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In This Issue 6/ Editor’s Note Happy October

8 / Farmers Market 11/ The Myopic Life Love In Disguise

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Dusty Dreams

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22/ Tales Of a Transplanted Fashionista

Boy Mom Life; Raising a Child with Empathy

24/ Things To Do 26/ Faces

32/ Batesville Area Arts Council 34/ Downtown Guide 36/ Experiencing God in the Everyday A Gospel-Centered Marriage

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Editor’s Note

Happy October Joseph Thomas

Kimberlee and Joseph Thomas

Cool weather, football, Halloween, the sniffles...back into Fall we go. I hope it is a good one for you and glad you decided to join us for this issue of Eye On Independence.

Kimberlee and I had the good fortune to catch up with Debbie Cochran for our Cover Story and she is simply a pleasure. Amanda Roberts put the Feature on Casino Night on our radar and Leigh Keller discusses

being a Boy Mom. Tanner Smith reviews Ghostbusters, Kimberlee brings us the Haven - Ward Wedding and Kristi Price talks the pros that can be garnered from our traditional Halloween. Chad Grigsby speaks of a Gospel-Centered Marriage. We have many local events, community Faces, and Arkansas Craft School news as well as BAAC goings on, so read on and forgive my sniffling. N

Technology Curriculum Concepts Dominate Grants in Citizens Bank Education Initiative Chuck Jones Six creative curriculum projects conceived by Batesville educators will be implemented through $15,000 in grants provided by the Fourth Annual Citizens Bank Education Initiative for the Batesville School District.

Since 2011, Batesville educators have benefited from $60,000 in bank grants to implement ideas and projects that otherwise would have gone unfunded. Citizens Bank last year expanded its Education Initiative to also include the Midland, Mountain View and Southside school districts and has now committed $90,000 in grants to area educators.

“The Citizens Bank Education Initiative has been incredibly successful at challenging our educators to think creatively as they strive for educational excellence,” said Bank President Phil Baldwin. “Our judges continue to be impressed – and challenged – by the scope and originality of the projects that are submitted for funding.”

The six recipient projects were selected from 13 grant applications that were considered by a panel representing the Social Sciences and Secondary Education Division at Lyon College. The panel reviews each project anonymously and then determines the amount of each grant.

This year’s Batesville grant recipients, announced at a recent awards banquet held at Elizabeth’s Restaurant, are: “Implementing iPads in Intellectual Integration,” budgeted at nearly $5,000, was proposed by Kathy Hyslip, Bonnie Young and Mary Lynne Webb on behalf of the Sulphur Rock Magnet School’s Special Education Department. The grant will allow the use of iPads to motivate students in core subjects, improve performance on class assessments, involve parents in the learning process, and help teachers overcome diversity challenges.

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Through “Chronicling Our History,” English Teacher Tammy Gillmore and a team of colleagues will ask students to select a year in the history of Batesville High School, research and write about the events or people from that year, with their work to be published in a book highlighting the school’s 130-year history. The project will challenge students to research, gather data and write creatively about their chosen year. Most of the $2,800 approved grant will help print copies of the books.

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The Myopic Life Love In Disguise

Kristi Price It’s that agitating time of year, the time when my desire for creativity and frugality collides in an ugly way with my actual lack of creativity (and my possession of an over-priced costume catalog). Halloween. Of course my kids want to dress up, of course I don’t believe in spending money on costumes, and of course I can’t sew.

But oh! I love my pictures of days gone by wherein tiny fairies toddled with diapers peeking out of their skirts and my fuzzy frog actually bounced from house to house. The toddler years gave way to licensed Disney and Nintendo costumes, then the too-cool-to-pose football and cheerleading costumes. Who knows what this year will bring. I’m hoping to avoid the topic altogether, but do I really want them to moan, “Mom, I’m too old to dress up.”

Then there is the underlying tension of the day. I am a Christian. My faith is my worldview from which, and through which, all of my other views pass. Some thoughts spring naturally from my faith, and other thoughts must pass through the filter of my faith to see if they hold up or need refining. As such, I am called to live in this world, though not of it. This call leads many of us to argue within our faith over which things fall under the former, and which fall under the latter. Large decisions and small decisions alike are weighed and evaluated on their merits. Large decisions like family planning. Small decisions like…Halloween.

No need to rehash the anti-Halloween arguments here. I’m sure you have heard them. I have dressed up and enjoyed this peculiar day my entire life, though, with no adverse effect. Avoiding it probably wouldn’t have changed the world, and enjoying it probably won’t either. Or maybe it will.

You see, what I love about Halloween is not its darker points. In fact, I wish those seriously would go away.

This day is not a license for mischief or outright criminal behavior. Let’s strip it of the nonsense and replace it solely with its finer points. The going out of our doors to visit our neighbors. The opening of our doors to receive our neighbors. The shuffling up and down Main Street (my favorite part), greeting one another, joining in a festive celebration of community and togetherness.

What are we celebrating? Who knows. Nothing, probably, except the pure delight over community. And candy. But if my children spend the evening carousing around town and end up with sacks of candy and the genuine belief that their neighbors are the coolest, most generous people, then hopefully the bar is set a little higher and they too will one day aspire to be the coolest, most generous people. Thank you, Batesville, for what you do to be neighborly. And thank you, Main Street Batesville, for welcoming the coming swarm of Iron Men, Elsas, and an odd assortment of ghouls. Let’s share. N

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Eye On Cover Story Dusty Dreams Joseph Thomas

Debbie Cochran is proof that it is never too late to make your dreams come true. She breaks all of the aged stereotypes and limits that society tends to place upon our ability to perform or remain viable. Cochran always wanted to be a song writer and like many of us, life just sort of went in its own direction. It’s so easy to believe that you could never achieve something that seems so big in your mind. However, Cochran has reached for those ‘dusty dreams’ and grasped them with both hands.

Having the same love for songwriting, I am glad that life can get in the way, because sometimes it needs to present us with lessons, but our dreams are never meant to be dropped forever. I am glad to have met Cochran and witness the joy that dreams coming true can bring.

With her debut single, “It’s Never Too Late,” Cochran writes about her life and what she knows in a clear and masterful way. Her vocals have been described as Helen Mirren meets Debbie Boone. Cochran has decided not to let any more time escape her talent, as she has just released her fourth album, “Everything Changes,” has just turned in her last five tracks for her fifth album to the studio and is currently writing her sixth album.

There is no dust to be found on Cochran, between radio tours, local gigs and the non-stop writing. “I also recently submitted a song I wrote, “Eyewitness,” to Singing News Artist Search 2014. They are the largest Christian foundation in the Nation. I made the top 20 nationwide,” says the singer-songwriter. Cochran is signed with PLA Media and was fortunate to find herself being produced by the Grammy nominated Kent Wells, who is best known for his work with Dolly Parton. In 2009, Cochran earned her Masters in Music Theory, Harmony and Ear Training at Berklee College of Music online. We’d be on vacation at the beach and I’d be inside the condo and trying to turn my homework in,” says Cochran of securing her Masters. Her and husband, Elmer, own Simply Southern Play House Music Theatre.

