LITTLE ROCK – Limiting children’s access to social media is still a priority for Arkansas policy makers. Last week the governor sent a letter to the governors of all 50 states, and to all Arkansas legislators, urging them to continue working for meaningful restrictions on children’s use of social media platforms.
The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center is proud to announce the launch of its innovative Tele-Emergency Care service.
Monday, May 13, 2024 2 p.m. – Advised strong gas smell is coming from the old Holcomb’s Steakhouse.
I, like most men or women my age, and from the country as I am, can be called a foody. We grew up on farms, worked hard long hours, and came home “hungry as a field hand.” You can ask anyone that knew her, my mom, Bertha Florence Smith Murley set a table almost every time with at least two meat choices, no less than half a dozen vegetables, home-made biscuits and/or cornbread, milk, iced tea or coffee to drink. If you came to her house in the middle of the night, she would pull her robe on and say, “You all sit down, and I will fix you something to eat.” Oh yeah, she would always have cake or a couple of pies or some fruit or jams or jellies for dessert, and yeah, ice cream for the pies. No one ever went hungry at Mom’s house. I have been aware of much of the dangers of eating for a considerable amount of time. This morning, I came across this article and I thought it so well written I wanted to share with you, at least as much as I can. Experts are finding cardiometabolic risk signs in kids as young as three. The ultra-processed food your kids eat now may be putting them at greater risk for the aforementioned condition. It is best described as heart attack, stroke, and diabetes. A study of 1,400 schools across seven cities found that children who ate the most ultra-processed foods showed risks for greater body mass systolic blood pressure, and waist to height ratio. Now, the interesting part is that the ultra-processed foods mentioned contain ingredients that you won’t find in the ordinary kitchen and are of the class to make the final product of the food more palatable or more appealing. Those ingredients are found in sodas, chips, packaged soups, chicken nuggets, and ice cream to just name a few. These can also include preservatives against mold and bacteria, artificial coloring and emulsifiers to stop separation, plus added salt, sugar or fats to make food more appealing. One study demonstrated that eating three servings of this food per day was like
The summer 2024 Hemingway-Pfeiffer Writers’ Retreat for adults is scheduled June 17-21. Registration is $325. Lunch and breaks are included. Retreats are held in the Educational Center and Hemingway Barn-Studio and offer adults the opportunity to work on personal creative writing under the direction of a professional mentor. Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh of Cleveland, Ohio, will serve as professional mentor for the retreat. Kelly Harbaugh is the author of Here Be Dragons, a memoir about the wonderful misery of raising children with someone you love. She teaches writing at Ashland University where she also works with incarcerated students trying to obtain their degrees. The retreat is limited to 14 participants. For more information or to receive a brochure, email shwilliams@astate. edu or call the museum at (870) 598-3487. HPMEC is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site. Tours are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the hour Monday through Friday and from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday.
FUNDAMENTALS TRAINING At: ARKANSAS NORTHEASTERN COLLEGE 2501 S. Division Street, Blytheville, Arkansas 72315 Sullins/Administration Building, Room A101 On: JUNE 18, 2024 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Become trained in the Extension Get Fit program to lead groups in an exercise program developed by the University of Arkansas System, Division of Agriculture. This 8-hour training will prepare you to lead exercises classes in your town.
When Memorial Day approaches it means one thing for Lois Wright and her grandchildren and that’s the annual cleaning of their family headstones in the Corning Cemetery. On Thursday, May 23, Wright and grandchildren, Mattany, Eli, Talli, and Gage headed to the cemetery with water and cleaning supplies in tow to clean the gravestones of family members. Granddaughter Sawyer was available this year to participate this year as she was on a school trip to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals in Ames, Iowa.
Piggott High School Seniors participated in the “Get Real” program Tuesday, May 7. We had a fun time sharing the hands-on experiential simulation with the students that teach young people about personal financial management. Through the simulation, students gained insight into taxes and other deductions taken from their gross income, how to manage a monthly budget in different lifestyle scenarios, and how to use credit wisely. They practiced making financial decisions with income and monthly household expenses. The students learned about check writing, debit cards, online banking, and balancing a transaction register. This knowledge will help students make wise financial choices in the future.
June 2, 1994 If Students at Central Elementary, as well as students in other schools are overjoyed over the prospects of school being out for the Summer this Friday, June 3. Now, they can stay up late, sleep late, go to visit grandma and grandpa, go swimming every day and do all the fun things they look forward to during the nine months they are being “held prisoner” in the classroom.
For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1990 We are winding up for another great 4th of July celebration and it is going to be upon us before we hardly know it.