jungle. He and an intrepid band of explorers undertake a voyage to the region and witness dinosaurs and humanoids doing battle in a magnificent landscape. The film will be presented with live music accompaniment by the Lyon College Jazz Band from an original score composed for Pickle the screening.

For the complete schedule of screenings and related activities, visit www.ozarkfoothillsfilmfest.org.

The 17th Annual Ozark Foothills FilmFest is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, First Community Bank, the University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, Lyon College, the Melba Theater, FutureFuel Chemical Company, Citizens Bank, White River Distributors, WRD Entertainment, Entergy, Kent's Firestone, the Ozark Gateway Tourist Council, Lifeplus, Bryant's Pharmacy, Comfort Suites, Bad Boy Mowers, and numerous other small businesses and individuals.

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Batesville Wins Community Tourism Development Award; Cathy Drew Inducted into Hall of Fame Tourism industry partners from across the state came together recently for the 44th Annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism in West Memphis.

On Monday, March 12, 2018, Governor Asa Hutchinson inducted Batesville native Cathy Drew into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame.

Drew has been the executive director of the Ozark Gateway Tourist Council since 2000 and has been instrumental in development and promotion of tourism in the region. Drew is also the Chairperson of the Batesville Advertising and Promotions Commission.

The Henry Awards took place on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

The Henry Awards honor individuals and organizations that have made important contributions to the state’s tourism industry in the preceding year.

The Community Tourism Development Award was presented to the Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Batesville and the City of Batesville for their combined efforts to maximize the area’s potential.

“While we feel the work has only just begun, we are honored to be recognized in front of our peers from across the state.

We look forward to building off both the private and public accomplishments made in recent years to continue the drive of improving our community in every way” said Tourism Director Kyle Christopher.

According to the 2017 Arkansas Tourism Economic Impact report produced by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, total travel expenditures in Independence County were up by $5,115,660.00 in 2017 compared to the previous year.

Notable Independence County statistics include: Total Travel Expenditures (Dollars): 50,611,434 Travel-Generated Employment (Jobs): 527 Visitors (Person-Trips): 204,852.

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Batesville School District Counselors BHS -BHS Band received superior rating in concert assessment. Robotics made the semi finals in regionals in Little Rock. FFA sending teams to compete in State soon. CAP conferences on Monday with great parent turn out. Spring sports in full swing. BHS drama department presented Guys and Dolls last month.

Great show. Career Day scheduled for April 02 at BHS. Arkansas Scholars Banquet scheduled for April 02 at UACCB. BJHS - The BJHS Chess team won 1st place at the North Arkansas Educational Cooperative chess tournament. Daniel Latus, a 7th grade BJHS student, won first place in the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) State 7th grade essay contest. Amanda Lucy and the 8th grade band at the 2018 ASBOA Region 5 concert Assessment. They received excellent ratings on stage and a superior rating in sight reading.

Eagle Mtn. - Jump Rope and Hoops for Heart raised over $8600 for the American Heart Association! All Odyssey of the Mind teams have advanced to State competition. Eagle Mountain ( 2nd place) and BJHS 4th place ( Eagle 6th graders are on this team) Archery teams have advanced to National competition.

Christopher Richardson finished in 9th place at the State Spelling Bee. District winners in the Nutrition Education poster contest have advanced to State competition: Nataly Nava - Kindergarten, Sophie Krug - 2nd grade, Victoria Nelms - 4th grade, and Isaac Wyatt - 6th grade.

Sulphur Rock -Dr. Seuss was all the rage! We had a great celebration to honor our reading program. Hal Evans was with Success last week and did an author visit for the entire school. He personally signed all the copies purchased by the kids. We had March Madness and raised about 4,000 for a new scorer’s table. March Madness is always a great parent involvement activity and I appreciate Dr. Hester and Mr. Anderson attending the events. The teachers game was a lot of fun and Big Randy does a great job announcing play by play!

West - Clayton Scott spent last week with our 5th & 6th grade Literacy classes. Friday’s Poetry Slam was the highlight of the week - students shared their original poems. Fourth graders recently attended the STEM Festival at UALR. It was so good, plans are already being made to take 4th & 5th next year. We had a really terrific turnout for Parent/Teacher conferences yesterday.

The center practiced a lock down drill with great success. We continue to move forward with our Economic Development Grant with a highly attended town hall meeting. We have submitted our ABC grant for the upcoming school year.

Technology - All Certified Chromebooks have been enrolled and then engraved by students from BJHS in order to get them ready for our 1:1 roll out. The new laser engraver is fully functional and working well!

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calendar for next year that is linked. We will have our New Teacher of the Year Orientation on August 7th and our Back To School PD August 8-9 & 13-14, This year we are proud to announce that our own Randi House, the 2018 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, will honor us by speaking at the Back To School Kickoff breakfast on August 14th.

News - WRA received two awards at the Alternative Education Leadership day at the capitol. Chaz Davis was awarded the Diamond award for outstanding student in the state, and WRA received the high score in English ACT ASPIRE testing for the state out of all ALE schools. Both of these awards represent the hard work of our staff to not only teach the curriculum to our students but also the tremendous effort they put into every student to inspire and motivate them to work hard and change their direction. Today, WRA will take the first load of furniture to start transitioning to the Suite A, DAC facility. They are ready for the move and staff and students alike are preparing for the benefits that being in town will afford. Hopefully after spring break the move will be complete.

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Pam Baxter shared Central Elementary recent Science Fair for grades 4-6 in 10 categories.

5th – 6th Grades Life -Health Care/ Biomedical/ Behavioral and Social/ Forensic: Sophie Seaton is 1st, Elianne Marin, Faith Bales, Mariela Cruz is 2nd, and Jarhett McHale is 3rd.

Life – Biology: Ava Hamlett is 1st, McKenzie Lindseyis 2nd, and Hayden Hudson is 3rd.

Physical – Physics/Energy: Tristan Martin is 1st, Keith Huskey is 2nd, and Harry Hunter is 3rd.

Physical – Transportation/ Force and Motion: Jeremiah Robinson is 1st, and TJ Mears is 2nd.

Earth and Space – Astronomy/Space/Weather: Jerome Greer is 1st and Madeline Young is 2nd.

Earth and Space – Environmental/Weather/Earth Processes: Ethan Insell is 1st, Tisha Cannon is 2nd, and Tye Needham is 3rd.

Chemistry – Chemical: Kaitlin Johnson is 1st, Ricki Gordon is 2nd, and Alexander Tenace is 3rd.

Chemistry – Biochemistry/Forensic Science: Kendra Moffit is 1st, Ella Hamlett is 2nd, and Emily Cole and Cori Farmer are 3rd.

Mechanical – Robotics/Computer Science/ Transportation: Anslee Brewer is 1st, Jenkins Ruth is 2nd, and Natasha Ennis is 3rd.

Mechanical – Electrical/Mathematics/Forensic Science: Ainsley Stolarik is 1st, Abby Dockins is 2nd, and Allie Brinkley is 3rd.

4th Grade Winners Life -Health Care/ Biomedical/ Behavioral and Social/ Forensic: Selvin Sales is 1st.

Life – Biology: Omairy Campos is 1st and Yuridia Ochoa are 2nd, and Brianna Garcia is 3rd.

Physical – Physics/Energy: Anthony Espinoza, Kaleb Finley are 1st, Rachel Mills, Lacie Horne are 2nd, and Dalton Lee is 3rd.