She has immersed herself in the process of writing and performing to an impressive degree. She is a warm spirit that is very easy to talk to and as grounded as anyone has a right to be.

Cochran was born in Anniston, Alabama. “We moved to Houston, Texas then to Arkansas, so I have three doses of Southern Draw,” she muses. “It started when I was a little girl and my grandmother laid my hands on a piano and taught me a few chords. I believe God’s timing is always right on time. I don’t think I am a day late because it truly is ‘Never Too Late’ to dust off those dreams inside of you. I think I’m right on time for me. I’m building my dream as I go. Who knows what tomorrow brings. I am so excited about my fifth album and soon will be returning to the studio to complete vocals.”

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Cochran’s song, ‘It’s Never Too Late,’ was inspired by Kent Wells saying just that on one of their discussions of recording her first album. That is how she writes, finding music in her everyday life. I enjoy figuring out or finding out what started the writing of any song and from Cochran’s track notes, she states the moments that paints these songs in her mind. “After I met Kent Wells in 2010, that’s when things really took place for me,” Cochran says. “He asked me what I wanted to do with the song I had given him and I told him I was hoping Dolly Parton would record it. He asked me why I didn’t sing it; he said, ‘It’s never too late.’ I turned that phrase and experience into a song.” That song became the title of her first album; Wells has produced all of Cochran’s recordings.

Cochran, an independent artist releases her albums and distributes them through the website CDBaby. com.

“Her warm, resonant alto is super compelling and vibrantly listenable,” critic and author Robert K. Oermann wrote in Music Row Magazine. Its Never Too Late earned the DisCovery Award from Robert K. Oermann in 2012. She most recently received an honorable mention from the Singing News as a Top New Artist of 2014. Jerry Proctor, music/program director for WTYS AM-FM in Marianna, Fla., said, “It has been a long time since I heard a true ‘country artist,’ but Debbie has a sound that reminds me of the days of Dottie West and Donna Fargo.

She has a soulful country sound that is very radio friendly.”

Cochran’s husband, Elmer, was the owner of the Ideal Bread Company in Batesville, Arkansas until he retired and became her roadie. “We have a motor home and we travel to various places for shows,” she says. She also gives Elmer credit for boosting her dream by building her a stage to sing

on. “We own a historic building in downtown Batesville,” Cochran says.

“We renovated it in 1994. Before, we had it as a gift shop, a Bible bookstore and then we turned it into the Simply Southern Playhouse Music Theatre. He built a little stage area so I could perform and pretend I was on the Grand Ole Opry. We use it for local shows about once a month. That started me seriously recording songs. Cochran worked at CenterPoint Energy before beginning her true calling of singersongwriter. She is doing what good performers do, performing as often as possible. “We built elaborate floats and I’d perform songs while on the float,” Cochran says. “I took dulcimer lessons over in Mountain View and bass guitar lessons and play bass with ‘The Simply Southern House Band.’

“Yes, some songs come to me as country,” Cochran says. “And then I say a prayer and it comes to me as gospel. These songs are not praise and worship songs but instead they are about what we lean on to make it through our daily life. I sing about growing up and life circumstances, but every album of mine has what I would consider gospel songs on it.”

The Alabama-born Cochran says her grandmother played piano and organ and sang regularly in church. “There were a number of gospel singers in my mother’s family, some of them toured and wrote songs,” Cochran says.

“I remember my aunt Pearl playing the piano so hard I thought she might break it!” She says greats like Reba McEntire, Loretta Lynn, Kitty Wells and Dolly Parton influenced her musical leanings. “I especially like the songs that tell about their younger years, like Loretta’s ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ and Dolly’s ‘Coat of Many Colors,’” Cochran says.

My song is ‘The Movie In My

Mind’. Cochran has a story to tell with every song and tells it well with a genuine voice.

“I would love to be able to sing on the Grand Ole Opry. I may never get there but it’s a goal to work toward. That’s part of the dream.

You don’t know what the dream will become if you don’t work at it. I have met so many wonderful people along the way. I am building my dream as I go.” Cochran and her husband have, between them, three children and six grandchildren who she says, “get excited and kinda into it” when Cochran performs. “I hope my experience will inspire them to never give up on a dream,” she says. “I’d say that to everyone ... and I’d tell ‘em it’s never too late.” Cochran says of her song ‘When You’re Loving Me,’ “My mother told me one day while she was watching GAC’s top country love songs that I needed to write a love em’ and leave em’ song,” says Debbie. “She’s the one that inspired this song and I am looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of it.”

Speaking of her new album, ‘Everything Changes,’ Cochran says, “Writing songs and performing is my passion. I’ve put my heart and soul into this new record, and I can’t wait for everyone to hear it.” A recent press release from PLA Media touted Cochran and her signature ‘Halo Country’ for touching the hearts of gospel listeners with her heartfelt lyrics. Her song “Eyewitness” recently received high remarks and garnered her an honorable mention in the 2014 New Artist Search presented by Singing News, the largest Christian music publication in the country. Cochran said she was excited and honored to be considered a top new artist at this point in her life and that it is such a blessing and a dream come true. Cochran participated in the National Red Ribbon Week, a state-wide initiative for teens about suicide prevention and the dangers of drugs to help raise awareness at UACCB. She gave all of the young men and women bracelets that say “Eyewitness,” a song title that she performed for the

students off of her new album. After telling me the story, she gave me one that I wear proudly. Before the event Cochran said, “I am truly overjoyed to help inspire these teenagers to live a positive lifestyle and make a difference in their lives. It’s about never giving up on your dreams and to rise above the complications and barriers they may face.”

‘Eyewitness’ details the saddening story of bullying. With empowering lyrics of hope for better days and providing the ‘power to rise above,’ telling her listener to ‘don’t give up.’

We’d like to thank Debbie Cochran for honoring us with this interview with her busy schedule. It was an absolute pleasure to meet her and Elmer and we look forward to seeing her perform again soon, having seen her open for David Grimes and Narvel Felts in the Landers Theatre in 2013. For more information on Debbie Cochran, please visit www.DebbieCochran. com or www.Facebook.com/ DebbieCochranMusic. N

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Eye On Feature Casino Night - The Roaring 20’s Dana Thomas

