Kindred Home Health has been serving the area for the past six years under the Kindred name. On September 1, 2022 Kindred became Centerwell Home Health under Humana. With the change comes new management with Jordan Gilbert, RN as Branch Director and Lydia Dorr, RN as clinical manager. They are working on “Bringing Compassionate Care Home”.
Centerwell Home Health covers a 50 mile radius including towns such as Waldron, Mena, Mt Ida, Booneville, Paris, Magazine, Mansfield and the surrounding rural areas. With a staff of twenty people care is provided under the direct order of patient’s primary care provider and/or specialists.
Specializing in skilled nursing, physical therapy, and speech therapy. Services offered include: disease management and education, medication teaching/education, wound care, IV infusions, ostomy supplies/teaching/education, catheter supplies/teaching/education, IM injections, at home physical therapy. Additional services Centerwell Home health can provide access to for their patients: at home X-rays, DME equipment, at home EKG’s, home health aides.
A wide variety of insurances is accepted, including (but not limited to) Medicare, AETNA, Arkansas Health and Wellness, Blue Cross Blue Shield Medipak, Humana, AMBETTER/WellCare. For more information, contact at 479-637-0914. Centerwell Home Health is located at 72 W 2nd St in Waldron.
Centerwell Home Health staff
Medical Records/Billing Specialist Brianna Runion was given a token of appreciation in the form of a Bronze Coin Touchstone during the celebration for the new management. Brianna was complimented for her support towards other Centerwell branches in addition to her work at the Waldron branch during the transition in management.
Centerwell is accepting applications for Registered Nurses, Physical Therapist, and Occupational Therapists. Full time and PRN shifts are available.
Note to Our Readers: The following story was sourced in its entirety from Mr. Glenn Parrish, Director of Communications, Booneville School District. Mr. Parrish is a RNN Sports contributor.
The Booneville Bearcats and Harding Academy have met three times. All have been since 2015. All of those games were in Searcy.
They meet for a fourth time on Friday night, but this time the game is at Bearcat Stadium, where Booneville has won 268 times since the stadium opened in 1968, including 16 times with Doc Crowley as the head coach.
Of course Friday night’s game will be a tall order for the Bearcats as Harding, after having knocked the Bearcats out of the playoffs in the 2020 quarterfinals and 2021 semifinals, then went on to win the Class 3A state title.
That marked three straight years the Wildcats won a state title.
Ironically, in the only other meeting between the two schools, the Bearcats fell to a 2015 Wildcat team in the opening round of the playoffs and Harding went on to win that state title as well.
To date Harding has won nine state titles.
However, the Wildcats will not win the 3A state title in 2022. The Wildcats have been assigned to Class 4A for the next four years due to a competitive equity formula put in place through a vote of Arkansas Activities Association members.
That formula assessed 1 to 4 points for competitive performances with the highest of the maximum four assessed to state title winning private schools. Schools with more than 10 points over four years were moved up a classification. Harding well exceeded that threshold.
The Wildcats started the 2022 season with a 51-35 win over Class 5A Valley View, who last season interrupted a lengthy Wildcat win streak against in-state opponents.
They followed that up with a 41-14 win at 3A title contending Camden Harmony Grove last week.
The Bearcats opened the season with a 36-6 road win over Dollarway (Pine Bluff) and added a 35-7 win over rival Ozark in a game they dominated from start to finish.
In those two games Dax Goff ran for 245 yards on 17 carries scoring three touchdowns. He has also returned a punt for a touchdown and leads the team in tackles, including five for a loss.
Trace Hall has run for 185 yards and three touchdowns as well. Dunn Daniel and Demari Poole are the next two top tacklers.
There are no shortcuts to investment success – you need to establish a long-term strategy and stick with it. This means that you’ll want to create an investment mix based on your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon – and then regularly review this mix to ensure it’s still meeting your needs.
In fact, investing for the long term doesn’t necessarily mean you should lock your investments in forever. Throughout your life, you’ll likely need to make some changes.
Of course, everyone’s situation is different and there’s no prescribed formula of when and how you should adjust your investments. But some possibilities may be worth considering.
