Start summer on a healthy note.

This Friday, June 14, from 7 to 10 a.m. St. Bernards Health & Wellness will sponsor free health screenings.

The screenings will include total cholesterol, anemia, glucose, blood pressure and body mass index.

The Health & Wellness Institute is located at 1416 East Matthews Ave.

The Autism Association of Northeast Arkansas will hold its Seventh Annual Autism Conference on Saturday, July 13, from 7:30 a.m. to noon at St. Bernards Auditorium in Jonesboro.

The training session is designed for and open to special education advocates, parents, educators and the community.

Registration is $25 per person.  Vendors are also welcome to set up a booth for $25.

For more information or to register, call (870) 336-2786 or visit their website.

Jonesboro native, Steven Blanchard, MD, has joined NEA Baptist Clinic as a family practice physician at the Windover Family Medicine and Urgent Care location.

Dr. Blanchard, who has been board certified in family medicine since 1985, received a bachelor of science in zoology from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR. He went on to receive a doctor of medicine from University of Arkansas for Medical Science in Little Rock, AR.