April 2023
Three Rivers extends deadline for nursing program applications
The application deadlines for two Three Rivers College Nursing programs in Poplar Bluff have been extended. The application deadlines are May 1 for the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing Day Program (RN) and the Evening LPN-RN Bridge Program.
BRTC Phi Theta Kappa inducts new members
Black River Technical College’s (BRTC) Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) chapter inducted 28 members in the Spring of 2023. Fifteen inductees were present to receive the honor of induction at the ceremony held Tuesday at the Randolph County Development Center.
St. Bernards Medical Center earns quality, safety certification for Advanced Heart Attack Care
St. Bernards Medical Center recently achieved certification from The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association as an Advanced Primary Heart Attack Center.
RHS Eighth graders take history trip
Arkansas history classes took a Friday morning field trip led by teacher Bridgette Branson to experience the Rector Community Museum and the Veterans Memorial Park. The two classes of eighth graders heard welcoming remarks and a brief history of early Rector related to Scatterville from Crystal Williams and Jane Gatewood, after which the classes explored the museum in peer groups.
Due to rainfall patterns become more extreme, pasture managers need to become proactive
Average temperatures in Arkansas have risen about 0.5 degrees over the past two decades, according to the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. One result of this has been more extreme patterns of rainfall and drought. Dirk Philipp, associate professor of forage agronomy for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said these changes in rainfall patterns typically have a variety of effects — particularly on agriculture.
New at the library
The following materials are now available at the Piggott Public Library ADULT FICTION Come from Away by Genevieve Graham Daughter of the Resistance by Lana Kortchik When Irish Eyes are Lying by Jean Grainger Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez The Drowning Sea by Sarah Stewart Taylor The Emigrant by Richard Alan Schwartz Small Acts of Defiance The Trouble with Secrets by Jean Grainger Kilt in Scotland by Patience Griffin The Saints of Swallow Hill by Donna Everhart The Tannernbaum Christmas Quilt byAnn Hazelwood Christmas Surprises at the Door by Ann Hazelwood Remember Me by Tracie Peterson Worthy Opponents by Danielle Steel Storm Watch by C. J.
WBU Theatre Department to stage “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”
The Williams Baptist University theatre department will stage a spring production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown ‘’ at 7:30 p.m. on April 13-14, in Startup Chapel on the WBU campus.
Child care fee assistance program for military families launches in Arkansas
Better Beginnings, a program of the Arkansas Department of Human Services Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education focusing on giving children the best quality care, announces the statewide launch of Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood PLUS (MCCYN-PLUS), an expansion of the existing military fee assistance program benefitting military families in Arkansas.
BRTC CTC hosts high school preview days
Black River Technical College (BRTC) Career and Technical Center (CTC) hosted several preview days in the month of March. Nearly 600 students from Piggott, Rector, Marmaduke, Pocahontas, Walnut Ridge, Sloan Hendrix, Corning, Hillcrest, Hoxie, Maynard, Paragould, Greene County Tech, and Brookland High Schools visited both the Pocahontas and Paragould BRTC locations.