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Thursday’s edition of “The Drive with Brad Bobo” emanated from the Paragould Community Center, site of the pre-tournament banquet for the Cal Ripken Baseball 9-and under and 11-and-under Southwest Regional Tournaments which begin Friday. There’s someone new in charge of the City of Paragould’s Parks & Recreation Department, and that hasn’t happened in 43 years! Paragould native Jim Bob Kashak returned home after working at UALR for 12 years to replace Pat Austin in the position after her retirement on June 30.
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The Cal Ripken Southwest Regional 9-and-under and 11-and-under Tournaments begin Friday morning in Paragould, and the teams will be gathering for a pre-tournament banquet Thursday evening. The guest speaker for the evening is a man who is one of a handful of people who’s played both Major League Baseball and in the NFL–former Cardinal outfielder Brian Jordan. He was our guest on “The Drive with Brad Bobo” from the Paragould Community Center prior to the pre-tournament festivities.
Federal pause on vaccine forces clinic cancellations Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine (Source: VA) By Region 8 Newsdesk | April 13, 2021 at 8:22 AM CDT - Updated April 13 at 8:42 AM
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Those who planned to get the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine will have to wait or make other plans.
As a result, several area vaccine clinics have been canceled, including:
Jonesboro:
Pop-up vaccine clinic scheduled for Tuesday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Craighead County Health Unit, 611 E. Washington Ave. has been canceled.
Paragould:
Arkansas Methodist Medical Center announced the vaccine clinic scheduled for Tuesday, April 13, has been cancelled. Those with questions should call 870-205-2000. It will offer the Moderna vaccine on Saturday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Paragould Community Center.
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Despite the economic impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency overall, its effect on advertising and promotion tax revenues has been bearable.
According to the December report from Advertising and Promotion Commission treasurer Joe Wessell presented during the commissionâs January meeting at the Paragould Community Center, the commission retains $159,367.91 for grants to promote the city.
âAs bad as 2020 was,â said at-large commissioner Kimberly Dale, âit was survivable.â Dale chaired the meeting in the absence of chairman Jeremy Biggs.
According to Wessellâs report, the commission received $124,977.60 for 2020, an average of $10,414.80 a month. The revenue was in line with Biggsâ initial 2018 planning projections of $10,000 a month, despite the commissionâs decision at its April 1 meeting to suspend collection of the tax for April, May and June of 2020 due to anticipated fall-off in hotel occupancy as the result of the COVID-19 restri