by Ashley Snellenberger

St. Anthony’s Medical Center has been a part of the Morrilton community for 85 years. It is a rich heritage that Christy Hockaday, the facility’s CEO/administrator, shares with the community.

(Editor's note - This story appeared in the September 2009 edition of 501 LIFE and is being presented again as a tribute to the three Air Evac crew members who died Aug. 31 in an accident in Van Buren County - flight paramedic Gayla Gregory, flight nurse Kenneth Meyer Jr., and pilot Kenneth Robertson. Pictured below are Jason Bourg (from left), Thomas Mitchell and Ken Meyer Jr.)

by Sonja J. Keith

When it comes to emergency medicine, seconds and minutes can mean the difference between life and death. No one knows that more than paramedic Jason Bourg, flight nurse Ken Meyer Jr. and their crew members at the Vilonia base of Air Evac Lifeteam.

by Rachel Parker Dickerson

Daneen Marie Hensick of Elan and Star Aesthetics has been in the business of pampering clients and providing spa services since 1986.

After starting her own business three years ago, she recently purchased Elan day spa at the roundabout on Prince Street in Conway from her sister, Wendy Serio.

by Sonja J. Keith

On paper, it’s the largest monetary expansion in the history of Conway Regional Health System with 85,000 square feet to be constructed at a projected price tag of $32 million.

by Rachel Parker Dickerson

On Highway 154 at Oppelo (Conway County), a hobby that turned into a business venture is growing into an international enterprise.

Doug Cahill, Ron Beckman and Lewis Hunt are owners of Petit Jean Foothills Nursery, a 10-acre crape myrtle farm. They grow many different varieties for landscapers, nurseries and the public. They specialize in miniature crape myrtles and aim to offer the largest variety of any crape myrtle company.