Caregivers, supporters to meet
Area Agency on Aging of Southeast Arkansas, 709 E. Eighth Ave.,will host the Caregivers Alzheimer’s Support Group Meeting from 11 a.m. to noon Monday.
The topic will be Alzheimer’s and Dementia and the speaker will be Charlotte Clausen, administrative coordinator at the South Central Center on Aging in Pine Bluff, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
To join Team Meetings virtually, use 243 868 710 967 and Passcode W7B8BJ or call +1 312-625-2266 and use phone conference ID: 691 777 566# . Details: Carolyn Ferguson at Area Agency, (870) 543-6309.
ARDOT launches dashboard
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The Arkansas Department of Transportation launched an interactive dashboard designed to keep citizens informed about pavement conditions across the state, the status of construction jobs, safety data, and other metrics under the “Transportation Performance” umbrella.
The Transportation Performance Dashboard can be accessed via ARDOT’s website at ardot.gov/performance.
The dashboard features gauges showing bridge condition, Interstate condition, and National Highway condition ratings – along with the evaluation process and what each rating means.
The dashboard also includes the latest roadway safety data and an interactive map of construction jobs across the state. Details: IDriveArkansas.com or ARDOT.gov.
Author plans book signing Saturday
Author Monica F. Hudson will hold a book signing at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Pine Bluff Public Library, 600 S. Main St., for her latest book “The Unshakeable Power of Faith.”
“The Unshakeable Power of Faith” is her sixth book and the first to be released under the Splash Series theme, according to Stuff in The Bluff.
“The synopsis for the book is man’s journey to find the elusive meaning of the power of faith,” said Hudson, a Pine Bluff native, who is the publisher and Christian retailer with Hudson Publishers.
She shared that her book was birthed at a time when she was battling and struggling with personal issues that were happening in her life and around her family.
“I am telling you what faith is. I took quite a bit of it from the book of Hebrews. In the book, I share with the reader the journey of what faith is and how it has helped other people,” Hudson said.
The book also shows what having faith accomplished for other people and reveals that faith ultimately points to Jesus Christ while explaining “His power, His promise and purpose.”
Reading an excerpt that appears on the back of the book, Hudson said: “Faith, this unmovable source of our strength, this ever present help that stands with us in the fiery furnace of our lives. When disaster is pressing against our humanity, man looks toward where his hope lies as disaster engulfs him. Beyond the scope of our imagination, where the word of God and power of faith unite in the battle, adversity is defeated. Faith that gave Peter, the disciple, courage to step out of the boat into the waves of a raging storm, or the children of Israel to cross the Red Sea, and a man named Lazarus — yet dead — rose out of his grave by the call of his name. All these are the characters of God’s unshakeable power of faith through the word of His son, Jesus Christ, who said ‘Believe in me.'”
“The Unshakeable Power of Faith is available for purchase. Details: https://www.2cdivineanswers.com/product-page/the-unshakeable-power-of-faith.
Extension to host small ruminants event
The River Valley in Arkansas is typically cattle country, but it’s also quite suitable for raising sheep and goats, according to Extension Small Ruminant Specialist Dan Quadros with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Quadros and agents with the Cooperative Extension Service will lead a River Valley Small Ruminant Conference from 8:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Williamson Dining Hall at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. Registration begins at 8:15 a.m.
The conference is free, but registration is required. A lunch with lamb burgers will be provided. To register, visit www.uaex.uada.edu/river-valley-small-ruminants, according to a news release.
Extension agriculture agents from several counties will be at the conference, along with producers, consultants and speakers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For those unable to attend, the North Central Arkansas Small Ruminant Conference will be on April 19 from 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., at the Damascus Road Cowboy Church at Damascus. To register, contact the Stone County extension office at (870) 269-3336. To learn more about goats and sheep, follow the Small Ruminants Blog at https://uaex.uada.edu/small-ruminants-blog.