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  • Joined: December 14, 2022
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BRTC’s LPN Program ranked 3rd in the state

Black River Technical College’s Licensed Practical Nursing Program (LPN) has been ranked 3rd in the state by praticalnursing. org. The website praised BRTC’s program: “Black River Technical College offers an outstanding practical nursing program at its campus in Pocahontas, Arkansas. By blending tradition, technology, and innovation, BRTC emphasizes quality in its practical nursing program and workforce training. They also believe that nurturing relationships increases access, leading to seamless education.”

Black joins St. Bernards to lead physician marketing

St. Bernards Healthcare and Medical Group, the group that owns St Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center here in Pocahontas, has named Mallory Black their new Director of Physician Marketing, spearheading efforts to promote and connect the region’s largest voluntary association of physicians.

From the Humane Society….

If you’ve ever been licked by a cat, you know they have more than sandpapery tongues. Those tongues are important to the cat; they serve many purposes. One of those purposes is cleaning meat from bones, especially for wild cats. We shouldn’t feed bones to our pet cats.

Here &There

Food, glorious food! I’ve been thinking back this week on the evolution of prepared food available here during the past century or so. In the long ago, restaurants available locally were basically at the several large hotels we had in the county.

Around the Kitchen Table with Nanny

Turkey is history; hopefully, all the leftovers are gone and forgotten. So, let’s start thinking about the fun holiday that is just around the corner. It’s time to begin some major planning and also get things organized for all the cookies, candies, and goodies we will want to have on hand for our family and friends. Homemade treats make a nice gift for neighbors and friends. So, this week, let’s start with some good cookie recipes. You can bake ahead, cool completely, place in a plastic container with wax paper between layers, and freeze. Set them out the day before you need them, and they will thaw and be just as fresh as the day you baked them. It’s nice to get things done ahead before all the last-minute rush of shopping, wrapping gifts, and getting ready for company and dropins.

News from the Arkansas Welcome Center

Time has flown by for me since my last Welcome Center update. Over this past month, I have been out and about working at mobile Welcome Centers, from the AAA Great Vacations Travel Expo in Columbus, Ohio, to the Arkansas State Fair in Little Rock, to right here in Corning during the Harvest Festival. November is Native American Heritage Month, and there are several ways to celebrate in The Natural State. The Museum of Native American History in Bentonville has one of the most extensive collections of Native American artifacts, with over 10,000 pieces spanning 14,000 years. Plum Bayou Mounds Archaeological State Park in Scott preserves an 18-mound complex built by the Plum Bayou Culture along what was once the Arkansas River. Over in the Upper Delta, Hampson Archaeological Museum State Park in Wilson displays the artifacts that were recovered from the site of a 15-acre Mississippian Period American Indian village that existed in the vicinity. Parkin Archaeological State Park in Parkin preserves and documents another Mississippian Period village. This village is believed by many archaeologists to be the village of Casqui, documented by Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. In recent years, several Spanish artifacts have been recovered from the site, such as a glass bead and a bell. The Mississippian Culture was known for its practice of making pottery with the effigies of human heads. No one is quite sure what or who this pottery represents, though it is thought that they are a form of death masks. Their specific use is unknown, but what can be said for certain is that they have only been found among the people who lived along the Mississippi River.