SMITH BABY HAS ARRIVED

We are excited to announce that Jeff and Ashley Smith are the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy. Wyatt Stuart Smith was born on Monday, March 28th. He weighs 9 pounds and 3 ounces. Both Ashley and Wyatt are doing fine :)

DINNER AND AUCTION- THIS FRIDAY!!

Don’t forget this Friday is our Young Womens Camp Fundraiser Dinner and Auction. We will be serving dinner starting at 6:30 pm. You will actually be waited upon by your Beautiful Ward Young Women.

We will have a silent auction going on including some super awesome home décor boards including FHE Boards, awesome sayings as some fun sparkly boards…guess who had that idea with the sparkle.

We will have a bake sale with the option to place orders for future use ,including cookie dough for future baking. The cinnamon rolls from last year will be making a reappearance for sale orders as well.

We will have super cute hairbows, jewelry and other stuff for purchase as well.

There will also be an open bidding auction for the Young Women services that they are volunteering. Including some overnight babysitting, music lessons, possible party planners and much much more.

We will also be auctioning off the entire young womens for a 5 – 6 day on a Saturday to help out with any project that you just do not want to do yourself.

Please come and support your ward young women and have some dinner and fun while you are there.

The dinner ahead of time will be 10 dollars or 15 dollars at the door. You can contact Kristi Williams for Sally Freeman with questions.

For those of you that have a glutten free diet, Sister Hoyt has been so super great to volunteer her services with some yummy recipes.

Thank you,
Your Ward Young Women

NOTE: THE PRICE FOR DINNER HAS BEEN CHANGED TO $10/FAMILY. PAY WHEN YOU SHOW UP!!

NEW CARSEAT GUIDELINES

Dear Sisters,

As many of you know, I am a Child Passenger Safety Technician. The big news in the car seat world is that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) made some changes to their guidelines (published online in the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics). Parents are now advised to keep their toddlers in rear-facing car seats until they are at least 2 years old. The AAP also recommends that most children still need to ride in a belt positioning booster seat until they have reached 4 feet 9 inches in height and are between 8 and 12 years of age.

You may have heard about these changes and have questions or need help. I’m offering my help to anyone who would like it! Even if your child is in the correct type of seat for age/weight/height, 9 out of 10 seats are not installed properly and I can help there as well. Please feel free to call or email me with questions and I can help keep your family safe in the car.



Alicia Hoyt

479-795-0607

alicia@hoytfamily.org

DINNER AND SERVICE AUCTION

Dinner and Service Auction

6:30 pm

Friday, April 1st

at the Church

Join the Centeron 1st Ward Young Women as they serve your family a YuMMy DiNNeR and then auction off baked goods, services, and crafts. Money earned goes toward payment for Girl's Camp and camping equipment.

Price is $10/family if you pay ahead of time or $15/family at the door.

Contact Sally Freeman at sally_freeman2003@yahoo.com or Kristie Williams at williamskristy@cox.net if you would like to purchase tickets.

DETAILS ON THE LANDSCAPING AND FLOWER GARDENING CLASS

Thursday, April 21st * 6:30 pm at Christine Homer's * Carpool leaves the church at 6:15 pm

WARD CHOIR PRACTICE THIS SUNDAY

Ward Choir will begin again!

Practice will be this Sunday (March 27, 2011) at 12:15pm. We will be meeting directly after the Central Park Ward's sacrament meeting is over.

Contact Dustin Humphries at cardust@gmail.com if you have any questions.

GENERAL CONFERENCE

SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND

• MORNING SESSION 11:00-1:00 ARKANSAS TIME
• AFTERNOON SESSION 3:00-5:00 ARKANSAS TIME
• PRIESTHOOD SESSION 7:00-9:00 ARKANSAS TIME
  

SUNDAY, APRIL 3RD

• MORNING SESSION 11:00- 1:00 ARKANSAS TIME
• AFTERNOON SESSION 3:00-5:00 ARKANSAS TIME

How Do I Watch?
There are many ways to watch or listen to conference. Each semiannual general conference is broadcast worldwide, and all are invited to participate.

Many local cable and radio stations make the conference available, bringing conference right to subscribers’ homes. Visit http://www.bonneville.info/ for broadcast information or check local listings.

The website byu.tv also carries live broadcasts of conference.

Live streaming of conference, as well as archived video, are available at the LDS Broadcasting website.

The Church’s online Mormon Channel will broadcast the Saturday and Sunday morning and afternoon sessions live on April 2 and 3.

Depending on where you live and what language you speak, shortly after conference, you can stream conference audio or video or read conference talks in your own language on the Church’s general conference website.

Within four hours after a conference session concludes, audio files of that session are available in more than 70 languages. More information on what and when conference materials become available can be accessed online.

GENERAL YW BROADCAST

All young women ages 12-18, their mothers, and Young Women leaders are invited to attend the General Young Women Meeting on Saturday, March 26, 2011.

The meeting will originate from the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The live meeting will be broadcast by satellite to meetinghouses worldwide and on the internet at www.lds.org/broadcast.

CLASS ON FLOWER GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING

Our next weekly RS activity will be held on Thursday, April 21st at 7:00 pm. Location TBA.

Mark you calendars for this great activity! More details to follow as we get closer to April.

FOOD STORAGE FOCUS

COOK A HEALTHY MEAL
FROM A CAN

ALL STARS IN A CAN

Break out the can opener! These products deliver nutrients and great flavor to recipes.

PUMPKIN: Packed with vitamins and fiber, canned pumpkin is low in calories and fat and is delicious in both sweet and savory recipes.
Money saving tip: If you don’t use the whole can, freeze leftovers in ½ or 1 cup servings for future recipes. Store in ziplock bags for up to three months.

TOMATOES: Cooked tomatoes have more readily absorbed disease-fighting lycopene than fresh ones do.
Money saving tip: If you need diced tomatoes and canned whole ones are cheaper, use kitchen shears to dice the whole tomatoes right in the can.

SALMON: Full of protein, all-important omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D and calcium, the fish is already cooked and ready to eat.
Money saving tip: Wild salmon is healthier than farmed, but fresh is expensive. Canned wild salmon is a bargain at about $4.40 for 6 ounces, compared with $6.75 for fresh.

BEANS: It’s hard to find a more versatile and healthy food in a can. Pick your favorite: Black, white, kidney- they’re all full of protein, fiber, iron and more.
Money saving tip: the different types are mostly interchangeable. If you see one on sale, stock up and use it in your favorite dishes.

PINEAPPLE: Sweet, tangy and refreshing, it’s a great source of vitamin C, manganese and other nutrients.
Money saving tip: Buy pineapple that’s packed in 100 percent juice. When you drain the fruit, save the juice and use it in a smoothie or in a marinade for pork.

LEAVE IT ON THE SHELF

Some foods just don’t hold up to canning—texture surfaces or the flavor fades, or both. With these foods, fresh or frozen are better but for food storage canned is better than not having it.

• Spinach
  
• carrots
• asparagus
• shrimp
• green beans

*This information was taken from the magazine "All You" and was compiled by Elaine Brandli, our food storage specialist. Please contact Elaine at elaine@visucomm.com if you have any questions regarding food storage! She is an amazing resource and has a lot of wonderful ideas.