Shepherd A C

Business name:

Shepherd A C

Address:

910 West 29Th Avenue

City:

Pine Bluff

State:

Arkansas

Zip Code:

71603

Phone number:

(870) 535-6937

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Flowers offers condolences over passing of young GI - Arkansas Online

On Friday, Rep. Vivian Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, released the following statement regarding the death of Sgt. Cortez Hill of Pine Bluff: "Our community lost a young man known for his passion for justice and fairness at a young age. His family said it was no surprise to them when Sgt. Hill chose to serve his country. His strive for excellence shows in his numerous military awards. His love for his community and country is evident by the overwhelming outpouring of our district. My deepest sympathies are with his friends and family." Hill, 21, passed away Oct.3 in Wahiawa, Hawaii. Hill worked as a gun mechanic in the Fox Company 2-11th Field Artillery Unit stationed in Hawaii. During his service, Cortez received two Army Achievement Medals, an Army Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and Combat and Special Skills Badge Basic Marksmanship Qualifying Badge.

REX NELSON: Selling flowers since 1886 - NWAOnline

Howard was 9 years old. It was remodeled in 2009. There are additional stores at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock and in North Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Conway. Even though Tipton & Hurst is recognized as one of the largest florists in the country, only about half of its sales come from flowers. Various gifts and accessories make up the additional sales. "We provide customers with whatever they need," Hurst says. "We don't want them to go to different places." Hurst's grandmother, a Little Rock native who was much younger than her husband, ran the company at a time when it was unusual for women to operate businesses. Hurst's father, Joe Hurst Jr., entered the University of Arkansas in 1939, joined the U.S. Army Air Forces at the start of World War II, and never graduated. "My grandmother died in 1945, and my father had to take over," Hurst says. "When I was a boy, we often would stop by an event that Tipton & Hurst was handling and help put out arrangements before going to dinner or whatever. I've never gotten a check from another employer. I remember going to the train station with my father to pick up flowers from the Railway Express Agency offices." Howard Hurst earned a business degree from the University of Arkansas and returned to Little Rock to work for his father. He was promoted to company president when he was 26 and his father was 65. Hurst's father lived to age 89 and continued to show up at Tipton & Hurst. "We went to lunch almost every day," Hurst says. "He might not recognize the Internet world in which we now live. We've tried to keep up with the times with website updates that make it easy to place online orders." Chris Norwood, the company's vice president, is an internationally known designer. He has been president of the American Institute of Floral Designers and is past chairman of the AIFD Foundation. Norwood, a McCrory native, began designing floral arrangements when he was 14. He moved to the capital city at age 17 to attend the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and worked at Friday's Flowers & Gifts. Norwood graduated in 1982 and later owned two shops, Petals and Crocus. "My father farmed, and I hated farming," Norwood says. "I knew how to chop cotton, but I preferred the floral work. When I was 19, I became the youngest competitor in the America's Cup design competition. I came to Tipton & Hurst in 1990. Howard had been calling for three years, and I finally gave in." "I recognized Chris' design and merchandising talents early in his career," Hurst says. "What I didn't know was his incredible work ethic and business acumen." Norwood says Hurst allowed him to "try things and integrate new ideas into the business. What we have built is a mix of old and new." Hurst says people from "New York to Los Angeles, Dallas to Atlanta, even Europe and Asia, call Chris to pick his brain about floral design, party planning and merchandising. He has really made his mark on the industry." In 2012, Norwood was named a Fellow of the Institute by AIFD, among the youngest people ever to receive the honor. Norwood conducts design workshops and makes regular television appearances. "We take pride in the interactions we have with our customers," he says. "We try to be there for them at every stage o...

