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.
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.
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
Monday, May 13, 2024 2 p.m. – Advised strong gas smell is coming from the old Holcomb’s Steakhouse.
The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center is proud to announce the launch of its innovative Tele-Emergency Care service.
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.
Graduation season is such a happy time! Whether you are finishing preschool or your Ph.D., fifth grade or your fifth year in college, high school or law school, families gather with great excitement to celebrate your hard work and pump you up for the next chapter in your journey. Even if you just barely made it, friends are still happy because you made it.
On May 18, 2024, at 10:39 P.M., a Clay County deputy noticed a vehicle sitting in the road on CR 254, just off Hwy. 135. The deputy came in contact with 31-year-old Jordan Blake Boling of Paragould. The deputy was advised by Mr. Boling that he was out of gas. The deputy also noticed that the Boling subject was nervous. The deputy asked for his identification and ran a check on his driver license. The deputy learned that the subject was on probation with a search waiver on file. After learning this, the deputy conducted a search of Mr. Boling and his vehicle. Mr. Boling was then placed into custody and transported to the Clay County Detention Center and booked in on the following charges: Possession of SCH I or II GT 2GM but LT 10GM, Possession of SCH VI LT 4OZ, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia Felony.
Published 25 years after his death, Ernest Hemingway’s “The Garden of Eden” will be the subject of a reader’s retreat that coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Hemingway- Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) in Piggott. The retreat will be held Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10.
Corning trapshooters rocked the East Regional Tournament on May 3-4 at the Jacksonville Shooting Sports Complex and came away the Senior High East Region Champions. .