Physical – Transportation/ Force and Motion: Wilbert Castillio, Mishael Garcia are 1st, Gamaniel Cervantes and Gareth Brookshire are 2nd , and Cherish McDougal and Glory Young are 3rd.

Earth and Space –Astronomy/Space/Weather- Zach Lindsey is 1st.

Earth and Space-Environmental/Weather/Earth Processes: Kaidence Farmer is 1st, Litzy Cruz and Odalis Deleon are 2nd.

Chemistry – Chemical: Eli Curtwright, Collin Shaw, Alex Parrish, Esvin Ordonez & Jose Campos placed 1st, and Hunter Sharp and Kendra Carter placed 2nd.

Chemistry – Biochemistry/Forensic Science: Marcia Hernandez is 1st, Kaylee Adams and Tabyn Ward are 2nd.

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CNA closet provides free scrubs to students Hannah Keller Flanery

For some students, the cost of uniform scrubs on top of tuition, fees and textbooks presents a financial challenge. The University of Arkansas Community College has initiated a program to help alleviate that challenge for students in the certified nursing assistant program.

Marietta Candler, division chair for the nursing and allied health department, said the CNA closet began this semester. “We saw that there was a need to provide scrubs for those students who couldn’t afford to purchase them. The closet will be available for students in April. We have about 50 students who could potentially all benefit from the closet.

We’ve already had several say they will use scrubs provided through the closet,” Candler said.

Candler said a current student,

Taylor Gregory, discussed the need for scrubs with her mother, Luanne Gregory, a financial advisor with Thrivent Financial. Thrivent is a not-for-profit financial service organization. Luanne recalled that Candler’s husband was a client with Thrivent and as such receives two $250 action team projects each year.

“Clients can use their action team projects to benefit the community, charities or their church. Both of my children are students at UACCB and have gone through the pre-nursing program. When we went to purchase scrubs, I was shocked at how expensive new scrubs can be. I proposed the idea, and Mr. Candler chose to use funds for one of his action team projects to help support this program,” Luanne said.

The Uniform Shop provided discounts on scrubs purchased for the

WRHS Foundation honored these fine physicians March 31.

Debbie Mitchell from 3rd Floor Central is the WRMC February Employee of the Month for best demonstrating the “Respect” Standard of Behavior.

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closet as well as donated scrubs and a pair of shoes. Candler said students have also gotten involved in the project and have donated used scrubs to the closet. She said she wanted to start an initiative to collect donated stethoscopes for students as well.

“I’m excited because we’ve had such a positive response. It makes me feel good because this is all for our students,” she said.

For more information or to donate scrubs to the CNA closet, contact Candler at 870-612-2070.

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WRHS Foundation has raised over $2.6 million in its 23 year history of the Annual Golf Classic Tournament! The first tournament in 1995 raised $20,785.00.

Last year, the Golf Classic netted $143,838.99.

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Pictured above is Joel Breeding (WRHS Foundation Board Member), Teresa Cheatham (SCMC Auxiliary President), Dick Bernard (WRHS Foundation Board President), Kevin Spears (SCMC Administration), and Ric Wilcox (WRHS Foundation Board Member).

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Jackson Co. Senior Center Grand Opening Michelle Foshee is a wife, mother, dog lover, and Newport native who promotes Unity Health Harris Medical Center to improve the quality of health and well-being for the communities we serve through compassionate care. She is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and prior to joining Unity Health, she worked in sales and marketing in Little Rock. She challenges herself and others to be Health Centered – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.

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The team at Unity Health – Harris Medical Center in Newport, is proud to announce the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Jackson County Senior Center held on March 29 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Refreshments were served as members of the community learned about the center and toured the facility.

The former Newport Special School District kindergarten building has now been transformed to create a center devoted to providing local seniors with meals, social activities and opportunities to learn about all of the health, fitness and wellness programs Unity Health provides. The goal of the center is to reach the aging population of Jackson County and provide a safe environment for residents to interact and enjoy, helping them improve their lives physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.

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The Often Overlooked Changes

Scott Parker is a native of Harrisburg Arkansas who never felt the need to stray very far from home for any real length of time. He is an amateur Herpetologist, amateur Entomologist, amateur Mycologist, amateur Botanist, amateur Woodworker, amateur Writer, and a professional Dog and Cat lover.

I’m sure that every generation is amazed at the changes that they and the world around them goes through as their lives progress. I was recently presented an opportunity to ponder this for a bit, and honestly, was taken aback by the changes that had gradually occured. Nothing changed overnight, but instead so slowly, so day by day, that I didn’t fully comperend the changes until I mentally put them side by side.

So, if you wish, come back with me to 1985, the year I graduated from high school...

The decade of the eighties was a good time to be a teenager. Like most teenagers, the decade itself was vibrant, flamboyant even, so much so that it is sometimes refered to as “The Decade of Decadence”. The music was a trinity of the loud, brash, unapologetically over the top Heavy Metal, its more shy, quieter, cousin, Rock and Roll, and Country music that was still, well, country.

Portable music meant a cassette player, the bigger the better, and an arm load of cassettes. Compact discs were still ten years down the road and Ipods were the stuff of science fiction movies. The magnetic ribbon inside the cassette had a way of unspooling inside the player, and if you’ve never paitently used a pencil to respool a cassette you will never understand the struggle.

On the national scene, Ronald Regan was President, the country was strong, and gas was cheap.

America was not just a superpower, but instead THE

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superpower. It was hands down the envy of the world.

Russia was still The Soviet Union and veiwed as the evil twin of the U.S. Terrorism was just something you heard about on the World News, which was, by the way still actually the news, reporting good and bad equally.

I watched as the first space shuttle, Columbia, leapt from the launch pad and reestablished the American dominace of space. I was also watching five years later when the Challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff.

The Internet didn’t exist yet, and you actually had to read a book to research a topic. Spell check meant using a dictionary, and a telephone was black, had numbers and a dial on the front, and all you could do with one was talk to other people. If you needed to use the phone and you weren’t at home, you stopped at a gas station and used the pay phone in the booth outside.

It cost a dime and very often had some very amusing things written on the walls.

Home computers were in their infancy and were more novel than useful. If you know the term C-64 you were an eighties nerd like me.

For me 1985-1990 was probably the steepest learning curve of my life. I learned the value of a dollar and that satisfaction came not from a job finished, but from a job finished well. I learned that girls were not only confusing, but also expensive. A movie for two, popcorn, drink, McDonalds and gas for the evening was about $20.00. That may not sound like alot, but minimum wage was $3.35. I basically worked all day Monday to pay for Saturday night. I learned that both minds and hearts can change. I learned that losing a parent is far more painful than you ever dreamed. I learned that you can wake up one morning confident and excited about the coming day, and go to bed that night humbled and broken. I learned that real pain isn’t hitting your thumb with a hammer and that real happiness wasn’t found in your wallet. And while all of these things are natural rites of passage, it seems to me

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that I did better than 50% of my growing up in less than 10% of my life.

Now, please fasten your seatbelts and return your tray tables to their upright and locked postion, we’re heading home.

2010-2018 is often billed as the decade of change, but my personal feeling is that some people may be confusing the definition of change with that of confusion. No political statements here, but the entire country seems to be running in little circles and then wondering why it feels so dizzy.

Music of this decade lacks the clear lines of definition of my youth. Metal is now Rock, Rock is Pop, Country is, well, not country, and what was country is Outlaw country or as a younger co-worker called it, Hardcore Country. Fellow children of the 80’s will forgive me when I say I just walked away shaking my head. I’m not saying the music is bad, there is alot of it that I like, but it all just seems to be melting together.

