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Rockabilly Run rumbles into Walnut Ridge this weekend

Rockabilly Run rumbles into Walnut Ridge this weekend

Bikers from all across Your Region 8 will be rumbling into Lawrence County this weekend.

The annual Rockabilly Run will be held Saturday, June 22, at Cox PowerSports on Highway 63 in Walnut Ridge.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. with the first bike out at 10.  The ride will end at Beatles Park.

The ride fee is $20 per hand and $5 for each additional hand.  There will be prizes for best and worst hands with a grand prize drawing at 5:30 p.m.

Parkin offering free summer programs for kids

Parkin offering free summer programs for kids

Parkin Archeological State Park will offer free craft programs every Tuesday from 2 until 3 p.m. during the months of June and July.

The programs are open to kids of any age.

Not only will they create art to take home, but they will learn background information about the crafts and about the creatures that are helped by that craft.

Registration is not required.

For more details, contact Park Interpreter Mel Harvey at (870) 755-2500 or email mel.harvey@arkansas.gov.

 

UCA Bears headed back to Starkville for NCAA regionals

UCA Bears headed back to Starkville for NCAA regionals

BEARS HEADED BACK TO STARKVILLE FOR NCAA REGIONAL
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CONWAY, Ark. _ The University of Central Arkansas Bears are heading back to familiar territory for their first-ever NCAA Baseball Regional. The Southland Conference champions are bound for Starkville, Miss., for the second time this season and will ..... Read More

6 steps for healthy swimming

6 steps for healthy swimming

The Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer.  And that means trips to local rivers, lakes and swimming pools.

Before you hit the water for fun in the sun, the Arkansas Department of Health offers these steps to avoid recreational water illnesses (RWIs).

RWIs can cause a wide variety of problems, including gastrointestinal, skin, ear, respiratory, eye, neurologic and wound infections.

The most commonly reported RWI is diarrhea, which can be caused by germs like cryptosporidium, norovirus and E. coli.

Parkin offering free summer programs for kids

Parkin offering free summer programs for kids

Parkin Archeological State Park will offer free craft programs every Tuesday from 2 until 3 p.m. during the months of June and July.

The programs are open to kids of any age.

Not only will they create art to take home, but they will learn background information about the crafts and about the creatures that are helped by that craft.

Registration is not required.

For more details, contact Park Interpreter Mel Harvey at (870) 755-2500 or email mel.harvey@arkansas.gov.

 

"Lick the lizard" while helping lick cancer

 

 

Can you “lick the lizard?”

You’ll get a chance to find out at the biannual Run Lizard Creek endurance run set for Saturday, June 1.

The 8K obstacle challenge, which features 30 obstacles, will benefit Relay for Life.

The cost to register is $55 before the event and $65 on the day of the run.  To register online, click here.  The race will start at 9 a.m.

Happening at Jacksonport State Park this week

Happening at Jacksonport State Park this week

 

Looking for something fun the whole family can enjoy?

Then check out these events Jacksonport State Park has planned this week:

Friday, May 3

6:30 p.m.  Civil War in Songs:  A musical telling of the Civil War with the songs that shaped the period of strife.  The program covers all the ups and downs of not just famous battles and generals; but, the everyday citizens who endured the Civil War’s hardships.

Saturday, May 4