“And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.” is a quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald from The Great Gatsby which captured the heart of the roaring twenties culture and is the theme of White River Health System Foundation’s newest fundraising event! The Roaring 20’s Casino Night will take place Saturday, November 8th at White River Medical Center’s Josephine Raye Rogers Center for Women & Imaging. The event will feature a poker tournament, craps tables, roulette, black jack, slots and much more. No cash awards or prizes will be given for winning. Instead winning game chips can be used towards raffle tickets for luxury door prizes. A silent auction will feature a wide array of memorabilia and collectables including themes such as the Arkansas Razorbacks, wildlife, Route 66 and the 1920’s . Among all the gaming activities the inaugural event will highlight the culinary mastery of White River Medical Center’s new Chef, Blake Wilbanks. The menu will include grilled oyster casinos on a half shell, beef tenderloin, smashed potato martini bar, hand cut aged cheeses with warm brie and honey, and Brennan’s famous banana foster flambéed served with vanilla bean ice cream. “We are thrilled to host our inaugural casino night event at the hospital with Chef Wilbanks. The roaring 20’s theme is a fun way for everyone to bring out their inner flapper girl or gangster so we encourage everyone attending to be the “cat’s meow” and dress the part. Come ready to enjoy some cool jazz, fabulous food and gaming excitement” says Dana Thomas, the event’s coordinator. “Proceeds from the event will further the Foundation’s mission to connect the generosity of a caring community with opportunities to improve lives through better healthcare” says Foundation Director, Amanda Roberts. The event will feature a wine pull raffle which is like pick up ducks for adults. You buy a numbered wine cork and see which bottle of wine you get to take home – a $20 dollar bottle or $100 dollar bottle depending on your wine cork number. A photo

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Havens - Ward Wedding Kimberlee Thomas

Photography: Brandi Shulz of Key Moment Photography

Life is a funny thing with a mind of its own. Just when we think we have it all under control we find ourselves wandering down a path that’s true nature takes us by surprise. Joni Havens and Cameron Ward were each traveling down their own paths when life stepped in and caused those paths to cross not once but twice. It was a short while after their second encounter that the two decided they might like to see where traveling a single path together would take them.

Both Joni and Cameron enjoy seafood, so for their first outing they made their way to Who Dat’s in Bald Knob.

“After our first date we knew were meant for each other.

We are so much alike,” shared Joni. The couple discovered that they both enjoyed being outdoors, and had the same taste in music and food. They also learned that spending time with family and friends was of utmost importance to them both. It wasn’t long before their path turned toward love.

On June 14, 2014 only six months after their first date, Cameron asked Joni to join him on a new path and be his bride. Joni recalled, “Cameron had invited me over to his home for dinner, he cooked my favorite meal. Everything seemed pretty normal. He didn’t act nervous at all. I was totally surprised. I’m pretty sure I was more nervous than he was when he got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife. The ring was gorgeous. It’s so me, I love it!”

The couple married on September 12, 2014 in Heber

Springs at the Ward’s family cabin. Independence County Justice of the Peace, Waymon Long presided over the double ring ceremony. Joni’s cousin and best friend, Caitlin Stills stood at her side as her maid of honor. Cameron’s brother, Brandon served as his best man. The Little Red River was the back drop for the outdoor evening wedding.

Natalie Scott from Tied With A Bow Events helped Joni plan the vintage outdoor wedding. “We watched our dreams come to life, it was beautiful!” Friends and family were gathered together as Joni’s son, Brody, walked her down the aisle to “This Kind of Love” by Sister Hazel. “It was such a very special moment I will always cherish. I was holding back tears,” Joni shared. Harding Catering was on hand for the dinner reception that followed the wedding.

Cameron is co-owner of Snow Reapers Outfitters in Delaplaine. He is also a duck guide for Mallard Point and helps his father, Randy Ward, with the family catering business and restaurant, Fred’s Fish House. Joni is Sales Manager at Jonathan’s Fine Jewelry and has received her Accredited Jewelry Professional Certification from the Gemological Institute of America.

The couple and their two children reside in Cord. Joni’s son, Brody, is six and Cameron’s daughter, Jovee, is one.

Joni shared, “We each brought a child to our marriage and we look forward to expanding our family in the future.”

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Smith’s Verdict ****

Ghostbusters

Reviewed by Tanner Smith “Ghostbusters” is a highly enjoyable comedy. It features three elements that make it inventive (the casting of SNL/SCTV alumni, state-of-the-art ILM special effects, and a B-movie plot) and a sharp screenplay with some very funny dialogue to make it work. We have Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Harold Ramis as a team of paranormal investigators/“ghost exterminators,” and a whole lot of special effects. But because it’s Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as the three heroes in a special-effects summer blockbuster, the effects do not overshadow them in the slightest. They instead assist them. And rightly so, because these three make for very funny company—they’re like a group of college buddies who know the score of their own jokes. I could listen to these guys talk and watch them interact with each other for hours, and they do plenty of that in “Ghostbusters,” even in some heavy-duty FX sequences when they should try and be serious.

Murray plays Peter Venkman, Aykroyd is Ray Stantz, and Ramis is Egon Spengler. They are parapsychologists working at Columbia University, but are somewhat of a misfit group. Stantz and Spengler are more serious about their work, but haven’t necessarily stumbled upon anything yet. Venkman, on the other hand, is a class-A goofball who likes to tease his research students with shock therapy. But one day, the three encounter a ghost for the first time at the local library, and after they are fired from their jobs at Columbia, they decide to start their own “ghost-catching” business. They call themselves “Ghostbusters” and are able to create a special sort of technology that can allow them to “contain” apparitions. Their first bust is a green, disgusting blob (“Slimer”) at a hotel, and once more and more ghosts appear, the Ghostbusters are on call to contain them.

One assignment that has them busy is Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver), whose refrigerator apparently to be haunted by a demonic spirit known as “Zuul.” As Stantz and Spengler discover, the penthouse apartments of her building are the source of the paranormal activity happening around the city, which means that something big is about to happen—something of apocalyptic proportions. And if that sounds completely ridiculous for a comedy, you really shouldn’t care, because the movie is all about laughs in the face of the situation. Dana does become possessed by Zuul, after being attacked by two beasts that serve as a dark lord’s pets (or something like that), so when Venkman arrives for their date and notices the change in her, he decides to mess around with the situation. He says things like, “That’s a new look for you, isn’t it?” and when he asks “Zuul” if he can talk to Dana to which he gets a response in a deep demonic voice, he responds, “What a lovely singing voice you have.”

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to a climax in which the Ghostbusters must stand up against a shape-shifting god of destruction, and the film never allows the special-effects to reduce the actors. There are still plenty of funny lines said by the heroes to keep things interesting and funny, and the special-effects come to their assistance in the final battle whose key to its success is an effect that is an absolutely hilarious visual gag. (Those who have seen the movie know what I’m talking about.)

Also, I should add that the Ghostbusters don’t act as if this is the “grand adventure” they’re supposed to be doing in the way other characters act in other special-effects movies. Instead, it feels as if they’re just simply winging it and making things up as they go along, which is a clever move. Sure, they’re intelligent and bright, but they don’t always know what they’re doing and they are genuinely funny.

The dialogue in “Ghostbusters,” with a screenplay written by Aykroyd and Ramis themselves, is utterly hilarious. I could listen to these characters speak even longer than the film’s running time if I thought they could come up with enough wit, irony, skepticism, and merry goofiness to keep going. I don’t know how many people who’ve seen this movie can’t quote less than ten memorable lines from the movie. Or how about 20?