For example, a few years before you retire, you may want to re-evaluate your risk exposure and consider moving part of your portfolio into a more risk-averse position. When you were decades away from retiring, you may have felt more comfortable with a more aggressive positioning because you had time to “bounce back” from any market downturns. But as you near retirement, it may make sense to lower your risk level. And as part of a move toward a reduced-risk approach, you also may want to evaluate the “cash” positions in your portfolio. When the market has gone through a decline, as has been the case in 2022, you may not want to tap into your portfolio to meet short-term and emergency needs, so having sufficient cash on hand is important. Keep in mind, though, that having too much cash on the “sidelines” may affect your ability to reach your long-term goals.
Even if you decide to adopt a more risk-averse investment position before you retire, though, you may still benefit from some growth-oriented investments in your portfolio to help you keep ahead of – or at least keep pace with – inflation. As you know, inflation has surged in 2022, but even when it’s been relatively mild, it can still erode your purchasing power significantly over time. Changes in your own goals or circumstances may also lead you to modify your investment mix. You might decide to retire earlier or later than you originally planned. You might even change your plans for the type of retirement you want, choosing to work part-time for a few years. Your family situation may change – perhaps you have another child for whom you’d like to save and invest for college. Any of these events could lead you to review your portfolio to find new opportunities or to adjust your risk level – or both.
You might wonder if you should also consider changing your investment mix in response to external forces, such as higher interest rates or the rise in inflation this year. It’s certainly true that these types of events can affect parts of your portfolio, but it may not be advisable to react by shuffling your investment mix. In the first place, nobody can really predict how long these forces will keep their momentum – it’s quite possible, for instance, that inflation will have subsided noticeably within a year. But more importantly, you should make investment moves based on the factors we’ve already discussed: your goals, risk tolerance, time horizon and individual circumstances.
By reviewing your portfolio regularly, possibly with the assistance of a financial professional, you can help ensure that your investment mix will always be appropriate for your needs and goals.
This article is provided by Jeffrey O’Neal, Financial Advisor Edward Jones 20 N Express St, Paris, AR 72855 479-963-1321 jeffrey.o’neal@edwardjones.com edwardjones.com/jeffrey-o’neal Edward Jones, Member SIPC
On a bright and sunny, late summer morning last Friday, the Paris Area Chamber of Commerce and other dignitaries celebrated the newly-renovated Walmart store in Paris with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Students from Paris Elementary School participated in the ceremony, leading the group in the Pledge of Allegiance to start the festivities.
Paris Elementary School students lead the Pledge of Allegiance (RNN Photo / Jim Best)
Renovations in the store include new floor finishing, renovated rest rooms, and more isle space for shoppers. Various vendors provided free snacks for visitors, and the PES students took full advantage of the free snacks!
Walmart store and corporate management representatives presented ceremonial checks to various charities in the Paris area. Walmart has historically provided thousands of dollars in charitable contributions to give back to the communities in which they operate their stores.
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As the ceremony was taking place, the resurfacing of Highway 22 through downtown Paris was also taking place. It was a busy week in Paris with many signs of progress evident throughout the city. The Paris Chamber of Commerce was also busy with ribbon-cutting ceremonies at Farmers Bank & Trust on Thursday, and at the Paris Walmart store on Friday.
Congratulations to Walmart on their newly-renovated store, and thanks again to the Paris Area Chamber of Commerce for its civic leadership!
The Paris Area Chamber of Commerce officially welcomed Farmers Bank & Trust to Paris on Thursday in a special ribbon cutting ceremony held at the bank. Chamber executive director, Mrs. Tonya Fletcher, and other dignitaries welcomed the bank that has been in business since 1906.
Farmers Bank is based in Magnolia, Arkansas and is located throughout Southern Arkansas and in the Dallas/ Ft Worth area. The new Paris branch represents the northern-most point in its corporate footprint.
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Paris is fortunate to have several excellent banking options in the city and surrounding communities. The sign of a new bank in Paris is a positive indicator of the financial health of the region.
RNN welcomes Farmers Bank & Trust to Paris and Logan County!
Note to Our Readers: The following story was sourced in its entirety from Ms. Celia Looney, Yearbook Adviser, County Line High School. Ms. Looney is a RNN contributor, and we thank her for her story!
County Line Elementary School presented the first “Rise and Shine” of the new school year. Elementary students and staff met recently for their first “Rise and Shine” assembly. Students who earned feathers for good behavior were recognized, and a new video on bus safety and behavior was viewed. Several members of the faculty performed a rap.
