November 2024

Nurses Compensation

LITTLE ROCK – Direct care nurses who work at long-term facilities operated by the state are eligible for a bonus of $5,000. Newly hired nurses are also eligible for bonuses, but the $5,000 would be paid in installments over several months.
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Veteran’s Benefits

Yellville - Arkansas is home to more than 182,000 veterans. As we approach Veterans Day, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank every one of them for their selflessness and bravery.
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Ron Branaman*Crooked Creek Conservation District Pollinator Garden/Outdoor Classroom

A round-up of local conservationists, cattle farmers, educators, friends (dove hunters) and family members of the late Ron Branaman occurred recently (September 7 th ) to officially dedicate the ever-growing Pollinator Garden/Outdoor Classroom at the Crooked Creek Conservation District office! The garden has been underway for several seasons, but it’s taken the right date to get the family all in town for this special event. Ron was a serious dove hunter since boyhood, a tradition he passed on to his children. Finally, the date was set for opening morning of dove season, since the family would all be together that morning hunting the same Marion County field for over 30 years. This event gave the Crooked Creek Conservation District board members a chance to meet the family over a cup of coffee and discuss the garden’s creation and impact it’s had on the local landscape. New banners were displayed signaling this space as a pollinator garden and educating the importance of pollinators in agriculture! Riverside Banners of Mtn. Home replicated a life-size print of Ron holding a remarkable black crappie he caught on one of his last fishing excursions. This brought tears to the eyes of the family and was a good backdrop for photos! Another highlight was the honey available for purchase. Someone remarked, “I got some honey from dad’s bees!”
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Pasture Recovery after drought

Some Options for restoring grass after drought are 1. Allow forage to recover as is. 2. Try to thicken the thin pastures with more of the same species. 3.Add annual forage or legumes to thin fields. 4. Renovate damaged pastures by converting them to other forages.
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Boozman Convenes 2024-25 Arkansas Congressional Youth Cabinet

LITTLE ROCK –– U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) launched the eighth year of his Congressional Youth Cabinet on Tuesday at the Old Statehouse Museum in Little Rock. The meeting brought together 114 high school juniors who were selected from public, private, charter and homeschool students across the state for their involvement and leadership in their communities.
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