In Jonesboro as in other places, people can be overwhelmed when looking online at properties on the market. One can easily spend day after day looking at the wrong properties. Why in the world would the buying or selling public spend time checking out sometimes stale information when a Realtor representing you will have access […]

Jonesboro’s Katie Stripling, a sophomore at the University of Arkansas, cleared 14 feet 2 inches at the Arkansas Twilight meet to improve her regional qualifying mark for NCAA regionals and break the record of 14-0. Her previous season best was 13-4 1/2 which she set in early April. Stripling said the clearance is a big […]

9th May, 2008

New Team Members a PLUS!

  The Marcom Team added two new members in February, which has been a tremendous plus for us, but it has been alot of work for me! Since I do most of the computer work for our Team, I’ve been adjusting our websites and ads to include our new team members. One is a seasoned […]

Jonesboro friends received an invitation to attend the showing of Jan Troutt’s art called “Layers”, her master of arts thesis exhibition at ASU in the Fine Arts Center Gallery. It opens today, May 5 and will continue through May 20. Jan’s exhibition contains a mixed-media series of paintings. Jan uses experiences in life as “Layers” […]

4th May, 2008

Jonesboro Shows Well

In Jonesboro, it is always interesting to picture yourself as a newcomer and see the city as a visitor would look at it. Yesterday I had that opportunity as I was working with a client of my daughter’s (she was out of towm) and we looked at houses from several miles past Valley View off […]

30th Apr, 2008

Beware of Ticks

A Jonesboro family found that the tick infestation this spring is very real. Little  Maltese Zach came in from playing outside last week and we found a total of six ticks on him. Later we found one on the Maltipoo Zoe and were really freaked out when Mary Kathryn found one on her clothes. I was […]

30th Apr, 2008

Rotary Club Scholarships

Today at Jonesboro Rotary Club the scholarships were presented to the student selected at each of the four schools which have Interact Clubs — Jonesboro, Nettleton, Valley View, & Westside. The amount has been raised to $3,000 which must be a welcome gift to parents. I was so impressed to see such outstanding young people devoted […]

This Jonesboro Realtor has been in a quandary this week because of having to advise a seller to take a lower offer for their house than they wished. In this market it is important to hold onto a strong qualified buyer and that is what we decided to do. We figured the payments that would be […]

29th Apr, 2008

Symphony Opportunity

Jonesboro welcomed the Arkansas Symphony at Riceland Hall at the Fowler Center on Sunday afternoon. It was a cloudy afternoon with some light rain, a perfect day for relaxing with beautiful music. The musicians must have looked out at the audience with disappointment because it was very poorly attended. Folks, we have an opportunity not […]

With all this rain in Jonesboro, it’s a good idea to check your window sills to be sure they’re not rotting, as water can seep in the sills and cause damage, which often appears to be coming from a leak in the roof. Every now and then, stick your finger in the sill to be […]

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