When David Gilmore, Roger Waters, Eddie VanHalen, or Slash played, it was unmistakable. I just don’t see that today.

The portability of music today simply astounds me. I have over 400 songs stored on my phone, and if that starts to bore me I can simply plug in my finger sized zip-drive and access more music than I could listen to in a week. Funny thing is the majority of that is Pink Floyd and Guns-n-Roses.

On the political scene, well, lets just say I’m excercising my American right to not participate.

Apathy causes far less ulcers than anger. I’m not allowed to watch the World News anymore, mainly because I tend to make “comments” and ocassionaly throw things.

The birth and evolution of the Internet is by far the greatest advance in sharing information that mankind has seen since the invention of the pencil.

But it is also the biggest curse in the history of Man. With great knowledge comes the potential for great power, good and bad. Many people just don’t seem to

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understand that just because you can tickle a sleeping dragon in no way means that you should.

Not this decade, but last, I watched as the same space shuttle, Columbia, that had so majestically began the Shuttle program effectively ended it by crashing back to earth in flaming pieces. I watched again as the last mission, Atlantis STS135, offically ended the program. But only this year I watched in geeky extasy as Elon Musk and SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy program. Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry said rockets go up. SpaceX said, “You think?

Hold my beer!” and proceeded to deliver a car into a Mars trajectory. Then landed two of the boosters, simaltanously, safely and in reuseable condition. Elon, the eighties are impressed.

Phones are no longer only for talking, but for taking pictures, playing music, movies, and games.

They are your phone book, calender, notebook, and your personal postal system. The term “Butt dialing” particularly amuses me.

From a totally personal veiw, the years after 1990 taught me that you have never known true fear till your child is in a hospital. I learned that any car is better than walking. I learned that a slow stroll through the woods is far better for the soul than any concert, movie, or football game. I learned that everyone in this world brings me happiness. Some by showing up, some by leaving. I learned that losing your second parent is no easier than the first and leaves you with a feeling of regret and vauge panic knowing that you are now “ unattended” in this world. I learned that you can wake up one morning able to lift 400lbs and three hours later, due to one tiny blood vessel, not be able to move half of your body. And finally I learned that you shouldn’t worry about getting your heart broken, just focus instead on not breaking someone else’s.

So, take a few minutes on your own and look back at your days. Honestly. Look at where you’ve been and trust me, you will be amazed.

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Main Street Food Lot

Shannon Haney

Main Street Batesville has announced the latest business development for the ever-growing downtown district: a food truck park.

The future park, called The Food Lot, which will transform two vacant lots at the corner of Central and College, according to owners Steve and Wendy Lewis, Shailendra Singh, and Jyoti Chaudhary. Plans are to open the park for businesses in late March or early April.

Already popular developments in many larger cities, food truck parks allow mobile restaurants a place to permanently locate for a fee. Such parks typically include water and electric hookups, as well as outdoor seating and sometimes restroom facilities – all amenities that the trucks on their own are usually unable to offer customers.

“We want to have tables for people to sit and hang out,” Wendy Lewis described of the facility. “And we want to be as year-round as possible.”

Batesville city ordinance, as is normal in many cities, requires transient businesses to obtain a permit and to move periodically, not occupying the same place for more than the permit’s set amount of time. Special zoning was approved by the city for the food truck park so that the trucks could remain in one place.

Owner Steve Lewis hopes the park will bring both beautification and vibrancy to the long-abandoned corner. He said a good power-washing is in the works,

along with a wall mural, and possibly other landscaping/ beautification efforts in the longer term. “We have to get it up and running, and then hopefully continue to re-invest back into it.”

The downtown historic district has experienced a resurgence of economic growth and community interest in recent years, as revitalization efforts are spearheaded by the Main Street Batesville organization. The organization offers grants and services to businesses locating downtown.

The park will have stations for 8 businesses, available at monthly or daily rate. For more information, call 870-834-1375 or visit The Food Lot’s Facebook page.

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Thyme Enough Biscuits

Nelson and Sandy Barnett met in college. They have been happily married for 56 years and are still having fun cooking and living!

We have always loved biscuits. I guess that love has passed down because our family loves it when I make biscuits, and I am always looking for perfect recipes. I’ve recently found two that seem to fill the bill every time. The first one, Baking Powder Biscuits from Little Rock Cooks, 1976, is old fashioned but has always turned out well. We have found that we can bake a quantity of these, freeze them, and then finish baking them for a nice homemade biscuit that rivals the frozen ones you buy in the store. The second one is for Savory Cheddar Cheese Biscuits I baked for a family supper and they were a hit. Our grandson loves biscuits and he pronounced them a success.

Baking Powder Biscuits (Little Rock Cooks, 1976 edition) Yield: 18 - Oven 400 degrees 2 cups sifted flour – 4 tsp. baking powder – ½ tsp. salt – 5 tbs. shortening – 2/3 cup milk – butter for brushing.

Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening – I do it in the food processor but you can use the traditional way.

Slowly add milk. I’ve found that a little additional milk makes a more workable dough. Pat out on a floured board until ½ inch thick. Cut with a biscuit cutter (I use a 2’) and place in a greased pan. Brush tops with melted butter or milk. Bake for 12 minutes at 400 degrees, or cover tightly and place in refrigerator for last minute baking. (We have found that these freeze nicely after cooking only about 10 minutes or so, then will warm up and brown if you place them in a 400 degree oven when you decide to serve them.

Savory Cheddar Cheese Biscuits (King Arthur Flour) Yield: 12-17 Small to Medium Biscuits – Oven 425 degrees (Place rack high in oven) 2 cups King Arthur Unbleached Self-Rising Flour – 4 ounces Cheddar Cheese (the sharper the better) – 1 cup heavy cream. Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Chunk off the cheese and put it in the food processor with the flour. Whirl it about 10-12 times. Pour in the cream and mix until it makes a clump. Dump it out on the counter, pat it out to ¾ to 1’ thick. Cut and put on an ungreased baking sheet or cover the pan with parchment paper. (If you don’t want to use a food processor, grate the cheese, mix it into the flour by hand and add the cream). Bake the biscuits for 12-18 minutes after brushing the tops with cream. Remove from the oven and serve immediately. I made these and put them in the refrigerator a couple of hours before baking, and they were perfect. Good with butter, in spite of the cheese, and apple butter is a nice addition if you like sweet. N

SACS This is the message to all concerned citizens regarding children in unfair custody cases, grandparent rights,child support visitations and foster care. We all spend every day living in a fastpaced world not even having time to notice our children and what is going on around us. This is not done intentionally it just happens slowly and we don't realize how it's affecting our children.

One bad judgment can cost you heartache and suffering for the rest of your lives. People have made mistakes and poor judgment but everyone deserves a second chance to prove themselves to be better. We all know deep in our hearts the real truth but we choose to take a wrong turn in life. When you have children that makes the situation worse and harder to make the right decisions. Today you can turn things around for you and your children this is why I am fighting to make changes. I am standing up and being a voice for your children. So you need to help me stand up for what is right and the truth. Our legal system is so overwhelmed they make bad decision sometimes because there are so many children in bad situations. Our children need legal aid so they can have a voice in the matter. I am working with legislation to get legal aid for children in domestic and unfair custody cases. I cannot make this happen if everyone doesn't help support me and stand with me. This fight is not mine this is for your children and grandchildren. I plan on taking this matter all the way to the top to President Trump.

