Those folks are our partners. You can get to Fort Smith in about 50 minutes.

We evacuated all the way to Fort Smith, Ark..

Fort Smith was a major staging point where wagons, teams of mules and provisions were sold to folks headed west in search of gold. From Fort Smith, they could go north and follow the Overland Trail or south by the Butterfield Trail. Hundreds of area residents set out for the gold fields, and more than a half century later, it was even thought for a while there was gold in Rogers.

Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.

Back then the shows were maybe 50 or 60 minutes, whereas now, they're like an hour and 20 minutes. We've cut it back to two shows a day instead of four. That makes it a bit more manageable.

We're going to have a mixed reaction because folks in our classrooms are representative of the population. Some are eager to use new technology and others would rather use pencil and paper.