Weekend Calendar

May 14. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. (501) 687-1061. Around Arkansas THE ARTS & SCIENCE CENTER FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS 701 Main St., Pine Bluff. Beer tasting, 6-8 p.m. today; $30-$40. Education and art programs for adults and children; call for schedule and tuition. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. (870) 536-3375. BAUM GALLERY OF FINE ART University of Central Arkansas, McCastlain Hall 145, 201 Donaghey Ave., Conway. "In Jest" yarn bomb, through today. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday. (501) 450-5793. CAVALCADE OF CARTOONISTS Henderson State University, 1100 Henderson St., Arkadelphia. Nonfiction comics, Scott McCloud, 1:30 p.m. today. (870) 230-5000. CLINTON HOUSE MUSEUM 930 Clinton Drive, Fayetteville. "Clinton Meets Kennedy," continuing. Hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Admission $8. (479) 444-0066. CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART 600 Museum Way, Bentonville. "The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip," through May 30. Demonstrations, classes, art talks. Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Saturday-Sunday; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. crystalbridges.org or (479) 418-5700. DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST through Friday, Integrity First Bank, 502 Hickory St., Mountain Home, hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; Monday-May 13, First Integrity Bank, 2696 U.S. 62, Mountain Home. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-noon Saturday. (870) 508-6149. FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY 320 Rogers Ave., Fort Smith. Steel Horse Motorcycle Rally events, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. April 30. "Motorcycle Memories" exhibit, Gen. William O. Darby, April 29-30. Alphonso Trent documentary Alphonso's Gold, various times April 29-30."Roots, Rhythm and Rock -- Music That Moved Fort Smith: Part I 1880-1945," through May 28. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Admission: $7, ages 6-16 $2. fortsmithmuseum.org or (479) 783-7841. GARVAN WOODLAND GARDENS 550 Arkridge Road, Hot Springs. "Fabulous Fibers," Darlene Garstecki, through April 30. "Enchanted Forest: An Art Installation," W. Gary Smith, Monday-April 29. Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Admission: $15, children 6-12 $5. (501) 262-9606. JUSTUS FINE ART GALLERY 827-A Central Ave., Hot Springs. Works by Taimur Cleary, Beverly Buys, Rebecca Thompson, through Monday. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday and by appointment. (501) 321-2335. MUSEUM OF NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY 202 S.W. O St., Bentonville. "The Jim and Nancy Blair Meso-American Art Collection," continuing. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. (479) 273-2456. NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS ART GALLERY Fairfield Bay Conference Center, 110 Lost Creek Parkway, Fairfield Bay. New artworks by painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, stained-glass artists. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. (501) 680-2741. OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY 410 Ouachita St., Arkadelphia. "It's Complicated," Perri Adcock and Lauren Scarbrough, Monday-May 6; reception, 7 p.m. April 29. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Fr... (Arkansas Online)

(With video) $1.2 billion for Great River Bridge needed to make Interstate 69 ...

The only money that’s actually been spent on Interstate 69 in Arkansas is a 42-mile-long connector from Pine Bluff that will tie in with a highway bypass on the south side of Monticello. The Monticello bypass is two lanes but the right of way can accommodate four lanes of interstate quality road. The connector and Monticello bypass represent $186 million. Max LeComte, president and CEO of the Coordinating and Development Corporation of Shreveport, talked about Interstate 69 activities in Louisiana and Texas. Louisiana has struggled to find political support for the superhighway. Outgoing Gov. Bobby Jindal has not supported the I-69 project. However, public support for the project is showing life. The City of Stonewall recently annexed all land along the highway’s prospective route through the town so that development may be controlled. Officials in Logansport, where the interstate will cross from Louisiana into Texas, are considering a similar move. The current cost estimate for the McGehee-Haynesville leg is $600 million. It will cost $900 million to build 110 miles of Interstate 69 across Northwest Louisiana. The State of Texas, meanwhile, is spending about $100 million annually to upgrade portions of U.S. 59 to interstate standards. Texas is not enthusiastic about spending money on the planned portion of Interstate 69 from Logansport to Tenaha, TX, LeComte said. Bossier City, LA Mayor Lo Walker said that until progress is made on the Great River Bridge, potential I-69 traffic will bypass South Arkansas and North Louisiana. Former AHTD director Dan Flowers asked Dr. David Rankin, chairman of the Golden Triangle Economic Development Council, to work with counterparts at the Southeast Arkansas Cornerstone Coalition as advocates for Great River Bridge funding. A follow-up meeting will be held in Southeast Arkansas with Arkansas and Mississippi highway leaders. (Magnoliareporter)

Interstate 69 status will be subject of Monday afternoon meeting

Interstate 69 currently under construction in Arkansas is bypass around Monticello, which will connect with an extension of Interstate 530 from Pine Bluff. (Magnoliareporter)

Aztecs hoops secret: Avoid 'bad' losses

II Angelo State, are picked to finish fifth in the Sun Belt Conference and have a roster filled with guys from Colleyville, Texas; Radcliff, Ky.; Pine Bluff, Ark.; Bossier City, La.; and Yazoo City, Miss. The Aztecs will be favored to win. But here’s their secret about these games: They always do. To reach the NCAA Tournament six straight seasons, something only seven other Div. I programs can say, you have to do many things right. Two of the most important, at least in the eyes of the omnipotent selection committee, are amassing “quality” wins and avoiding “bad” losses. You want wins highlighted in green when they project your “body of work” on the screen in the conference room of the Indianapolis hotel in March; you don’t want losses illuminated in red. And few teams are better at the latter, unglamorous component of building an NCAA Tournament resume than Steve Fisher’s Aztecs. It has become a quiet, overlooked hallmark of the program. They rarely lose games they shouldn’t, and never do at home. “We’ve taken pride in it,” Fisher said. “We’ve talked to our players about it: We don’t lose these games. We put some ownership on them to maintain what we’ve been able to do. But it's not easy to do.” (Ask UCLA, Wisconsin or North Carolina State, which have lost at home this season to Monmouth, Western Illinois and William & Mary.) Translated into numbers, that means: --The Aztecs ... (The San Diego Union-Tribune)