Just remember our children are the future what ever they see in life they will become; good or bad.

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In The Tooth

Your Childs Dental Health From womb to wisdom teeth (part 2) Dr. Mark Chunn earned his DDS in San Antonio at the University of Texas Health Science Center. His warm way and expertise may now be found at the White River Dental Center at 259 Eagle Mtn. Blvd. in Batesville, Arkansas. Once a professional water skier, he now pours his attention and passion into his practice and his beautiful family. www. chunndds.com.

In part one I discussed several issues regarding the baby teeth and began discussing common dental concerns that occur between the ages of 7-12 that we sometimes refer to as the tooth fairy years. Some important points to remember are that the parent should be brushing the toddler’s teeth beginning when the very first tooth begins

erupting, somewhere around the age of 6 months. With the baby’s head in your lap, a loving and gentle encounter might entail making eye contact and singing to the baby while gently rubbing your clean finger over the gums of the unerupted tooth buds. It feels good to the baby and establishes a normal pattern for the baby to experience someone else’s fingers in his or her mouth. As the teeth begin to erupt a small, soft bristled toothbrush or fingercot toothbrush can be substituted for the finger. By the age of 2, the child will view mom or dad giving them oral care as a normal and pleasurable routine without any battles. If this process doesn’t begin until the age of two, then you will likely experience a couple of nights with the child battling or screaming while the parent restrains the child during

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brushing. At this point, it must be established who is in charge and the parent absolutely must be determined to establish the fact that this process will occur with or without the child’s cooperation. Two or three consecutive nights of this tough love will inevitably result in the child relenting to an attitude of “OK, I’ll open for you and cooperate”.

This will allow you to get back to the posterior areas where the child simply doesn’t have the manual dexterity or skill necessary to effectively clean the teeth. It is perfectly fine to let the child have their turn but they must understand that the parent gets their turn as well. During the ages between 3-8, a routine should be well established and that routine is often stopped too early. Until the child is capable of writing their name in cursive (around age 8), they simply do not have the manual dexterity or the skill and self-discipline to effectively spend the correct amount of time and effort necessary to clean adequately. At the very least, it should be accomplished by the parent once each day. It is easier to motivate these children through a sense of empowerment through praising them for their responsible care in preventing dental problems. I really have no great ideas on how to motivate young boys between the ages of 8-11 who are perfectly content to never take a bath. In my opinion, it is much better to have this routine already well established before the age of 8.

Once puberty begins, motivating techniques start to focus on hygiene itself. As the child begins to develop an interest in the opposite sex, bad breath is a great motivating factor. Brushing is generally not a problem as long as everyone realizes that mouthwash is not a substitute for brushing the plaque away. In fact, the use of mouthwash won’t remove the bacteria laden plaque despite marketing claims made by the manufacturers of various rinses. At best, it will mask bad breath for an average of 8 minutes.

Brushing the tongue is equally important in reducing the number of bacteria and bacterial waste products that are responsible for bad breath. The tongue should always have a healthy pink color to it. Any discoloration should easily be removed unless a more serious condition exists that would require a visit to your dentist. Tongue scrapers are a cheap and effective way to clean the tongue as well. One of the most important things that we stress to all of our patients is the need to go to bed with your teeth as clean as possible. During the night the mechanical action of our tongue and cheeks is reduced, our pH balancing saliva is reduced and the bacteria present in the mouth do the most damage, especially if you go to bed with any food source in the mouth that includes any drinks other than water. It is a common misconception that milk or juice is alright.

Any drink other than water will break down into sugars that fuel the bacteria to produce the decay causing acid by-products.

While there are many factors involved in the risk of caries for kids, the period between the ages of 13-18 are unique in a person’s dental life. With the invasion of the hormones during this period, lifestyle changes occur. A teenager’s time is now being divided between many things and a lot of teens do not make their teeth a priority.

Parents often feel that Often times the dental hygienist

is the most influential person in the teens life regarding their home care. As the child becomes a teenager, decay remains a concern but periodontal disease now becomes an issue as well. Most dentists will not allow their patient to go through orthodontic treatment unless the teenager has demonstrated a willingness and ability to keep their teeth clean. Braces are obviously a magnet to food and bacteria.

Wisdom teeth typically begin to erupt between the ages of 18-22. Females tend to be on the younger side of the range and males are toward the older side. It is not unheard of to see a female as young as 14 needing her 3rd molars removed. Rarely do we see people with enough room to keep their wisdom teeth these days. For those that do have room for them, we often see that they are so far back in the mouth that the patient cannot keep them clean. As a result, either decay or periodontal problems occur.

There are many factors to consider when evaluating teeth at different ages. Dentists take into consideration the following information as well as other factors not listed below.

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In The Field with Randy

Delayed Planting

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.

As I write this on March 20th, it’s beginning to look like we won’t have a lot of seed planted in March. Periodic wet and cool periods have led to most farmers holding off on planting, and more of the same is forecast for the remainder of March. Late March plantings can mean increased yield potential when the weather cooperates, but when the spring begins cool it may be better for the seed to stay in the bag a little longer. The bad part for both farmers and agribusinesses is that everybody wants to get everything planted by the end of April and it’s hard to physically get it all done when we don’t get at least a little head start in March.

As rice planting gets going, it’s important to have a preemergence/residual herbicide plan in place for grass control whether you’re in a conventional, Clearfield, or Provisia system. It’s always easier to kill a weed that never comes up. Weather, timing, application, and resistance issues can all be negative factors in postemergence weed control. I just received the results from a barnyardgrass seed sample I sent off for herbicide resistance screening last fall and the sample tested resistant to Propanil, Facet, Clincher, Newpath, Grasp, and Command. This shows that even the pre herbicides (Command) can have resistance issues, although they are much less common than with post herbicides. Resistance issues with Facet are generally with the postemergence applications.

When I talk about preemergence/residual grass herbicides, I am generally referring to Command, Facet, Prowl, and Bolero. Various combinations of these products can be used and there are at least a couple of premixes I am aware of, RiceOne (Command plus Prowl) and Obey (Command plus Facet).

Some would also include Newpath, although I look at it more for post use and of course it is specific to the Clearfield system.

Going back to herbicide resistance, the best management practice to avoid it is to rotate herbicide families. This is easy with the rice premergence herbicides as each of these four is in a different herbicide family.

Command is in herbicide family 13, Facet 4, Prowl 3, and Bolero 8. If you can change up herbicide families from crop to crop on individual fields and use these premixes or make your own tankmixes, your chances of developing resistance will greatly decrease. My favorite saying on this is “If last year’s herbicide program worked great, change it”.

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If rain is forecast within 3 or 4 days after planting, I would get a pre (Command and/or Facet) herbicide out following the drill. If rain is not forecast for at least 5 or 6 days after planting, then you can use any of the four herbicides or a combination product as a delayed preemergence application. I would recommend overlapping another residual before that first one runs out, preferably in front of a rain or a flush.

For more information, feel free to contact me through Farmers Supply Association at 870-318-0739, my e-mail is randychlapecka@gmail.com.

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Kacey Clare Burge has a Master’s degree in Professional Writing from Chatham University. She has written for a Southwest Florida lifestyles magazine and because of her outstanding work, she was featured in REAL Magazine as a contributing copy writer and editor. She has worked 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, daugther and three rescue dogs, enjoying the outdoors and exploring what the state of Arkansas has to offer.