Bill Murray is excellent in this movie. He’s hilarious throughout, as his Venkman is more the wise-guy of the group. His deadpan delivery practically makes this movie, as he gets most of the best lines—his reaction to Dana telling the Ghostbusters about her refrigerator being haunted

by Zuul: “Generally, you don’t see that kind of behavior in a major appliance.” Dan Aykroyd is enjoyable as the cheerful scientist who takes every bit of phenomena with joy. Harold Ramis, probably the drier wit of the group, is suitably witty as the smartest member. All three are terrific in their low-key, funny performances. The supporting cast is game as well. Sigourney Weaver does what she’s required to do, and having to act possessed and ultimately come on to Murray in a seductive manner is quite amusing. Even better are Rick Moranis as Dana’s nerdy neighbor who has his own encounter with the supernatural; the calm, cool presence of Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore who joins the Ghostbusters later in the film (he says he’ll believe in the supernatural “if there’s a steady paycheck in it”); and Annie Potts as the Ghostbusters’ deadpan secretary.

There’s also William Atherton who is beyond over-the-top as Walter Peck, an environmentalist who wants to shut the Ghostbusters down and will take no bullcrap, even as Murray puts him down.

“Ghostbusters” is a sly, very funny and enjoyable movie that is fun to watch and even more fun to listen to.

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Arkansas Craft School Lucia Vinograd

As we prepare for the vibrant colors of fall, we begin to think about holidays and gifts giving. Handmade gifts are always the best. Make something special for that special person in one of our fall classes.

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Maureen Skinner’s crocheted hats defy description.

Alternately zany, fun, inspired, and irreverent, the hats are conceived in Maureen’s brain, and then translated into custom, wearable head toppers. In this class, students will gain tips from Maureen on how to take an idea, and end up with a tangible object – a hat - without the need to follow a pattern. Adventures in Advanced Crochet Hat Making October 4 & 5 If horses could talk, they would tell you why mohair makes them so happy. Besides being strong and dirt resistant, mohair wicks off moisture and, when properly fitted, will not chafe or pinch. The longer a horse wears a mohair cinch, the better it feels, because over time, the back felts to a soft, smooth finish. In this three day workshop, students will learn the basic techniques in the art of traditional cinch-making. All tools and materials needed to complete your cinches, including the 100% mohair that makes these cinches so special, will be supplied by your instructor, Pop Wagner, who has quite the reputation as a singer, picker, fiddler, lasso twirler, poet, and downright funny guy. October 10 – 12: Mohair Saddle Cinches with Pop Wagner October 10 – 12: Introduction to Papermaking with Debbie Jolly A fun introduction to this easy craft gives students the basic skills required to expand their creativity with the use of repurposed paper. Blenders are used to pulp the recycled paper, which then is placed in a vat of water, creating a slurry from which a sheet of paper is drawn. Each student will become familiar with using a mold and deckle, and with the drying processes necessary to create fine handmade papers. The end results create standard size sheets of artisan paper (8 1/2’” by 11”), and also continue the life of a tree.

October 17 -19 Wood - Easy Hollow Forms & the Ogee Bowl w/ John Keeton This wood turning class will provide the student with an understanding of proper form, the need for continuity and flow in design, and considerations of color, texture and finish. Class participants will complete at least one hollow form turned without the need for a hollowing system, and complete at least one bowl in the classic ogee form. Techniques used will include detail work with various tools, and developing precision in execution of various assembly processes. If time permits, we will explore finials, pedestals, and various forms of embellishment.

Students should have some turning experience with basic tool control and technique.

Classes coming up in November... § November 1 & 2: Basic Digital Photography with Ed Alexander § November 7 - 9: Basic Blacksmithing with Bob Patrick § November 14 - 16: Magical Mosaics with Mary Patrick

Events The Alash Ensemble will be coming back to perform at Ozarka College Mountain View on October 23, 7:00 PM The members of Alash are master throat singers from Tuva, a tiny republic in Siberia, located at the geographical center of the Eurasian continent. The ancient art of throat singing, by which a single singer produces multiple notes simultaneously, developed among the nomadic herdsmen of the region. Alash are virtuosi of this amazing vocal technique who accompany themselves brilliantly on a variety of fascinating instruments from their homeland.

In addition to performing traditional music of their native Tuva, they have collaborated with such diverse groups as the bluegrass/fusion/jazz band Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, the jazz ensemble Sun Ra Arkestra, and the classical Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Student Producers Program. Their recordings include Buura (recorded in Nashville during a previous American tour) and Alash. Alash Ensemble has toured extensively in Europe, Russia, and America. They performed at Carnegie Hall in 2012.

Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Call 870 269 8397 to reserve your seat.

Our Arkansas Craft School Fundraising Gala set for Thursday, November 20, starting at 6:30 p.m. at Angler’s Restaurant, on the beautiful White River. Mark your calendars for the social event of the season! The Gala will feature dinner, cash bar, live music, and silent and live auctions of hand-crafted items.

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Tales Of a Transplanted Fashionista

Boy Mom Life; Raising a Child with Empathy Leigh Keller

When we first found out I was pregnant with Cole, I dreamed of dressing up a little girl every day with clothes like mine, with a tiny handbag each day with coordinating jewelry to mine. Then, four months in, I found out my little sweet pea was a Cole, not a Sarah Grace. Four and a half years later, with multiple digger toys in the yard and Transformers all over the house, I cannot imagine our lives any other way.

In my every day mommy life, I am also a high school counselor. While I see girls every day, I feel like God is preparing me for being a mama of a teenaged boy by sending me boy issues more often than girls. When I see these huge seventeen year olds in my office, I truly do not see them as big as they think they are, I, more often than not, see them as my four year old little man and his best friends.

No one wants to raise a child who does not care about the needs and feelings of others, but there is a balance with boys, who are taught early on to be tough and masculine, and not caring and compassionate. We find that balance, somewhere between his daddy and me, taking him with me to the prom dress closet and food pantry/clothing closet to work, and then wrestling with his daddy and his dogs on the trampoline, and riding

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his tiny Spiderman four-wheeler (S/O to Payne’s Supply for that one, my anxiety level has never been higher). Compassion for others does not make you weak, but does make for better human beings, whether they are male or female, so try to raise the kind of kid you would actually want to be around someday (a plea from their future high school counselor) and help them to realize that the life they live is not the only kind of life out there, understanding that they may have it a lot easier than other people they know. N

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Things To Do October Classes Computer Basics. Learn the basics of computing in the company of other beginners. Understand the basics of hardware and software. Use hands-on exercises to learn basic applications, including some Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel activities. Learn the ins and outs of creating, sorting and filtering files. Lisa Albertson, instructor. Fee: $40. Dates: Tuesdays, Oct 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 4:00-6:00 p.m. UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 217. To register, contact 870-612-2082 or email katrina. stevens@uaccb.edu.

Intermediate Excel 2013. Moving beyond basics, you will learn to change the appearance of workbooks by incorporating Excel features such as images, borders and shading; sort and filter data; combine data from multiple sources; create charts and graphs; and use advanced formulas. Prerequisite: Intro to Microsoft Excel 2013 or prior experience. No textbook required. Gayla Dahl, instructor. Fee: $55. Dates: Tues/Thurs, Oct 28, 30, Nov 4, 6, 4:30-6:30 p.m. UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 223. To register, contact 870-612-2082 or email katrina. stevens@uaccb.edu.