The next assembly will be on September 16, and the programming will be provided by the sixth grade.
The regular season continues for the Paris Lady Eagles volleyball team. At deadline time for this story, Paris had just completed a successful road trip to West Fork and were about to take on the Lady Hornets in Hackett for the first of two big showdowns between the top two teams in the 3A West.
Looking ahead to Week Six of the regular season for Paris, the Lady Eagles will play the following matches:
September 17 at the Mena Jr. Invitational (junior high), TBA
September 20 at Elkins, 4 p.m.
September 22 at Green Forest, 4 p.m.
Depending upon the September 8 outcome of the Paris at Hackett match, Paris and / or Hackett will enter week six as either the leader or the second place team going into the second half of the conference season. A lot of volleyball is left to play with return, round-robin conference games being played until the senior district tournament begins on October 18.
Stay with RNN Sports for the latest in Paris Lady Eagles volleyball coverage!
Note to Our Readers: The accompanying images in this story were taken by Mrs. Ronni Tate Young. Mrs. Young is a RNN Sports photojournalist contributor, and we thank her for bringing these great pictures to our readers!
At deadline time for this story, the Charleston Tigers, fresh off of their big win at Elkins, were preparing to take the field against the Ozark Hillbillies. Ozark had lost big at Booneville the week before, and the “Battle of Franklin County” was an important game for both schools. Watch for an update on this game in the online edition of RNN Sports.
Looking ahead to Week Three of the Tigers’ season, head football coach Ricky May and the Tigers are preparing to host the Nashville Scrappers from Class 4A. The Charleston match-up with Nashville is unique due to the ripple effect of Hot Springs Fountain Lake electing to play eight-man football. A schedule gap was created from the Cobras’ move to eight-man football, and both Charleston and Nashville were looking for a Week Three game. Thus, this Friday night’s game at Alumni Field, and RNN Sports will be in Charleston to bring you exclusive, special coverage of this great match-up!
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Nashville plays in the 4A-7 conference with member schools Arkadelphia, Malvern, Mena, and Waldron. It is a six-team conference that resulted from the drop out of Fountain Lake. It is a very tough conference that may be short on the number of member schools, but each team is very strong. Five of the six schools will make the playoffs from their conference.
The Scrappers return seven starters on offense and five on defense from a year ago. Nashville finished the 2021 season with a record of 4-6 and finished sixth in their conference. They are coached by Mike Volarvich, running the spread offense and multiple defensive sets.
Nashville opened the 2022 season with a Week Zero loss to Magnolia by the score of 35-27, and a Week One victory over Hope, 74-42. At deadline time for this story, the Scrappers were preparing to host DeQueen on September 9.
When I asked Charleston coach Ricky May to comment on Nashville, he replied, “They are very explosive and really potent on offense. They scored 74 points last week (vs. Hope). Their defense can really run to the ball and their special teams are dangerous!” Nashville has a tradition of talented athletes and great team speed, and this year’s edition of Scrappers football is no different.
Kickoff time in Charleston is scheduled for 7 p.m. RNN Sports will have two photographers on the field to bring you all of the action from this non-conference thriller! We will see you at the game, and we look forward to bringing you all of the action!
Early morning and the sun was just peeking through clouds in the east. A beautiful morning, like so many other Arkansas days. Patterson’s 22 café was abuzz, voices raised in a crescendo of sound from each of the packed tables arrayed on the hard tile floor of the café. Smokey tendrils drifted upward from scattered ashtrays, joining with the delicious odors of frying bacon, fresh biscuits, and scrambled eggs.
Solving the world’s problems was the business of the day and various of the gentlemen waxed eloquent on topics arranging from Nixon’s impeachment to why our team lost Friday’s football game. A daily occurrence, it was morning coffee and gossip time in my hometown and in many others scattered across the South.
Not only did the men like sharing the latest of news, they enjoyed the practice of picking at each other and playing pranks on their best friends. The more extravagant the prank, the more enjoyment for the crew and the more fun in the sharing of the exploit in the coming days, months, and years. “Yonder comes Woodrow,” one of the men blurted with a gleam in his eye. I knew something was up. Woodrow was one of the regulars. A large, stout truck-driver and a known prankster, he stopped by most mornings to begin his day. Woodrow stomped in, cigar dangling from the corner of his mouth, and seated himself at one of the tables. Taking off his cowboy hat, he threw it upside down on the floor beside his chair and began holding court.