Randy and Katie Crumby The Power of the Pepper From medical doctors to scientists, from holistic nutritionists to dietitians, experts overwhelmingly agree that the foods you include in your diet play a direct and critical role in your health. In fact, “Nutrition is one of the most powerful things you can change to reverse the effects of chronic disease,” says Dr. Brenda Rea, preventive medicine doctor at Loma Linda, a California-based medical center with a mission and passion for inspiring and influencing health and wellness. Because of this, the “food as medicine” movement is gaining momentum, proving through scientific research that the benefits of a healthy diet aren’t just a preventative measure anymore, but a significant part of disease treatment and management being utilized in hospitals and medical centers across the globe.

A consistent chart topper on the list of superfood?

PEPPERS. These tasty nutriments have been widely accepted for their health and nutrition benefits ranging from metabolic advantages to their disease prevention and digression properties. Containing the natural plant compound known as capsaicin, peppers have quite an impressive list of do-goods for our minds and bodies. Capsaicin aids in weight loss efforts by increasing our core body temperatures resulting in a metabolic boost. Perhaps even more interesting is that this natural compound releases pain peptides that can help ease migraine pain, it is chalk full of antioxidants that pack as much of a vitamin C punch as an orange, has been known to improve skin and eye health due to its high vitamin A content, is a natural anti-microbial, actively preventing bacterial growth, and probably of the most important, are it’s cancer fighting abilities.

According to the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources at the University of Maryland, “Capsaicin has been shown to alter the expression of several genes involved in cancer cell survival, growth arrest, angiogenesis and metastasis. Recently many research groups found that capsaicin targets multiple signaling pathways, oncogenes and tumor-suppressor genes in various types of cancer models.” So what is the moral of this story? Basically, EAT MORE PEPPERS! Randy & Katie Crumby: the Pepper Pioneers Now that you know the health benefits of including peppers in your daily diet, allow me to introduce to you a pair that are taking this tried and true superfood staple and making it a healthy and delicious option for you and your family to use every day in your own personal kitchens. Randy and Katie Crumby are the

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couple behind the Ruthie Mountain Smoked Pepper company (Ruthie Mountain) based in Sage, where they are growing, smoking and grinding out some of the area’s tastiest varieties of peppers. A dash of their famous all-natural, hickory smoke-dried pepper in a pot of chili or beans on your stove, or a sprinkle atop chicken or veggies on your grill- if you haven’t tried any Ruthie Mountain products, you should.

Magnet Cove native, Randy, always had in interest in peppers. “Growing and cooking with various peppers has always been a keen interest for Randy,” Katie shares of her husband’s hobby-turned-business venture. “From reaping the nutritional benefits to experimenting with different methods of preservation, it was something he was always into.” His interest and experimentation turned into something a bit bigger than a gardening pastime, and with his wife’s help, they started growing different varieties of peppers for local Farmer’s Markets. “Interest increased for us to roast the peppers on-site with a roaster,” Katie shares of the common New Mexico practice. “This evolved into a unique smoke-drying process so the pepper market could be extended beyond the growing season and the peppers could be utilized year round. Soon, requests poured in for us to grind the pepper(s) and bottle the product for easy, everyday use.” And so they did.

Ruthie Mountain Smoked Pepper LLC (formerly known as Mount Olive Pepper Co) got its start in the Crumby’s home kitchen, utilizing a small coffee grinder and a self-designed pepper smokehouse. After four years of efforts to develop a unique and all-natural, single ingredient product, the pair perfected the “cold smoke-dried” method of preservation using hickory wood. The smoke-dried peppers are then finely ground and packed into shaker bottles so the smoked pepper

zing can sit on anyone’s spice rack year round and be added as a normal food seasoning to liven up your culinary creations with just a few shakes of the wrist.

Katie describes how they are able to capture the unique, robust and highly sought after flavor of the smoke-dried pepper for their consumers to enjoy in their personal cooking and grilling needs. “It comes from the drying process,” she shares. “Utilizing a cold smoke method, the pepper has the water displaced with heated hickory smoke.” And it’s not a quick and simple process for this team of pepper pioneers. “The drying process takes over 100 hours of continuous hickory smoke to achieve the desired smoky result our customers love.”

If You Can’t Stand the Heat…it’s ok In 2014, (at that time, Mount Olive Pepper Co) Ruthie Mountain was selected as one of ten Value Added Producers by the University of Arkansas to fully develop their enterprise in a grant titled, “Fostering Enterprise Diversification to Expand Local Community Food Systems.” Today, they process and bottle the pure ground hickory smoked pepper at the University of Arkansas Food Innovation Center in Fayetteville and have achieved FDA certification.

Randy and Katie are happy to offer five varieties of Arkansas grown/Arkansas made pepper, home cultivated and utilized for their pure ground/all natural product line. This includes, Jalapeño, Cayenne, Joe Parker (a New Mexico Anaheim type of medium heat), Poblano and Marconi (a sweet Italian variety). The phrase, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”, doesn’t apply here. The extensive array of pepper products offered by Ruthie Mountain boasts a variety, ranging in heat and flavor intensity, suitable for anyone’s pallet.

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Currently you can find Ruthie Mountain products at various retailers across the region. That list includes the Kitchen Shop in Batesville, Brian’s Pharmacy in Sherwood, Eggshells Kitchen Co and the Green Corner Store in Little Rock, Ozark Natural Foods community co-op in Fayetteville, Townsend Spice & Supply in Melbourne, Stone Ground Natural Foods and the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro and Woolly Hollow State Park in Greenbrier. If you don’t live near one of these retailers, your taste buds are not out of luck. The pepper can be ordered online by visiting the Ruthie Mountain website at www.ruthiemountainsmokedpepper.com.

They’ve also grown and evolved in their sales and distribution to include bulk sales to clients using their products as an ingredient in their own specialty rubs and sauces. Chefs are turning to Ruthie Mountain as well, getting their hands on the pepper to utilize in dishes they prepare in their restaurants. And, there’s even been some competition barbecue teams seeking out their pepper to use in award-seeking rubs and specialty BBQ sauces.

From local Farmer’s Markets around Mountain View to the launching pad of regional and national notability, the Ruthie Mountain Smoked Pepper is primed for take-off. With all-natural spices and seasonings being among the top 10 fastest growing markets in the United States and worldwide today, coupled with the success Ruthie Mountain has had in the local market, I think it’s safe to say Ruthie Mountain Smoked Pepper could soon become a household name.

Home Is Where the Heart Is The pepper-loving couple behind Ruthie Mountain Smoked Pepper, Randy and Katie Crumby, share a true love, appreciation and respect for all things Natural State. Their company’s name was inspired by the beautiful landscape of Ruthie Mountain, a geographical landmark next to the State of Arkansas Natural Heritage Area of Devil’s Knob and Backbone, located in the Ozarks at Mount Olive. This is also where the family settled after relocating from the Dallas area a little over a decade ago.

Randy Crumby, of Magnet Cove, worked in the technology industry for 34+ years. His career with AT&T started in Little Rock but took him to numerous locations in the state of Arkansas and Texas before he retired in 2006. His wife, Katie, was born in Montana as one of nine children. She moved to Hot Springs, AR in 1975 after touring the state and enjoying the natural beauty of the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains.

