Ethel Elaine Woten, 78, of rural Hardy, Ark. passed away October 22, 2022 at White River Health hospital in Batesville, Ark. She was born July 3, 1944 near Hardy and was a member of the Class of 1963 at Hardy High School. She worked as a secretary for the Holiday Inn Corporation in Memphis, Tennessee for more than twenty years prior to retiring back to the Hardy area.Elaine was preceded in death…
White River Health recently wrapped up the annual 5K Run/Walk. The event brought 174 registered runners and walkers, 60 virtual participants, and raised over $20,000 to support local schools’ food pantries.According to feedingamerica.org, over 34 million people in America, including 9 million children, are food insecure. Rural areas are affected most, and the pandemic only increased this rate. According to Arkansasfoodbank.org, a member of Feeding America, 25 percent of children face food…
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is offering a variety of options to have harvested deer tested for chronic wasting disease for free throughout the 2022-23 deer hunting season.This year, the AGFC will continue its extensive system of drop-off containers throughout the state, as well as its work with taxidermists and regional offices to pull samples for hunters and have them tested. More than 100 locations around Arkansas are available to get…
Within the Christian faith, we are taught that every person will someday stand before God and have a discussion about how they lived. A few will argue, give excuses, try to justify, and attempt to present their case before the infinite judge and authority of all things. Many scoff and doubt about not being responsible for the way they live, but for the most part, the majority agrees there is coming a…
James Ralph Acerra, 63, of Mountain Home passed away October 11, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born March 24, 1959 in Racine, Wisconsin. James served in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves. He became an accomplished gunsmith who enjoyed fishing and was an avid reader, especially of books about the Civil War and WW II. James was a Christian employed by the State Department of Corrections.He was preceded in death by…
