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March 2015 - Volume 3 - Number 10
A publication for older Arkansans, subscribe today!
March 2015 - Volume 3 - Number 10
Former principal recalls segregation
By sarah campbell Leader staff writer
“It was as although it came automatically: ‘Don’t do anything wrong’…We knew the rules. We knew how to play the game. But yet there were fears that overshadowed us,” Aretha Dodson said this month about living through the civil rights movement. The Lonoke County native — who attended segregated classes at a one-room schoolhouse and later taught at integrated campuses — spoke at the Main Library’s Darragh Center in Little Rock as part of the Legacies and Lunch program. Dodson, with more than 30 years of experience as an educator, retired in 2007 to work as a consultant. In the early 1990s, she became the first black woman to serve as a principal in Lonoke. [Full Text]
Facility offers care, rehab and comforts of home
By jeffrey smith Leader staff writer
Greystone Nursing and Rehabilitation wants its patients to feel like they are at home. The facility at 121 Spring Valley Road in Cabot opened in 2013. Administrator Jay Green said Greystone has grown to capactity, 70 residents, in 16 months. The facility offers long-term care and short-term rehabilitation for new hip, knee and shoulder replacement surgeries and urinary tract infections. Jay Green said urinary tract infections are more difficult to manage for seniors as they disrupt balance and judgment, often causing falls. The infection can also cause delusions. [Full Text]
Chronic disease self management class offered
Registration is still open for a free Chronic Disease Self-Management Class from CareLink in North Little Rock for those aged 60 and older. The class aims to teach participants how to deal with fatigue, pain, frustration and isolation often brought on by long-term diseases. [Full Text]
Bass anglers begin registration
If you’re a fisherman and are looking for some fun, a chance to win some money and the opportunity to aid a good cause, consider signing up for the 18th Annual Bill Sanders-Bo Piper Benefit Bass Tournament Saturday, March 28 at the Arkansas River’s Pine Bluff Regional Park from safe light until 3 p.m. [Full Text]
Spring is Here – Disaster Planning is too!
Spring follows the snow and boy we have had a lot of snow and ice this year in Arkansas. Severe weather season has already arrived in Arkansas as well. What would you do if a disaster struck and you had to either survive in your own home for up to three days with no supplies, or to leave your home in a hurry and be gone for up it three days? [Full Text]
No money — no problem! Experiment
By Rick Kron - Food Editor
Being broke is no fun — except in one area — the pantry. Some of my best meals and most exotic experiments (plus a few failures) have come during those two or three days before pay day and those few spells of very little money coming in. That’s the time to throw recipes to the side and just mix and match. [Full Text]