The couple first met there in Hot Springs and later married in Dallas, Texas, where they lived with their two daughters Carlene and Allison. Katie worked as a licensed real estate agent, focused on commercial real estate sales and property management in the Dallas metropolitan area.

While Dallas remained the backdrop of their lives for 20+ years, the family traveled to Arkansas at least a dozen times a year. Most of those trips were spent

exploring the Ozarks and White River in Izard and Stone counties. After Randy’s retirement from AT&T, the family moved to Mount Olive, an old historic riverboat community nestled along the White River in the Arkansas Ozarks near Mountain View. Shortly after settling in, the couple started Mount Olive Outdoors, a private vacation cabin rental and trout fishing guide service, to promote White River tourism and world class trout fishing. Randy served on the Board of Directors for the Friends of the North Fork and White Rivers in 2008-09 and currently on the Board of Directors for the Arkansas Craft School located in Mountain View.

Now, the pair are busy doling out their famous pepper and preparing to expand their business to the masses.

We are ready to see what the future holds for Ruthie Mountain Smoked Pepper as it starts to liven up dishes and excite tastebuds across state lines.

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Procrastination (2) Eat That Frog: Book Review Somedays it’s just too hard to get off the couch, especially when there is that one item on the to do list that has to be done. You know the one. It’s that to do list item that stares at you, and the longer you put it off the more daunting it seems to be.

This is also the same to do list item that, once complete, will feel like a huge weight off your shoulders and you’ll be motivated to do even more. This is your frog, and it’s what Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy is about.

In the introduction Tracy mentions a quote by Mark Twain that basically says if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog then there is nothing worse you could do for the rest of the day. In other words, if you complete that daunting task on your to do list right away, it will help you become more productive and more motivated to complete your to do list.

WHY DID I DECIDE TO PURCHASE AND READ EAT THAT FROG!?

As a direct sales consultant I followed a lot of other successful consultants. One of those consultants posted a short motivational video and I wanted to learn more.

That video was the promotional video to Eat That Frog! and it was the perfect teaser to get me interested in learning more.

WHO IS EAT THAT FROG! FOR? Eat That Frog! is a basic book for anyone looking to reduce procrastination, increase productivity, and organize the to do list efficiently.

MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF EAT THAT FROG! While the frog is the attention grabber for this book, the majority of the content focuses on the recommendations to stop procrastination. The imagery of the frog paired with the detailed steps make this a fun book to help you beat the habit of putting things off til later.

The organization of the book is easy to follow.

Basically there are twenty one chapters, and each chapter covers one of the promised twenty one tips. The chapters stay on topic and don’t include a lot of fluff.

At the end of each chapter is an actionable task for you that summarizes the basic point of the chapter.

Here are a list of chapters included: 1. Set the Table 2. Plan Every Day in Advance 3. Apply the 80/20 Rule to Everything 4. Consider the Consequences 5. Practice Creative Procrastination 6. Use the ABCDE Method Continually 7. Focus on Key Result Areas 8. Apply the Law of Three 9. Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin 10. Take It One Oil Barrel at a Time 11. Upgrade Your Key Skills 12. Leverage Your Special Talents 13. Identify Your Key Constraints 14. Put the Pressure on Yourself 15. Maximize Your Personal Powers 16. Motivate Yourself into Action 17. Get Out of the Technological Time Sinks 18. Slice and Dice the Task 19. Create Large Chunks of Time 20. Develop a Sense of Urgency 21. Single Handle Every Task PROS OF EAT THAT FROG! Well organized, quick read, actionable steps in every chapter and decent advice to reduce procrastination.

CONS OF EAT THAT FROG! There are no references indicating if the methods are based on research or opinion. Some of the topics could provide more detail. The majority of tips can be found in other books about reducing procrastination.

I don’t agree with all of the tips provided, such as always focusing on the most important task first.

While this is great information on the surface, if it’s a huge task there is the possibility of attention fatigue, or sometimes the smaller less important tasks are still necessary to keep up on daily so they don’t become a problem later, which can both affect productivity in the long run.

In other words, sometimes the simple advice is perfect, sometimes things are more complex.

Overall, Eat That Frog! is a basic, introductory book providing recommendations to reduce procrastination. There are actionable steps in each chapter that will give you a good start to building better productivity habits, however with additional research you can find more in depth information to each of the topics. *Last month we offered three steps to stop procrastination. We wanted to offer this month a review of one of the best books we have read on the subject. The review is by Mary. She can be reached at: WWW.LIVINGaSUNSHINELIFE.COM. N

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Leigh Keller is a high school guidance counselor at Batesville HIgh School and the director of the BHS Glass Slipper Project. She lives in Batesville with her son, Cole, and a pack of dogs.

I am a big fan of community service, and raising a helper. So much about parenting is thinking about what kind of grown ups our babies will be someday, and focusing on who they will be as parents and spouses (and veterinarians, in my case). As a child, one of my nicknames with my family was Ellie Mae (as in, Clampett), because I would talk to all kinds of animals.

Back then, my parents did not allow dogs or cats in our home, so I spent a great deal of time either sneaking them in, or corroborating with them outside. I went on to later have an iguana and a ferret (both got snuck into my dorm and lived for bit....don’t tell Arkansas Tech University). As an adult I adopted a mean cat and a couple of sweet-faced dogs from the Humane Society in Fort Smith. I can proudly say I have never bought an animal from a breeder, they have always been rescues or adopted from the shelter. There are too many animals sitting in shelters and pounds needing homes to purchase one from a breeder.

Taking care of an animal teaches kids so many lessons about kindness and responsibility. Cole’s daily chores include taking care of his animals. Keller Farms currently has three dogs, three cats and two very fat guinea pigs, so this is a good daily task for him. We need a bigger house for all of the furry residents. In all honesty, Cole has two homes, and so do several of these spoiled rotten animals.

When trying to decide a good avenue for all of Cole’s mad love for animals, of course we first considered the Humane Society. We had volunteered there before, and ended up with not one, but two, long-haired, very fat, male cats, Stitch and Poseidon. (I was relieved to see that the cat rooms were empty, as all of the cats have been adopted out!) So this agreement to volunteer weekly had to also come with the agreement that we would be only giving these sweet animals love, and hopefully helping them find good homes, since we currently do not have any pet vacancies (even though I am dying for one of those city chicken coops). It is difficult to walk away from them, especially now that Cole is getting to know their personalities and they perk up when they see him.

We checked in that first day and made eye contact with one gorgeous, sad eyed dog, named Echo, who was in a crate in the waiting area (waiting for Cole, he says). Echo is a large breed, gorgeously gentle male dog. Everyone seems to want a puppy when they go to adopt, instead of a grown dog, but Echo has lots of love to give, as to so many of the dogs we have met. Official volunteers have to be 12 years old, so I signed up to

volunteer, and Cole would just be with me. He was ok with this agreement, so off we went to take some dogs out to the potty and to enjoy the sunshine on their faces. I think the employees were just as excited as Cole was to have him there. As we walked down the dog aisle to meet the dogs, he greeted every dog with a smile and a hello (I do this too, I blame genetics and a kind heart), even the ones who didn’t seem very friendly. Several broke our hearts as they cowered in the back of their caged area, frightened of people. I digress, but I really think there is a special place reserved for those who harm children and animals, sweet creatures who love you unconditionally and cannot fight back.

Cole got to walk (and hug) four dogs that first day.

