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Kelly Kemp-McLintock, former chief advancement officer at the Jones Center in Springdale and a consultant for the Peel Compton Foundation in Bentonville, has been named executive director of the Bentonville Library Foundation. The foundation on Monday (June 29) announced the hiring, noting that Kemp-McLintock has nearly 25 years of nonprofit leadership and fundraising experience. As a consultant for the Peel Compton Foundation, she led the 150th Anniversary Year Endowment Campaign to ensure the preservation efforts of the Peel Museum and Botanical Garden.

It has come to my attention, through several news articles, including one on boredteachers.com, that a good number of Mississippi hospitals are financially distressed. Despite not knowing whether they'll still have a job in the near future, many dedicated healthcare professionals go about their work unfazed. While not a "cure-all" (yes, pun intended) for money problems, I'm convinced that putting solar panels on these hospitals will definitely be a game-changer; not only saving these hospitals, but making them viable money-makers.