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Editor’s Note: At press time, the following events and meetings were known to be still scheduled. Organizers or appropriate officials are encouraged to contact Sandra Hope at shope@pbcommercial.com to make additions or changes.

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Covid-19 testing sites available

Details for getting the covid-19 test are available at the Jefferson County Health Department — 870-535-2142; and Arkansas Department of Health’s website — https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/covid-19-guidance-for-getting-tested. Scroll down until you see the map and enlarge the map. Click on each star to see where each testing site is located.

Covid-19 vaccines available

Coronavirus vaccinations are available for Phase 1-B for Arkansans who are 70 or older as well as those who work in education including K-12, child care and higher ed. To schedule a vaccination, contact Doctor’s Orders Pharmacy

by calling (870) 218-1718 or emailing dopcovidvaccine@gmail.com. People may also get on a waiting list at Jefferson Regional Medical Center which plans to begin giving vaccines in February to those 70 and older, those who work in schools, food and agriculture workers, firefighters and police officers who were not included in Phase 1A, postal service workers, gssential government workers, and people who work in manufacturing, grocery stores, transit and childcare. To get on the waiting list, visit www.jrmc.org/covid-19-vaccination-waiting-list/. Vaccinations are also continuing for Phase 1-A. Details: Arkansas Department of Health website at https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/programs-services/topics/covid-19-vaccination-plan.

Beginning Sunday, Jan. 24

One Pine Bluff Praying continues

One Pine Bluff Praying Together Services will continue to be held in 2021, according to a news release. Due to Covid-19, sessions are held by conference call or Zoom on Sundays during the months that have five Sundays. The following churches will host the prayer sessions in January from 6-7 p.m. Sundays: Jan. 24 — Trinity Episcopal Church, 703 W. Third Ave.; and Jan. 31 — First Assembly of God, 1002 Ridgway Road. The conference call number is #1.978.990.5000 with access code 127365#

Monday, Jan. 25

UAPB farm program, local agency set virtual financial workshop

A virtual workshop on credit and financial management will be held 9-11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25. The co-hosts are the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Small Farm Program and Shekinah Services LLC, according to a news release. The training will inform landowners and producers about financial management, credit and credit repair. The Zoom link is https://uapb-edu.zoom.us/j/92644595979. Participants can also call in at (346) 248-7799 (Meeting ID: 92644595979#) or contact Karen Lee, UAPB Extension assistant, at leek@uapb.edu or (870) 575-7225 to have the link emailed.

Beginning Monday, Jan. 25

Arsenal to destroy old items, hold forestry burns

The Pine Bluff Arsenal announces plans to destroy old production items and hold controlled forestry burns. Residents living close to the Arsenal should not be alarmed if they hear small explosions or see smoke. On Monday, Jan. 25, personnel from the Little Rock Air Force Base Explosive Ordnance Detachment will be destroying obsolete production items during the morning, according to a news release. Also, the Arkansas Forestry Commission will conduct multiple prescribed and controlled burns at the Arsenal, depending on the weather. The community shouldn’t be alarmed if they see plumes of smoke coming from the Arsenal during this time.