We took pictures of them and I posted them, in the hope that someone would see in those faces what we saw, and would give them a chance and a home. We agreed on a certain day to be our volunteer afternoon, and promised those dogs to see them the next week. When we returned, we saw friends from church who were also going to volunteer, and hopefully adopt a furry family member. They let us interact with more dogs this time around, and we got a lot of hands on time with them.

I believe that working with animals (and children and the elderly) is such a calling. I love to hear kids’ stories when they come into my office, stories about how they got to be the amazing and unique little people they are today, so I guess that’s why I loved hearing the dogs’ stories, as well as the ladies who work and volunteer at the humane society. I would love to blog about each of the dogs and how they got to the shelter, in the hope

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of finding the perfect home, perhaps a home with a little boy or little girl who says good morning to them every day, and sneaks them “extra chicken� off of their dinner plate.

With summer coming, your children will have lots of time to give. Ask them what they care about, and what they love. Your child has a calling too. They might love books, they might love art, or they might be a little Ellie Mae, or Cole Keller, and love animals.

Volunteering and giving of their time will give them so much more joy than you can imagine, and you will raise a helper. Imagine the difference your little one could make if they volunteered just an hour a week doing something they truly love.

All of the dogs pictured in this article are available and ready for a new home, at the time this article was written. Please contact the Independence County Humane Society at 870.793.0090, or go and visit them at 5 Environmental Drive in Batesville.

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Notes from the Clearing

The Weight of One Sock

Part V

Joseph Thomas Maddi’s eye was recaptured by Mr. Jenkins stumbling out of the hole he’d made with his work truck, looking dazed. He had a streak of blood across his forehead and rested over the side of the bed of his truck trying to figure out what happened from the look of him. He was now scanning the neighborhood, until the next shot captured his attention. Then amazingly, he gave chase of the clown, who was chasing the Corgi, who Maddi now realized was chasing a charcoal colored tomcat. She figured it was a tom by how large he was. Mr. Jenkins was shaking his hand above his head enraged and yelling. This led Maddi to believe he must have been trying to miss the chasing parade when he ran into the house. But why was there a clown

chasing a dog that was chasing a cat? Maddi wondered what she should do and very quickly decided checking on the Strecker’s was probably the best first thing. So she stomp-plopped into the street and looked both ways for crazy people before crossing.

She stepped up to the hole the truck had made and edged her way between the truck and the damaged wall.

Mrs. Strecker was seventy-five years old. She was a painter, a really good one. She only painted saloon women and variations there of. She was beautifully silver haired, average height and very fit. She was also sitting in her rocking chair, at the moment, in the living room staring where her forty-two inch flatscreen television used to be, where there was now an Arkla Gas Truck. It looked as if she were in shock, frozen, as she stared at the white hood and grill while Maddi stepped closer asking timidly at first,

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“Mrs. Strecker? Mrs. Strecker, are you okay?” There was no damage within ten feet of the woman, so Maddi was pretty sure the woman was just unsure of exactly what she should do now. Maddi placed a hand on Mrs. Strecker’s sleeveless shoulder. The woman turned to look up at Maddi.

“Have you ever seen the finale of The Sopranos? They were sitting at the table together in a diner. It was the very end! What happens in the diner? I gave one hour a week for six years to get to this climactic event and my television exploded into a truck, I mean, it became a truck...look at it!” Sheetrock dust fell from the silver hair as the woman turned her head from Maddi to where the TV should be in severe jerks. “Tony selected my favorite Journey song on the juke-box, his wife and son joined him and just as his girl stepped up to open the door and join them the screen went black and then...,” she expressed in desperate silence raising her hands up towards the truck.

Maddi had no answers for the traumatized woman.

Maddi hadn’t watched the last few seasons of the program in question, but she was pretty sure she vaguely remembered a large uprising over how it all ended. She wondered in the moment, if Mrs. Strecker would have been just as shocked if she’d realized that was indeed the end of the show, that she had seen all there was to see before a full sized truck plowed into her home. Maddi figured it was better left unsaid. Maddi waited with Mrs. Strecker until her son arrived. He was fortunately already on his way over to have lunch with his mother and now he could deal with this as Maddi felt it was over her pay grade. As she made

her goodbyes and offered to be of assistance if they needed her for anything, the gas man met her outside.

Mr. Jenkins was returning to his truck, still trying to catch his breath from the chase. He was mumbling aloud, “That funny son of a...mmmmm.”

Maddi couldn’t resist, “Funny? As in Clown funny? Am I a Clown to you?” in her best Joe Pesche.

Mr. Jenkins was pulling open the tailgate of his horribly parked truck and sat down wearily. He laughed silently leaning his head back as if to stretch his neck. “That was far funnier than the moment will allow, I assure you. I will have to come back to that one.” He looked at Maddi who was still trying to decide if she had gone too far, at least too soon. “He came out of nowhere...they....they came out of nowhere! I.....Hey? Is....?” He pointed at the house and stood looking scared suddenly. Maddi understood.

She put a hand on his shoulder to calm him, “Mrs. Strecker is just fine. She was more concerned with the show she was watching. Her son is with her now.”

“I’d better check on her and offer an explaination and company information,” Jenkins said distracted as he started to enter in the hole he’d made and decided he might try the door as if entering in the hole might be rubbing it in.

Maddi decided to leave them to it. She stepped back down towards the road to cross back to her house when she heard the trio (the cat, dog and master of ceremonies), streaking back her way. She ran back to lock herself safely inside her home so as to avoid any further calamity with the coming train wreck. N

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UACCB to offer digital photography class The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville’s Community and Technical Education department is offering an introductory class in digital photography from 6-8 p.m. March 29, April 5, 12 and 19.

Instructor Jim Krause, co-owner of Deux Bijoux Bijoux in Evening Shade, will teach the basic functions of a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera. This beginner’s class will teach the photographer to get away from using the camera’s auto functions and move into using the manual functions of the digital camera. Bring to class a digital camera with an SLR body and lens, the camera’s user manual and a journal for taking notes.

The four-session class will be held on Thursdays at the UACCB Main Campus Building, room 242. The cost is $50. For more information or to register, email communityed@uaccb.edu or call 870-612-2082.

UACCB to offer engineering camp The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville’s Community and Technical Education department in partnership with the University of Arkansas Engineering Summer Camps is now accepting applications for engineering camp.

This summer camp will be offered to students currently in the fifth through eighth grades. During this non-residential, full day camp, students will have the opportunity to apply engineering concepts from multiple fields to a real world problem. The summer 2018 theme is “Engineering Entertainment: The Amusement Park Challenge!” The camp will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 18-22 on the UACCB campus. Scholarships are available. The application deadline is May 1.

Please visit http://engineering-camps.uark.edu/ for more information and to apply or call 870-612-2082.

Electrical Code Update – New Code Cycle!

Apr. 21, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. $75 The seminar covers the most significant changes to the 2017 National Electric Code (NEC). Instructor is Nathan Price of Arkansas Construction Education Foundation (ACEF). Bring your NEC 2017 code book for reference. The fee is $75 (includes all course materials).

The course will be held in the UACCB Nursing Allied Health Bldg, room 902. To register, call Price at 501-372-1590.

UACCB to offer sign language The University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville’s Community and Technical Education department is offering an introduction to American Sign Language (ASL) class from 6-8 p.m. March 29-May 3.

Instructor Jaa’lon Baker teaches a low-stress, natural approach to basic language acquisition that promotes awareness, understanding and respectful behavior to deaf culture. Participants will become familiar with common

vocabulary and grammar structure as well as engage in greetings, introductions, description and deaf culture.