Intro to Photoshop. Discover the power and flexibility of designing and creating in Photoshop. Instructor Jim Krause, co-owner of a local art business, will teach students to use the tools provided in Photoshop whether you are an artist, photographer, graphic designer or hobbyist. In this hands-on class, you will learn to use the workspace, panels, brushes, selection tools, filters and terminology. Fee: $55.

Dates: Thursdays, Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 222. To register, contact 870-612-2082 or email katrina.stevens@uaccb.edu.

Intermediate Knitting. This class will take you beyond the basic knit and purl stitches. Lisa Krause will teach you how to increase and decrease, fix basic mistakes, do the cable and more advanced stitches and read more complex patterns. You will learn about different types of needles, yarns and fibers and finishing techniques. Bring one skein of knitting worsted weight yarn in a color that is neither too dark nor too bright. You may also bring an idea of a project that you are interested in making!! Knitting needles will be provided. Fee: $25 plus supply fee $7, payable to instructor on first night of class. Dates: Thursdays, Oct 30, Nov 6, 13, 20, 6:00-8:00 p.m. UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 242. To register, contact 870-612-2082 or email katrina.stevens@uaccb.edu.

UACCB Free Cyber Security Symposium - Large companies and governments are moving aggressively to protect their computer systems. UACCB will host a Cyber Security Symposium on the UACCB campus in the Nursing 24

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and Allied Health Building Lecture Hall on October 7, 2014 from 1 to 4 p.m. The Symposium is designed to raise awareness of the often-serious breaches in cyber security. Mr. Casey W. O’Brien, the Director and Principal Investigator of the National CyberWatch Center, will discuss “Cybersecurity Education Solutions for the Nation”.

The symposium is free and open to the public. Registration is required. To register please email or call Lynn Bray at lynn.bray@uaccb.edu or 870-612-2080. Registration deadline is September 30.

Hunter Education Classes: October 4, 2014 8:30 a.m.6:30 p.m. Nursing Allied Health Building, Room 902 To register for Hunter Education, contact Mary Zirkle at 501-345-0367.

Lap Quilting. Learn how to quilt. Bring ½ yard of your favorite 100% cotton fabric, ¼ yard of 2 or 3 other fabrics or scraps, and an 18-inch square of batting. You will need hand quilting thread, scissors, pins and needles.

You will make a block that can be turned into a pillow, a wall hanging or add more blocks to make a quilt. Cindy Gillmore, instructor. Fee: $30. Dates: Thursdays, October 2, 9, 16, 6 -8 p.m. UACCB Annex Building, Room 402. To register, contact 870-612-2082 or email katrina.stevens@ uaccb.edu.

Tactical Combat Survival (TCS). TCS is an instructional class with the goal of reducing participants’ odds of being a victim of a violent crime. TCS combines lecture with interactive hands-on training of the physical techniques.

Legal responsibilities and consequences are discussed in relation to the training provided. Ages 18 and up. Shihan Don Gregory, full range close combat instructor. Fee: $40/ individual or $60/couple. Date: October 4, 8 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

UACCB Annex Building, Room 404. To register, contact Katrina from # and email above.

Cake Decorating. Julie Gosser, owner of Julie’s Piece of Cake, will teach the fundamentals of basic cake decorating.

Using buttercream icing, you will learn to ice and smooth cakes and ice and fill cupcakes. You will drop flowers, make stars, rosettes, shell and bead border, a shaggy mum, regular roses, ribbon roses, leaves, piping, writing and more. Fee: $40 plus supply fee $80. Supply fee payable to instructor on first night of class. Dates: Mondays, October 6, 13, 20, 27, 6 -8 p.m. UACCB Fine Arts Building, Room 603. To register, contact Katrina from # and email above.

Sign Language for Beginners from instructor Diann Anderson. Fee: $45 plus textbook (inquire when registering). Dates: Mondays, October 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, 6 -8 p.m. UACCB Row Johns Building, Room 801. To register, contact Katrina from # and email above.

Beginning Digital Photography. Instructor Jim Krause, co-owner of a local art business, will teach students the basic functions of a DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) camera. The class will teach the photographer to get away from using the camera’s “auto” functions and move into using the “manual” functions of the digital camera. You will need a digital camera with a SLR body and lens, the camera’s user manual, and a journal for taking notes. Fee: $50. Dates: Thursdays, Oct 9, 16, 23, 30, 6-8 p.m. UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 240. To register, contact

870-612-2082 or email katrina.stevens@uaccb.edu.

Basic Knitting. Bring one skein of knitting worsted weight yarn in a color that is neither too dark nor too bright. Knitting needles will be provided. Lisa Krause, instructor. Fee: $25 plus supply fee $7, payable to instructor on first night of class. Dates: Tuesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 28, 6 - 8 p.m. UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 802. To register, contact Katrina from # and email above.

Learn How to Coupon from instructor Deann Castleberry. Fee: $15. Date: October 9, 6 - 8 p.m. UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 242. To register, contact Katrina from # and email above.

Intro to Microsoft Word 2013 from instructor Elizabeth Turner. No textbook required. Fee: $55. Dates: Tues/ Thurs, October 14, 16, 21, 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m. UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 223. To register, contact Katrina from # and email above.

Conversational Spanish for Beginners from instructor Tim Bennett. Fee: $65, plus two paperback books to be purchased at the UACCB Bookstore, one reference resource and the other, a short novel. Dates: Tues/Thurs, October 14, 16, 20 (see note*), 23, 28, 30, November 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 5:30-7 p.m. *Note: The 2nd week of class will be held on Monday October 20, instead of Tuesday that week. UACCB, location to be announced. To register, contactKatrina from # and email above.

Keyboarding/Mouse. This basic beginning class will help you become familiar with the key components of the computer and practice your keyboarding skills. Lisa Albertson, instructor. Fee: $15. Date: October 21. 4 - 6 p.m. UACCB Main Campus Building, Room 217. Contact Katrina from # and email above.

Kresge Gallery Exhibition: “Abstract ARt” This exhibition features a group of Arkansas artists working in contemporary modes of painting, drawing, and printmaking and exploring the theme of abstraction and runs through October 31 with an opening reception, Thursday October 2, from 5 to 7p.m.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thursday - Saturday, October 2-4, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, October 5, 2 p.m. at the Holloway Theatre. Dr. Fonzie Geary directs Shakespeare's classic comedy.

Volleyball: Lyon Scots vs. Williams Baptist College Friday, October 3 at 7 p.m. in the Brecknell Gym. Founder’s Day Convocation

In Brown Chapel Friday, October 17, 11 a.m.

Football: Intrasquad Scrimmage Saturday, October 18 at 2 p.m., Pioneer Stadium.