One of his friends, seated directly behind him and feasting on pancakes, used the remainder of his syrup bottle to quietly fill Woodrow’s hat. A half-hour or so later, Woodrow was in a hurry to get to work. Still talking, he grabbed his hat and smashed it onto his head. Immediately, a brown torrent of Karo syrup cascaded over his head and washed over his shoulders. Some of the gooey liquid found its way down the length of the cigar and dripped from the stale ashes onto the floor. Speechless and furious, Woodrow exited the café to the howls of the crowd within.
Just one of many pranks originating in the café, one had to be careful of your actions because paybacks were heck. One morning the crew placed a broken class decal over the windshield of a friends’ vehicle. Looking exactly like a shattered glass, the pranksters even placed some broken glass and a rock on the dash. When the customer exited the café and glimpsed his vehicle, he was thoroughly convinced someone had thrown a rock through his windshield. Without a thorough examination, he ran back into the café and reported it to the local police. While he made the call, his prankster friend removed the rock and decal. The local police, in on the prank, arrived in minutes with lights flashing. The gentleman was certainly amazed and embarrassed to discover that his window was undamaged and none of his friends would collaborate his story about the damage he had seen previously.
So many stories, so little space in which to tell them!!! The group once sat up a Grit newspaper stand for Bentley Allen to subsidize his low teaching salary and to provide enough money for him to pay for his breakfast. The group arranged for a local deputy known for sleeping on the job to have his car, with him in it, rolled out into the middle of highway 22 while he was on night duty. He awoke the next morning with cars circling on either end of his vehicle, parked on the center-line of highway 22.
An early morning visit to the Dinner Bucket, Mel’s Highway 10, Old South in Russellville, the Charbroiler in Waldron, or Workman’s in Ozark and you can still see the continuation of this tradition. A part of Southern life, men still meet to enjoy coffee and conversation. As a friendly reminder, watch your back-side if you’re a frequent visitor!!
Greenwood will take on the Bombers from Mountain Home this Friday
Senior Storm Scherry Photo by Ross Fujibayashi
In what has been a whirlwind week for the Varsity Bulldogs, the ‘Dogs have turned their attention to their first conference opponent Mountain Home. Unless you have not had access to the internet since Friday night around 10:30 P.M. Greenwood pulled off a very improbable victory over Fort Smith Northside. Down 18 points with 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter every aspect of the team stood tall and made it happen until no time was left on the clock. It was then Freshman QB Kane Archer found Sophomore Grant Karnes on the 5 yard line. Karnes would make the catch then dive into the end zone setting off a frenzy of students storming the field.
Freshman Kane Archer Photo by Ross Fujibayashi
The fun did not stop there as the story was picked up nationally by MaxPreps, Scorebook Live and other outlets. While an obvious team effort, several media outlets have recognized Archer and Karnes for their play. 5News and 103.7 The Buzz (Little Rock) selected Grant Karnes as the player of the week. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette named Archer Player of the Week. High accolades for the talented underclassmen.
Sophomore Grant Karnes Photo by Ross Fujibayashi
The Bulldogs are riding a 1-1 record as they face off with an 0-2 Mountain Home. The Bombers losses are to Harrison (Wk 1 20-7) and Nettleton (Wk 0 49-39). This will be the 5th meeting of Mountain Home and Greenwood in the past three seasons, each time Greenwood being able to add a mark in the win column.
In the last game for Mountain Home against Harrison, until their final drive, the Bombers had gotten 98 yards of offense on 4 first downs. Greenwood against Northside racked up 596 yards of Offense with 511 of those yards coming through the air to 7 different receivers. The Bomber secondary will definitely have its hands full.
Defensively the Bulldogs have faced two talented QB’s the last two weeks and big offensive lines. In the 4th quarter against Northside the defense stood stall on crucial 3rd down forcing the Grizzlies to punt setting up one of the last two Touchdowns.
Sophomore Isaiah Arrington Photo by Ross Fujibayashi
Kickoff this Friday is at 7pm at Smith-Robinson Stadium. Live Stream provided by the team of Greenwooddogpound.com and Greenwood Sports Center on Youtube.
