April 2022

William Smith of Everton

William Rodney Smith, 53, of Everton Arkansas passed away April 20, 2022, at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 14, 1969, in Biloxi, Mississippi, to William Franklin Smith and Wanda Elaine Smith.
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Iola Marberry of Flippin

Our mother, Iola Marberry, age 97 years, 9 months, and 16 days, of Flippin, Arkansas got the desire of her heart on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. She got to meet Jesus face to face! All her expectations and wonder of what heaven is like are now a reality to her.
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UAFS Announces $55,000 24-Hour Goal for April 28 Day of Giving

The University of Arkansas – Fort Smith will launch its annual UAFS Day of Giving Thursday, April 28, 2022, with fifteen campus initiatives working toward a combined goal of more than $55,000. The annual one-day crowdfunding campaign is an all-out, all hands-on deck, fundraising blitz aimed at supporting scholarships, student experiences, and academic endeavors that make the UAFS campus vibrant and unique and happens at UAFS.
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Spring is Sprung. Or has it?

They say it’s Spring. But how do you know for sure? At first glance, it’s hard to tell it apart from Fall. Sure, the snow is melting. But underneath, there are the dead, brown leaves. Again. You may wonder: What the heck? I thought I bagged those up?! No, you bagged other leaves. But then more, other leaves fell and/or blew into your yard. Then it snowed. And you cannot bag leaves under the snow. Thus, there are the dead, brown leaves. Again. Sigh.
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Covid in the future

Here at Covid Act Now, we are proud of the impact our work has had on the safety and well-being of our users. Throughout the pandemic, we’ve continued to monitor the state of COVID and update our framework accordingly. We launched our previous risk framework when there was no standardized government COVID risk framework, no broadly accessible testing or vaccines, and before incredibly transmissible variants like Omicron.
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