Kirkin’ o’ the Tartans

Sunday, October 19 at 11 a.m. in Brown Chapel. Join the

Scottish-American worship service symbolizing the College's dedication to God and reaffirming its covenant with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Master Class and Recital: Ian Hominick, Pianist Recital, Friday, October 24, 7:30 p.m., Bevens Music Room, Brown Chapel Master Class is Saturday, October 25 at 10 a.m. in the Bevens Music Room in Brown Chapel. Ian Hominick's performances help to bridge the gap between performer and audience.

Men's Soccer: Lyon Scots vs. Harris-Stowe State University Saturday, October 25 at 3 p.m. on Huser Field.

Convocation: David LaMotte David LaMotte is an award-winning singersongwriter and the co-founder and director of PEG Partners, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting schools and libraries and Guatemala. October 30 at 7:30 p.m. in UACCB’s Independence Hall.

All Over Independence Tutor Workshop Ozark Foothills Literacy Project which serves Fulton, Sharp, Izard and Independence Counties will hold a tutor workshop on Sunday October 19, 2014 from 2:30pm- 5pm.

To register for the workshop, or for more info, please call 870-793-5912 or email info@literacyindependence.org or jennife@oflp.org Political Pie Auction Rumble Mafia Softball Team will be hosting a political pie auction October 11th 6-8pm at the Southside Middle School cafetorium. Everyone is invited.

2nd Annual Hats Off To CASA October 4 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Red Apple Inn located at 305 Club Road in Heber Springs. Call 870613-1379 for your tickets.

Main Street Farmers Market Meet your farmers, support your local farming families, and find the very freshest and healthiest foods at the Main Street Farmers Market. The Market is a fun way to shop while you catch up with friends, listen to great music, and enrich your children. Be a part of the history of Main Street in Batesville on Saturday, October 11th and November 8th, 2014.

Join the fun Saturday, October 11 from 8 a.m. to Noon in the Main Street Pocket Park. Email jeallo16@gmail.com or call 208-869-1445 for more information.

Monthly Fish Fry and Chicken Dinner The Hutchinson Mountain Community Center at 3370 Camp Tahkodah Road will be hosting their monthly Fish Fry and Chicken Dinner on Friday, October 3 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cost for adults and children 12 and up is only $10.00. Children 11 and under eat FREE. Buffet, drink, and dessert are included. Take-out is available $10.00 for adult and $5.00 for children. For more information you may call 870-251-3458. The center is also available for rental by contacting Lea Barber at 870-612-4718.

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Faces Spring Creek Cabin Rental ribbon cutting.

Crye Leike ribbon cutting.

Vision Billboards, LLC ribbon cutting ceremony.

Habitat for Humanity Home Store ribbon cutting.

Airport Hangar ribbon cutting.

Herb Lawrence, Joel Williams and Robb Roberts Main Street Grant presentation.

Legendary Supplements ribbon cutting.

Keller’s Bounce Houses ribbon cutting.

As a line forms around the action station at Café V, Chef Blake Wilbanks and his staff work their magic to personally serve wrap after wrap, salad after salad, meal after meal, and they’re getting rave reviews.

Chef Blake recently joined White River Medical Center (WRMC) as Executive Chef of WRMC’s Food and Nutrition Department, announced Gary Bebow, CEO of White River Health System (WRHS).

Above, WRMC Executive Chef, Blake Wilbanks, prepares a custom Southwestern Grilled Chicken wrap for a customer recently during lunch at Café V. Photo by Stacy Pretty

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Dr. Dustin Taylor , D.C., CCEP First Community Bank and FHLB Dallas Award Partnership Grants to Main Street Batesville Luanne Gregory First Community Bank, in conjunction with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas is pleased to announce that Main Street Batesville, Inc. has been awarded $9,741 through the Partnership Grant Program (PGP). The seed money for this grant was a $7,000 gift made earlier this year by First Community Bank for consulting services to help with the downtown revitalization project, bringing the total gift to $16,741.

Joel Williams, executive director of the Main Street Batesville was excited that the organization was the recipient of one of the partnership grants.

“Our long term goal for Main Street is to make it more appealing and accessible for shoppers,” said Williams.

“Renovations include one lane traffic, which has increased parking spaces by 45% and made strolling down Main Street easier and more enjoyable. Resurfaced sidewalks will encourage pedestrian and handicap traffic. We are also planning mini grants to help Main Street business owners restore their store fronts with new facades, signs and repairs. We are very grateful to First Community Bank and realize that none of this would be possible without their generous support and the matching grant program through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas.”

According to Robb Roberts, First Community Bank’s Executive Vice-President and a board member serving on the design committee for the Main Street project, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas partners with member institutions, like First Community Bank to help support and grow local

businesses and support charitable organizations. Funds for a grant pool are set aside by the FHLB each year for 3:1 grants.

During a four day window, member institutions may submit grants on behalf of local organizations. Qualifying requests are placed in a pool of potential recipients. Winning grants are drawn from the pool until all money dedicated to the grant program has been has been awarded.

“At First Community Bank, we were glad to donate $7,000 to the Main Street Batesville project and hoped to receive 3:1 matching funds from FHLB Dallas,” said Roberts. “When they drew winning recipients, the Main Street grant was the last one drawn. They literally received the remainder of what had been set aside, which was $9,741. The Batesville downtown area is one of our town’s appealing features, and we want to do everything we can to preserve its history and promote its continued growth.”

Herb Lawrence, Vice President Government Guaranteed Lending with First Community Bank worked with Joel Williams to write the grant request and to submit it during the tight time frame when applications are accepted.

“Small businesses are the life blood of our community,” said Lawrence. “There are often options for organizations and business owners, which will foster and support local growth.

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Winners in the White River’s Got Talent contest Youth Division: Winner – Carissa Cordell, performing Spanish Rose dance from Bye, Bye Birdie Runner Up – Aristyn Glasgow, performing Count on Me by Bruno Mars Adult Division: Winner – Kristen McMullin, performing Something to Talk About by Bonnie Raitt Runner Up – Scout Finch – Chain of Fools by Aretha Franklin

Youth Winner Carissa Cordell being handed a check by Boris Dover.

White River Medical Center (WRMC) Phlebotomist, Tracey Wren, draws blood from a participant of the Annual Free Prostate Cancer Screening. WRMC partnered with Drs. John Allgood, Hunter Brown and Emery, and APRN, Wil Moore, to provide the screening, which consisted of a blood draw to test Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) levels, and a physical exam conducted by providers. This year was a record year for the event with 325 men participating. In addition to the physicians, the event was supported by many volunteers including employees from multiple WRMC departments, nurses, phlebotomists, and a member of the WRMC Auxiliary.

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Winner Kristen McMullen and Runnerup Scout Finch.

Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce President/CEO joins Leadership Arkansas class Danell Hetrick Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce President/ CEO Crystal Johnson has been accepted to the Leadership Arkansas Class IX. Johnson said of the acceptance, “I am very excited to be accepted to the Leadership Arkansas program. I believe in the mission of Leadership Arkansas to make a difference in our state by developing better leaders.”

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Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. The program provides firsthand insight into the numerous aspects of state leadership, including state history, social and environmental roles, economic development, industry, and legislative issues among others with the goal of fostering the growth of leadership knowledge and capabilities.

