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April 2013 - Volume 1 - Number 12
A publication for older Arkansans, subscribe today!
April 2013 - Volume 1 - Number 12
Retirement home honors veterans
Harding Place, a retirement community in Searcy dedicated a Veterans Wall of Honor for its resident veterans earlier this month. Gov. Mike Beebe was on hand for the dedication. [Full Text]
State’s senior agencies fear effects of sequestration
Area senior centers could be dealing with millions in state tax cuts on top of a 5.1 percent reduction in federal funding from sequestration, according to Carelink chief executive officer and president Elaine Eubank. [Full Text]
Senate helping payday lenders
Arkansas voters in approving Amendment 89 to our state’s Constitution in 2010 voted to voluntarily raise the interest rate charged on consumer loans. Senate Bill 900 would override the will of the votersand, based on recent history, ultimately pave the way for out-of-state lenders to set up shop in Arkansas and roll back hardwon consumer protections. [Full Text]
A family quilting bee thrives
Hanging from the ceiling, a frame with a colorful nine-patch quilt sways at the Henson homeplace in the small community of Baugh’s Chapel in Austin. Occasionally the frame jumps as the quilters laugh, needles never pausing except to rethread or get a sip of coffee. Conversation flows through the week’s events, weather, family happenings, work schedules, whatever. [Full Text]
Arkansas history comes alive
Alice Marie Sampley Alford, 90, of Heber Springs, passed away on March 23. She was among the last of the matriarchs of the Sampley-Huffstutler-Rankin clan from the Pleasant Valley Community near Perryville and was one of a long line of folks who planned and helped build the old Antioch Landmark Baptist Church in 1865 near Bigelow. [Full Text]
Unsolicited calls may cause hang-ups
LITTLE ROCK – Unsolicited telephone calls can be a nuisance to Arkansas consumers, especially if the calls are from a business or marketing company trying to sell products or services that consumers don’t want or need. [Full Text]
East Arkansas Agency volunteers will partner with cancer society
Despite remarkable progress in the fight against cancer, there are many cancer patients today whose greatest challenge isn’t lack of treatment. It’s lack of transportation. [Full Text]
More preventative care is being covered now with Medicare Part B
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — More types of preventative care are being covered by Medicare Part B in 2013. [Full Text]
Inexpensive doesn’t mean bland
In school we learn that April is all about showers that bring May flowers, but once we enter the workforce we know that April brings out the tax man. That means we have to watch our dimes and nickels to make sure we have enough to pay the man. [Full Text]
On the road with a Gold Wing
I started riding Goldwings when the touring motorcycle was first introduced by Honda 36 years ago. [Full Text]
Senior Town Hall meeting set for May 8th in Searcy
Protect your financial security. Gain tips for consumer skills at the Protecting Arkansans Town Hall Meeting for senior adults. Topics include securities, insurance, Medicare, consumer alerts and more. [Full Text]
Bird lovers will gather in Conway
Hear the inspiring story of Wisdom — a 60-year-old albatross which survived the Japanese tsunami — at the 2013 Arkansas Audubon Society (AAS) spring convention, which takes place Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Conway. [Full Text]