Backwood Rebel will perform at the Bull Shoals Theater of the Arts on January 22, 2022. It is on Saturday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and the doors open at 6 p.m. This show is a free event, but we do ask for a donation at intermission to help cover the cost of the band and the facility.
The good people at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan for decades have tried to keep us on the straight and narrow because someone should at least try.
Fayetteville- Kaylie Slaughter, APRN, is now providing care for patients at the Washington Regional General Surgery Clinic where she works alongside Jeffrey Bell, MD, Jon Berry, MD, Gareth Eck, MD, Brian Pottorf, MD, Stephen Wood, MD, and Brittany Huls, APRN. Slaughter earned a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Walden University. She has more than nine years’ experience as a registered nurse and most recently worked as an RN at the Washington Regional General Surgery Clinic.
The issue of bill rates paid by medical centers to travel nurse companies was a topic of interest when the Arkansas Legislature held a joint committee meeting on Monday, Jan. 3 between the House and Senate committees on public health, welfare, and labor. House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Chairman Jack Ladyman, R-Jonesboro began the meeting by explaining that he and other legislators had received calls about the state’s traveling nurse programs related to pay and travel. He requested information to assist legislators in understanding the program. Present to explain the traveling nursing program were Trenda Ray, PhD., RN, Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor at UAMS and Michael Givens, Administrator, St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro. Jodiane Tritt, executive vice president of the Arkansas Hospital Association was also present. Ray attended via Zoom due to the current Covid-19 surge UAMS is experiencing. She gave an overview of how UAMS had implemented traveling nurses even prior to the pandemic.
Fayetteville- Elisabeth Brown, APRN, recently joined Washington Regional Harrison Family Practice where she works alongside Stacy Armstrong, DO, Shannon Brownfield, MD, Jean Ann Thompson, APRN and Hannah Wilburn, APRN to provide comprehensive medical care for adults and children 13 years and older.
Yellville- Should agricultural land be used for wind and solar farms? This question will be the focus of the National Agricultural Law Center’s webinar, “Wind and Solar Farms in Farm Country: Addressing Land Use Conflicts” on January 19, at noon Eastern Standard Time/11 a.m. Central Standard Time.
Many things can come to mind when we think of invasive species. It can happen in plant life or animal life. Almost always these are not a good thing and take substantial time and money to control them. Several of these species were imported from other areas because of the benefits they could supply, but later it was found out that those benefits did not outweigh the nuisance they caused or were even a benefit at all. Some things that come to mind are Sericea Lespedeza, Queen Anne’s Lace, and feral hogs. We will discuss some ways to manage these problems.
What happened to the ducks this fall? Well, we had far too little water here in the lower Midwest, but the big problem was the lack of water in northern breeding grounds of Canada and the Dakotas. Way less than normal in the spring and summer.
Hello readers and friends. This week I am going to do some easy breakfast recipes as requested by our editor, Robert. Robert loves breakfast any time of the day. Maybe his favorite dishes at any time. I hope this week finds you all in good health, happiness, and off to a good start to the New Year. We are all doing good and hoping this is going to be the best year yet. Always try to all live each day to the fullest and as usual Remember the Little Things in Life, they seem to bring us the happiest memories.
Tom Dumas has donated $25,000.00 to help Marion County Community Services, a non-profit organization, complete purchase of 24 acres in south Yellville for the projected Marion County Community Center. He invites the community to match his donation.