This year’s program is set to begin in October and will end in June of 2015.

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ADE Congratulates Cedar Ridge School District Annie Solis Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) Commissioner of Education, Tony Wood (right), recently congratulated Cedar Ridge School District and their healthcare partners on a $150,000 School Based Health Center grant. Pictured are Karen Coltharp, Clinic Director at White River Health System; Brittany Bennett, School Based Health Center Coordinator at Cedar Ridge; Travis Wilkerson, Mental Health Specialist at Life Strategies Counseling, Inc.; and Wood. The Arkansas School Based Health Center initiative is designed to meet the physical, emotional and social needs of students to better enable them to move forward academically. The program is a collaboration of the ADE, Office of School Health Services (SHS), Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS), Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI), Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH), and Medicaid In The Schools (ARMITS).

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Teen Leader Eboni Walker(left) presented 4-H Leader, Pam Baxter, The County Honor Award for the Sulphur Rock After School 4-H Club.

The students that received Cloverbud and Junior Awards were: Back Row Left- Riley McCuiston, Daniel Latus, Emma Ramsey, and Jackson McCormick.

Front Row Left- Grant McDonald, McKenzie Vestal, and Amie Ramsey.

Daniel Latus also received The Individual Gold Activity Award and the County Champion 4-Her Award. Amie Ramsey also received the Individual Bronze Activity Award.

Above the WRMC Radiology Team: (Back Row): Dr. Charles McClain, Dr. Andrew Fisher, Dr. David Wadley, Dr. Ronald McCann, and Dr. Michelle Warden. Middle: Andi Brewer, RT, (R); Jennifer Cole, RDMS, RT (R); Dolores West, RT, (R), (M); Megan Stapleton RDCS, RDMS, RVT; Lori Konkler, RT (R); Amy Williams, RT, (R), (M). Front: Amanda Carter, RDMS (BR), (OB/GYN).

The Wound Care Team at White River Medical Center recently celebrated Registered Nurse Morgan Hoskinds’ achievement of passing the Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse Exam. Certification demonstrates a commitment to knowledge and continuing education in the field of hyperbaric medicine. Pictured left to right are Wound Care nurses: Deborah Akins, LPN; Janet VanWinkle, LPN and Hyperbaric Oxygen Technician; HoskindsInpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Technician; Erica Caraway, RN, Case Manager; and Missy Drake, Registrar. N October 2014 29

Sulphur Rock Wildlife Encounters Pam Baxter Sulphur Rock Magnet recently had a rain forest presentation about the animals in the rain forest. Rick Lang from Wildlife Encounters in the Rain forest brought several endangered species form the rain forest. He talked about the different characteristics of each animal, what they eat and their predators and prey. N Below, Rick Lang holds a Blue Tongue Skink, green iguana and his Blue and Gold Macaw out for the students to see.

2nd grade teacher, Tammy Gallant let a blond ringed tarantula crawl on her.

6th grade teacher, Julie Moran, let a giant python wrap around her like a boa.

Lyon awarded $400,000 by Charitable Trust Hannah Keller The Trustees of the Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust recently awarded Lyon College a $400,000 grant to help fund two new residence halls that are under construction. Most grants from the Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust are for one year; however multi-year awards are sometimes granted. The grant will be awarded in four $100,000 installments.

“We at Lyon College are pleased to have the privilege of extending our relationship with the Sturgis Trust and its new Arkansas liaison Beth Coulson,” said Gina Garrett, executive director of advancement at Lyon. “With this grant, the Trust’s cumulative support of Lyon College will top $1 million. It is a significant milestone, one that will benefit Arkansas students for generations.”

The Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust was established in 1981 with the goal of promoting quality education, and cultural, human services and health care programming. Roy Sturgis was one of 10 children. He dropped out of school after the tenth grade to join the Navy during World War I. He married Christine Johns in 1933 and the couple became very successful in the timber, lumber and sawmill industries in Arkansas and owned other prosperous business enterprises. While they did not have children, the couple was particularly interested in educational opportunities for young people.

The Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust awards about 65 percent of grants to Arkansas institutions. The remainder of grants are awarded in Texas. The grant awarded to Lyon will support the construction of two new residence halls on campus that will house 100 students each. As a result of Lyon’s record-breaking enrollment this fall, the campus is undergoing several physical expansions to accommodate the growing student body.

“We are truly grateful to the Sturgis Charitable Trust for their ongoing support of Lyon College. It is especially helpful as we work to grow our student population to better serve this community,” said Lyon President Donald Weatherman.

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WRMC Named Breast Imaging Center of Excellence Annie Solis

With Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, it was a great time for White River Medical Center (WRMC) to receive the news that it has been designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR).

WRMC is one of four facilities in Arkansas with the designation by the ACR. Facilities designated as a Breast Imaging Centers of Excellence have earned accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, and breast ultrasound (including ultrasound-guided breast biopsy). WRMC became accredited in mammography in 1994, and ACR accredited in stereotactic breast biopsy and breast ultrasound this year.

Team members of Radiology went through the ACR review process voluntarily in order to achieve the accreditations, and, ultimately, earn the designation as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. This includes earning individual staff certifications and submitting flawless case studies.

Peer-review evaluations conducted by boardcertified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field determined that WRMC maintains high practice standards in image quality, personnel qualifications, facility equipment, quality control procedures, and quality assurance programs.

“Being a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence gives patients peace of mind in knowing that their care is in the hands of well-qualified, talented staff,” said Judy Hance, Director of Radiology. “It also shows that our facility is equipped to care for patients by standards set on a national level.”

WRMC uses state-of-the-art technology to accurately target suspicious lumps or masses in the breast that could potentially be breast cancer. This technology includes digital mammography, breast ultrasound, breast ultrasound biopsy, and stereotactic breast biopsy. The qualified breast care team consists of Board-Certified Radiologists, mammographers, and sonographers.

If diagnosis is confirmed, physicians meet

one-on-one with the patient to discuss treatment options. For more complex cases, a team of multidisciplinary physicians, known as The Tumor Board, uses technology and clinical best practices to determine the best course of treatment for patients. WRMC offers many treatment options for patients, including surgical, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of treatments to provide the best outcome.

The American Cancer Society recommends women age 40 and over get a mammogram every year, along with a breast exam by a doctor or nurse. Women under 40 should receive clinical breast exams every three years, and breast self exams are always encouraged. All women, regardless of age, need to let their doctor know about any suspicious lumps or abnormalities.

Thanks to a grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Arkansas, WRHS is able to assist women who qualify with getting mammograms at no cost. Call Dana Thomas at (870) 262-1035 for more information.

WRMCs Radiology Department is located inside the Josephine Raye Rogers Center for Women and Imaging.

In addition to breast care, WRMC also has imaging services available to diagnose a large array of illnesses or injuries.

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WRMC Ultrasound Sonographers Amanda Carter and Jennifer Cole display the certificate from the Arkansas College of Radiology showing WRMC’s three-year accreditation in Breast Ultrasound.

