GREENFIELD, Ark. — Tuesday was a real whirlwind of a day for Tim Burcham. Burcham, director of the Northeast Rice Research and Extension Center in Poinsett County, and Wyatt Luebke, assistant farm manager, were headed to the field in a side-by-side utility vehicle when they were faced with an enormous dust devil. Burcham — arms…
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Entergy Arkansas: Stay safe with ‘around the house’ maintenance tips
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As the leaves turn and cooler weather approaches, experts agree now is the best time to perform improvements and check areas around your home that may need maintenance. Entergy Arkansas encourages customers to stay safe and consider following some safety tips when working inside and outside their home. Starting with interior safety,…
October 16-22 is National Friends of the Library Week
Mayor Denisa Pennington proclaims October 16-22, 2022, as National Friends of the Library Week in the City of Warren. The Warren Branch Library will be spending the week celebrating its Friends of the Library group as part of the Arkansas Library Association’s 17th annual celebration of National Friends of Libraries Week. The Friends of the…
Pine Bluff Madai Taylor exhibition addresses racism, prophecy in America with thought-provoking works
PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The next exhibition at The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (ASC) showcases the work of noted Memphis-based artist Madai Taylor. “An Elegy to America in Black and White II: The Artwork of Madai Taylor” features 18 pieces, which build upon Taylor’s 2018 body of work. The exhibition opens Friday,…
The power of “choice”
Ready or not, some day it will come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what…
Pastime: Mary Lou Martin’s chili dogs
Mary Lou Martin’s delicious, spicy, wonderful ‘Band Concession’ chili dogs As the cool evening nights of October draws near and Lumberjack football heats up in this take-no-prisoner style of football that now permeates Warren; all I can think about on the cool, fall evenings at a high school football game are Mary Lou Martin’s signature…
Heaven
No hate. No envy. No jealousy. No bitterness. No greed. No pride. No violence. No competition. No covetousness. No strife. No lying. No cheating. No murder. No stealing. No boredom. No loneliness. No poverty. No pain. No anxieties. No depression. No inequality. No political parlors. No fatigue. No failure. No grief. I could live life…
Southark Spotlight: Bob Ware, Vice Chancellor UAM McGehee
It’s time for a new episode of Southark Spotlight, our monthly show which sits down to discuss someone, some business, or organization that is making an impact in South Arkansas. This month we sat down to chat with Bob Ware, Vice Chancellor of UAM McGehee to discuss the programs and career opportunities available through the…
Pastime: The Homecoming Week activities included parade, floats, and fun…
As football season progresses, the recent court of Homecoming at Warren High School was announced. And this Pastime leads us back to the Homecoming festivities of yesteryear. Oh the weeks leading to football Homecoming was indeed a social, school and community activity that still lives on as a pastime to cherish. First there was the…
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
the Bible teaches that the baptism of the Holy Spirit is for all believers, and it is God’s gift to help us to be what we can’t be in our own strength. It is ironic that today the Baptism of the Holy Spirit divides the body of Christ and is so controversial-in the book of…
Alaina Glover Burns wins Library September Book Lover’s Giveaway
Congratulations to Warren Branch Library’s September Book Lover’s Bundle Giveaway Winner, Alaina Glover Burns. Alaina won two books, Lone Ranger DVD, mug, and Bath & Body Works Stress Relief goodies. The Library will be having another Book Bundle Giveaway in October via their Facebook page! Don’t miss out on your chance to win! Head on…
Learn how to make floral arrangements at Library event
Join the Library’s very own Kelly Everitt for a Floral Workshop on Tuesday, September 27, at 10:00 a.m. Learn how to make a corsage and a bud vase arrangement. Space is limited, so visit the Warren Branch Library today to sign up and pay your $20 supply fee. Last day to sign up is September…
Stay away from church?
Sooner or later we all face the same temptation. The same problems of human life reoccur in every generation. Psalm 73 records the experiences of a good man, who in an evil hour was sorely tempted to call it quits. He felt heaven terribly mistreated the person who was trying to do the right thing.…
Peanuts
Southark Spotlight: Paulette Tolefree
It’s time for a new episode of Southark Spotlight, our monthly show which sits down to discuss someone, some business, or organization that is making an impact in South Arkansas. This month we sat down to chat with Paulette Tolefree of the Bradley County Medical Center Rural Health Clinic to discuss her career with the…
Hold fast the profession of our faith
“For I know whose I have believed and I am convinced he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day.” (2 Timothy 1:12) “Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering for He who promised is faithful.” (Hebrews 10:23) Our profession of faith goes hand in…
Pastime: Jack Scobey filming for the Lumberjacks
While the first week of 2022 high school football may have had some rain showers, it brought me back to a Pastime memory of the heroic ways that one Warren man filmed Lumberjack football almost 55 years ago. There was no man braver than Jack Scobey in the late 1960s through all the 1970s. I’ve…
Trust God
Humankind tends to expect solutions to their problems to come from political leaders, religious leaders, or someone with star status. God’s Word tells us in Psalm 146, verses 3 and 4, “Don’t put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there. When they breath their last, they return to the earth,…
Pastime: The ‘Other’ Downtown Theater-The Avalon
As I write about the Pastimes of my memories, there is only the Pastime and the Warren Drive In. But a lot of chatter has erupted on ‘the other’ downtown movie hour or picture show as the folks in Warren and Bradley County called the “Avalon.†The Avalon was located on the West side of…
NASA to launch first test of Artemis Mega Moon Rocket, Spacecraft Monday morning if all goes as planned
NASA will provide coverage of prelaunch, launch, and postlaunch activities for Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the ground systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This uncrewed flight test around the Moon will pave the way for a crewed flight test and…
Muscadine grape workshop and field day set for September 19 in Clarksville
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Muscadine Grape Workshop and Field Day will be on Sept. 19 at the Fruit Research Station in Clarksville. The program will include updates on muscadine breeding research, grape tasting and a session about establishing a muscadine vineyard. The event will take place from 2 to…