The Legacy Lowdown

Rhonda Qualls and Lisa Trevathan are two of the most animal-loving ladies in Northeast Arkansas. They are both long-time supporters and volunteers of the Northeast Arkansas Humane Society, and are also certified Animal Cruelty Investigators. Listen along as they walk us through a few real life animal welfare stories, talk about the difference between their organization and Animal Control and also help educate folks on the adoption process, and the many services they provide to pet owners who have nothing to do with the humane society.

To learn more, visit them online at https://www.neahs.org/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HumaneSocietyNEA/. Save the date for their upcoming Bake Sale starting at 7am on April 7th at the Faith Free Will Baptist Church Family Life Center!

Listen in as we interview Dr. Hunter Smith to hear about how he worked his way from a practicing dentist and owner of one clinic, to now owning more than 35 clinics across the country. Hunter and his partner, Dr. Will Little, have made it their mission to build a unique DSO experience for dental practices. They partner with existing practices with one idea in mind - change as little as possible while providing support to help the doctors reach their goals.

To learn more, visit https://gps.dental/ or find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/gpsdds.

Casey Pearce has such an interesting story, reminding us just how small the world can be. Casey was obsessed with sports and always dreamed of working in the "big leagues" of football (aka the NFL). A happenstance meeting as an underpaid intern in New York opened doors to him. Tune in to hear that story and more about how he worked his way from being an intern at the Tennessee Titans to now being the Director of External Relations and Marketing at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University. He sheds some light on the differences between DO's and MD's and clears up some of the reasons A-State entered into this partnership with NYIT. 

George Jared wears many hats, but this episode is all about the lowdown on the upcoming ballot issues. As a writer for NEA's Talk Business and Politics, George is well-educated on each of the issues and breaks them down for us in layman's terms. Together, we go through through each of the four issues on the ballot, we delve a little into the library and then wrap with a few thoughts on the Arkansas Governor's race. 

In addition to being a journalist for Talk Business & Politics, George Jared is also an author with five published books and he hosts true crime podcast Diamond State Murder Board.

Check your voter registration status and voting location here. 

View a sample ballot here. 

Novels written by George Jared: https://www.amazon.com/George-Jared/e/B073QKQR68%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Diamond State Murder Board Podcast site: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diamond-state-murder-board/id1542905924

Talk Business & Politics Columns by George Jared: https://talkbusiness.net/author/george-jared/ 

Amanda Herget is the co-owner of Gearhead Outfitters. She tells us the story of Gearhead, starting with her husband Ted's first store on Flint Street in Jonesboro. Amanda takes us through the journey that took them from one store in Arkansas to now 18 stores across the country. Gearhead's mission is to help customers live active, fulfilling lives by providing quality outdoor-inspired products, backed by deep expertise and remarkable service.

To learn more about Gearhead and the areas they serve, you can visit them online at https://gearheadoutfitters.com/.

Brandon Mathis is the manager of Hemp Solutions, LLC and Kildee Hemp Company. Hemp Solutions is home to the largest hemp farm in Arkansas, located right here in Bay. They are a farm-to-product facility which means they plant, cultivate, harvest and manufacture CBD products here in their lab before sending the products off to be third party tested in Colorado. Brandon talks about the tedious process of farming hemp, the different types of products they sell and create and gets into some details with us about the difference in CBD and THC. It's a fun one you won't want to miss!

To view Kildee products and learn more, visit https://www.kildeehemp.com/.

Mitchell Nail is the Director of Media Relations at St. Bernards Healthcare. In that role, he is often the face or the voice of St. Bernards as it relates to the media, but an added bonus is that he gets to spends a little time each week interviewing different physicians on the St. Bernards team. We learn more about Mitchell's background - from starting an FM sports station some years ago, to later working with Congressman Rick Crawford, Mitchell takes us through the sometimes bumpy path that led him to where he is today.
 
Link to download Health Wav podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-wav/id1507685755

More info about HEALTH.wav: https://www.stbernards.info/podcast

Our guest this week is Lacey Vance, Head Human at Hounds Hideaway! Lacey walks us through what starting her business was like, what motivated her and her husband to create this business and why she decided to open two more locations. Hounds Hideaway is not your average doggie daycare, they also offer boarding and daycare but on top of that they have a PPA (iykyk), they do themed photo booths and doggie crafts to for parents to hang on the fridge. These pet parents are on another level of “dog people”, and it’s easy to see that Lacey is the the biggest dog person of them all!

Courtney Watkins joins us this week to talk about how she went from working at an insurance agency to owning one. She sheds some light on what it’s like to be a woman business owner in what some consider a “man’s world” and tells us how she feels about working alongside her husband everyday. Courtney and Tyler (who is also the host of our show) own and operate Legacy Insurance, formerly Bill Jackson Nationwide Insurance. 

We have Craig Rickert in the studio this week! Many may remember the #wherescraig movement back in 2017. Craig speaks about his time as an anchor on our local news station and opens up about why he really left. He is now the Director of Communications for Jonesboro Unlimited - an organization dedicated to the economic prosperity of Jonesboro. He tells us a little more about that organization and gives us a sneak peek inside the steps they are taking now as a result of the recent community survey they conducted.