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Habitat for Humanity of Independence County is the recipient of a cooperative partnership grant through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and its member institution, First Community Bank, according to Dale Cole, Chairman and CEO of First Community Bank.

“As we are allocating our donations to community projects each year, we look for opportunities to maximize our gift for the recipient,” said Cole. “The grant program through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas provides an excellent source. They took our pledge of $5,000 for Habitat for Humanity and met it with an additional $15,000, bringing the total grant allocation to $20,000. Building houses and maintaining the organization are not without considerable expense. Through this donation, we hope to give Habitat for Humanity a needed boost, enabling families to attain homeownership that is affordable.”

Shalyn Carlile, Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity of Independence County says that the timing of the grants couldn’t have been better.

“Our local Habitat for Humanity is working toward creating an income stream through internal programs,” said Carlile. “We have recently opened Habitat for Humanity of Independence County Home Store, a resale shop located at 392 Harrison Street in Batesville. As the generous people of our community donate clothing, appliances, furniture, household goods and building supplies, the money made from reselling those items will go directly back into the organization. Thanks to the help from our good friends at First Community Bank and the FHLB of Dallas, we are able to put these funds to good use.”

Habitat for Humanity of Independence County Home Store is open each week on Thursday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Herb Lawrence, Vice President Government Guaranteed Lending with First Community Bank worked with Carlile to write the grant proposal.

“When looking at organizations who could qualify for funds available through the grant process, it’s hard to find one more worthy than Habitat for Humanity,” said Lawrence.

“Community volunteers labor alongside families who are willing to work hard for home ownership. This is the kind of thing that brings a community together and makes us stronger and more resilient. Any small part we can play in this process, whether it’s through employee volunteers or working with the FHLB, it’s very rewarding.”

Information about Habitat for Humanity of Independence County, AR can be found on facebook, or the organization’s website at www. independencehabitat. org.

For further details email info@ independencehabitat. org or call 870-7931999.

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Experiencing God in the Everyday A Gospel-Centered Marriage Pastor Chad Grigsby

In the last few weeks alone, I’ve heard of five or six marriages that are ending. As a pastor, this is very hard to hear and also challenging to navigate with the couples and families involved. I wish I could pinpoint the reasons for what makes a marriage end. I’m sure every couple has their reasons for parting ways, but I also wonder if some of these marriages could be saved.

These questions come to mind: How can we help couples work through their differences?

How can we help them navigate the challenges of finances?

How can we help them heal the wounds of infidelity?

How can what seems to be irreparable be repaired?

While there is no easy answer to these questions, we must identify a starting point. Surely there is a foundation for understanding marriage that can help couples navigate the bad times as well as enjoy the good times.

The Bible gives us this foundation. Ephesians 5 contains the most helpful and thorough treatment of marriage in all of Scripture. Paul writes this summation of marriage in Ephesians 5:32, “This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.”

The fabric of marriage in Ephesians 5 is interwoven with the gospel. In fact, at times, it is hard to see where Paul is talking about marriage and where he is talking about Christ and the church. Marriage is not only a picture of the gospel message but also central in how we must understand and practice marriage. We see this in several ways, but I will just mention a couple.

First, the gospel confronts our selfishness in marriage.

Gary Thomas, author of Sacred Marriage, recently said, “Our pride and selfishness are often bigger barriers to our joy in marriage than our spouse’s shortcomings but that is rarely where we focus.” Most people see their spouse as the problem in their marriage and subsequently struggle to admit how their own shortcomings are contributing to the issues in the marriage. Marriage is a bringing together of two sinners who both have issues and when they are joined together his or her issues become their issues. The gospel confronts our selfishness in marriage because the Son of God came to Earth and gave up his rights so that he could redeem sinners. At the heart of the gospel is God dying for his enemies. Jesus put himself on the hook for the sins of others and then freely gives his righteousness to the most wicked of rebels. Jesus absorbed our disordered anger against God on the cross without paying us back. It is this, and only this gospel, which can lay the foundation for a marriage that can last. How can we see the Son of God absorbing our sin without paying back and then hold a grudge against our spouse? We simply can’t. The gospel confronts our selfishness in marriage.

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many couples, marriage is an exercise in retribution. We tend to punish one another for our shortcomings. We often hold grudges for wrongs done to us. Many couples live in marriage as if it’s a consumer/vendor relationship. As long as the product continues to be good and the cost isn’t too high, they are willing to continue the relationship. But if the product they receive is not worth the cost then many couples simply can’t survive. The model for marriage, therefore, is the same approach we take to celery! As long as it’s good at one store I will keep buying from there, but if it drops in quality, then I will look elsewhere. Are marriage and celery really on the same level?

Marriage is not designed to be a consumer/vendor relationship. Instead, it’s designed to be a covenant relationship. A covenant relationship isn’t based on behavior or performance but on commitment. Marriage is a commitment to an imperfect person for their good. Just a casual survey of the vows we use in marriage shows us the covenant idea in marriage. We say in our vows, “For better OR for worse, ‘til death do us part.” In other words, we say to our spouses on our wedding days, “No matter what, I’m going to stay with you. No matter what, I promise not to leave you. No matter what, good times and bad, I’m with you for life.”

And this is why we need vows. No one needs vows in the good times, the good times alone are enough to carry the marriage. But it’s in the bad times that we need vows.

We need to reread what we promised in the bad times. We didn’t just say “For better” we also said “For worse.” And if our marriages are going to survive, they must be covenant relationships, not consumer/vendor relationships.

God doesn’t live in a consumer/vendor relationship with his people. Romans points to this when it says, “When we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Not when we were good or putting out a good product. But, “When we were yet sinners.” Jesus loved us before we were cleaned up. He loved us when we were still enemies of his. And it’s this gospel that enables us to live in covenant with our spouse.

When he was on the cross and being mocked and spit upon by his own creation, he could have called 10,000 angels, but he didn’t. He stayed! And no matter what comes against our marriage, the gospel enables us to stay as well.

God created marriage. And if it’s his creation, we have to return to his design for it, if it’s going to last. Tim Keller gives a great illustration of this. He says that doing marriage our way is like trying to run a car on chocolate milk. Eventually it will break down. Why? Because it wasn’t made to run on chocolate milk, it’s made to run on gas. If we don’t use it in the way that the creator designed it, it will simply breakdown (and maybe blow up!).

Marriage is the same way. God has designed it to function in a specific way and until we return to his way of N doing it, it will just continue to break down.

Notes from the Clearing

The Calling Night Joseph Thomas

The night called to her. The moon shinning through the limbed tree fingers of the night, glistening upon the lake surface. The cool whispering breeze begged her to walk through it playing the most placid game of Red Rover, breaking over her like the surface of bath water. The frogs and crickets sang to her their siren’s song, lulling her mind into right and her soul sang its silent song in answer. The night called to her in a voice that tears are made of. A sound so meaningful it is not heard but felt. It was just another night, nothing significant other than the fact that she noticed and the loveliest thing of all was the fact that she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that every night was just as marvelous, even if she didn’t languish in it. N

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