The Community Healthcare Center in Walnut Ridge will hold a Summer Safety Health Fair on Saturday, June 1, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the clinic parking lot at 201 Colonial Dr.

A number of local community organizations will be participating, including the Walnut Ridge Fire and Police Departments, Lawrence Co. Game and Fish Commission, Walnut Ridge Armory and City Pool, and Braces by Burris.

There will be booths set up to discuss and provide useful information on water, fire, ATV and bicycle safety; as well as skin cancer awareness and prevention.

According to the American Medical Group Association, one in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure.  Less than half of those patients have it adequately controlled.

On Wednesday, May 29, at 11:30 a.m. Dr. Adam Woodruff, nephrologist and clinical hypertension  specialist with NEA Baptist Clinic, will be the featured speaker at a “Measure Up, Pressure Down” luncheon.

The free seminar will be held at Southwest Church of Christ Life Center, located at 1601 James St. in Jonesboro.

The following story was submitted by Rebecca Rasberry, St. Bernards Healthcare:

Dr. Shane Speights has been named vice president of medical affairs for St. Bernards.

He earned his Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kansas City, Mo., and completed a family medicine residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Area Health Education Center-Northeast (AHEC-Northeast) in Jonesboro.