The cost of products and services continues to rise and organizations everywhere have increasingly been feeling the pressure to reevaluate budgets. It’s no different in school districts nationwide, with school boards making difficult decisions about which programs to keep and which will have to go in order to save money.
Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Health is warning about potential scams in recent days in which scammers have posed as officials, approaching businesses claiming to conduct restaurant inspections.
One time I had this idea to have my students go outside and have a contest to see who could build a campfire using just 3 matches and a pile of sticks, and it would all be in the snow in the dead of winter. But first we would read the short story To Build a Fire to get some ideas and inspiration. I mean, talk about connecting literacy with something fun!
The Corning School District Community Meet and Greet planned for Thursday, June 28 has been cancelled. We will now have our meet and greet in conjunction with Open House at each campus on Tuesday, August 9.
Quilting, a popular pastime, joined together not only pieces of fabric, but people’s lives. Join us at Powhatan Historic State Park to learn this time-honored and beloved tradition. Participants will learn the basics of quilting: from piecing the squares, layering the quilt, and the quilting stitch. The $15 registration fee will provide materials. Please bring a sack lunch. Space is limited; reservations are required.
Clay County Extension Agent, Allison Howell was awarded an Achievement Award this week from the Arkansas County Agriculture Agents Association. ACAAA is the professional organization of county agriculture agents and specialists working for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.
Makayla Ward, student athlete at Crowley’s Ridge College was named to the Continental Athletic Conference 2021-2022 Academic All-Conference Team. Ward plays basketball for the Lady Pioneers.
Kenzie Blanchard is the recipient of the 2022 Farm Credit Midsouth scholarship. Pictured is Blanchard receiving the scholarship check from Trina Phillips, Customer Credit Representative.
Lisa Malone requests prayers for 15-year-old Dakota Durbin. Dakota has been battling B Cell ALL Leukemia for 9 months. He is currently in remission but has so many other things going on that was caused from some of the chemo used on his Day 3 treatment. He had a severe case of pancreatitis that almost killed him. It left him with a huge pseudocyst that put weight on his blood vessels and arteries causing blood clots in his leg. He still can’t get up and walk without assistance and not for very long periods of time. He has a colostomy bag now because his intestines haven’t been working and doctors have said if they aren’t working within 6 months, he will have to have a transplant. Lisa reported he is not a candidate for surgery due to all he has going on within his body. He also has a gastrostomy tube and TPN that is his nourishment.
It’s hot out there. Real hot. How hot? Well, it’s since the 1980s, each decade has been warmer than the previous one. And, since there’s not a big concerted push to do much about it, you should expect the trend to continue. It’s going to be hot. Smoking hot. Like the end of “Raiders of the Lost Arc” where the guy’s face melts off hot. Like Icarus hot.