Baker is a senior at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock majoring in criminal justice, English and ASL studies. The cost is $50. The course will be held on Thursdays in the Row Johns Library, room 816. For more information or to register, call 870-612-2082 or email communityed@uaccb.edu.

Dr. Betsy Hendricks: Health Matters An esteemed functional doctor located in Conway, Arkansas, Dr. Hendricks will be speaking at the Southside Citizens Bank Annex room on Saturday, April 21st at 1pm.

She will be discussing health, allergies, and maintaining overall good health. Free to the public, this is the perfect opportunity to come meet her, learn, and ask questions without having to drive to Conway.

Bad Boy 98 Presented by Bad Boy Mowers Friday April 6 and Saturday 7 at the Batesville Motor Speedway. See more at www.batesvillemotorspeedway. com.

The Roots of American Music Concert Main Street Batesville will be hosting “The Roots of American Music” concert on Saturday, April 7 at the historic Melba Theater in Batesville, AR beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 and available online at www. melbatheater.org. Other ticket locations include the main branches in Batesville, AR of Citizens Bank, First Community Bank, and Merchants and Planters Bank.

Annual Red Hot Ladies Luncheon Benefits Family Violence Prevention, Inc. Tickets are $25 and reserved tables of 8 are $200 at Citizens Bank.

Event in the Independence Hall - UACCB on Friday April 13 11 am to 1:30 pm.

Arkansas Scottish Festival

Friday, April 13 through Sunday 15th. www.lyon.edu/ arkansas-scottish-festival.

Macy’s Stroll & Roll

Kiwanis of Batesville hosts to raise money and awareness for Angelman Syndrome Saturday, April 21 at 10 am at Riverside Park.

Mark Martin Fan Days

Friday, April 27 and 28 at 8am to 5pm at Mark Martin Ford.

North Central Arkansas March for Babies

At Riverside Park in Batesville, Arkansas April 28 at 10am. Call Sari Blackwell Harlow at 870.316.7482 or sblackwell@marchofdimes.org.

Humane Society Trivia Night

A charity event on Saturday April 28 from 5 to 10pm at the Batesville Community & Aquatic Center. Call Lisa Lambert at 870.612.2621.

Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group The Caregiver Support Group provides opportunities

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for you to talk with others who really understand what you are going through. Join us every second Thursday at 5:15 p.m. in the WRMC Josephine Raye Rogers Women’s Center Conference Center. Contact Deanna Green at 870.307.1406 for more information.

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their mega-hits. The show will be Tuesday April 17th at 7pm. Tickets available at tickets.asun.edu.

April 25th – AESOP’s Dinosaur Fable National Tour, starring Bits ‘N Pieces GIANT Puppets at ASUN’s Center for the Arts.

April 28th – ASU-Newport hosts the annual High Voltage Linemen Rodeo. Statewide Linemen teams compete in categories such as Egg Race (fastest up/down a pole with their egg intact), 100 Amp Change out, 600 amp change out and more!

April 28th – Jackson County Dance and Cheer Recital will be held at ASUN’s Center for the Arts.

Recycling Program The City of Melbourne has implemented a comprehensive recycling program to collect aluminum, metal cans, plastics, paper and cardboard. The collection site is located at 300 Circle Drive, next to the Izard County Sheriff's Office off Hwy 9 Spur. Collection dates are Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from noon-4pm. Manna Flatten all boxes. Pizza delivery boxes are OK but no waxManna Food Pantry is located in the Newport coated or frozen food boxes.

Pentecostal Church of God at 205 Ray Street in Newport. www.mymelbournearkansas.com They are open every Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. for you. Come in and choose the items your family Mountain View needs. They have partnered with the NEA food bank in www.yourplaceinthemountains.com. jonesboro. Donate to the pantry by contacting Gail Poole at 501-473-1560 or log on to www.newportpcg.com.

56th Annual Folk Festival Accepting food donations.

April 20, 21 are the days to catch this annual Spring celebration featuring handmade crafts, frontier life If your community is not represented here, demonstrations, parade, lots of folk mountain and please send us any upcoming event information bluegrass music with dancing on the square. and we will be happy to share with our other arkansascraftschool.com (ACS) communities. N offthebeatenpathstudiotour.com (OTBP) ozarka.edu mountainviewartguild.com (MVAG)

Newport April events at ASUN: April 5th – Phi Theta Kappa Induction Ceremony to welcome new PTK members, followed by a small reception. The ceremony will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the Fowler Family Hospitality Services Building located on ASU-Newport at Jonesboro campus.

April 14th – Summer Movies in the Park, sponsored

by ASU-Newport, starts the summer off with “Back to the Future”.

April 16th , 17th, 18th – Spring Fling events are planned on all ASUN Campuses for the students! The party starts at 11:00 a.m. and wraps by 1:00 p.m. Here are the Spring Fling dates/locations: April 16 – Newport, April 17 – Marked Tree and April 18 – Jonesboro!

April 17th – Frankie Valli Tribute Show, “Let’s Hang On!” pays tribute to one of the greatest vocal groups of all time, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, showcasing

Kennadi Pretty turns 15 on April the 2nd! Happiest Birthday Kennadi!

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APRIL 2018 TUE 3 17

Preoperative Joint Replacement Class

An invitation-only event for patients scheduled for surgery, in WRMC’s Josephine Raye Rogers Conference Room A from 10AM – Noon. Contact Lisa Crumley at (870) 262-3134.

of Hope WED 4 18 Circle A meeting for those

diagnosed with any type of cancer, in WRMC’s Cancer Care Center Conference Room from 12:30PM – 1:30PM. Contact Jenny Callahan at (870) 262-6210.

Telemedicine – A FREE TUE 10 presentation

by Tammy Gavin,

WRHS Administrator, in WRMC’s Josephine Raye Rogers Conference Center from Noon – 1PM. Contact Sheila Mace at (870) 262-6070 or smace@wrmc.com.

THU 12

Alzheimer Caregiver Support Group in WRMC’s

Josephine Raye Rogers Conference Room B at 6PM. Contact Deanna Green at (870) 307-1406.

Diabetes Education – The ABCs of Sleep

Health with a Special Segment on Dreams – A special lunch event with speaker Judy Tevebaugh, APRN, at the Hardy Senior Life Center from Noon – 1PM. Call Sandy Jones at (870) 257-6010 to register.

FRI 13

Vaccines for Seniors

MON 16

Childbirth/Breastfeeding Education in WRMC’s

A presentation by Lauren Bloch, MD, at the Izard County Senior Life Center at 10:30AM. Contact Susan Williams at (870) 368-6011.

Josephine Raye Rogers Conference Room B at 5:30PM. Contact Stephanie Wade at (870) 262-2662.

THU/FRI

19/20

MON/TUE

30/1

Collective Goods Sale

in WRMC’s Josephine Raye Rogers Conference Room B from 7AM – 7PM. Contact Toi McMullin at (870) 262-6555.

Masquerade Jewelry Sale in WRMC’s Josephine

Raye Rogers Conference Room B from 8AM – 6PM on Monday, and from 7AM – 3PM on Tuesday. Contact Toi McMullin at (870) 262-6555.

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Achieving our vision of world-class healthcare is even closer due to our membership in the Mayo Clinic Care Network, an innovative collaboration which brings the expertise of Mayo Clinic to our patients. As the first member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network in Arkansas, our depth of specialty care has been enhanced with new resources and tools while keeping patient care right here at home.

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